The Rough Guide to Oman, Gavin Thomas, pp. 85, Penguin, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4053-8935-8, ... The principal city of the interior, Nizwa played a key role in the history of Oman for well over a thousand years, from the earliest days of Islam through to the 1950s ...
Oman, UAE and Arabian PeninsulaArchived 2015-05-11 at the वेबैक मशीन, Jenny Walker, Stuart Butler, pp. 223, Lonely Planet, 2010, ISBN 978-1-74179-145-7, ... For hundreds of years, the rose petals have been harvested here to produce rose water (attar in Arabic) – that all-important post-dinner courtesy, sprinkled on the hands of guests from slender, silver vessels ...
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Oman, UAE and Arabian PeninsulaArchived 2015-05-11 at the वेबैक मशीन, Jenny Walker, Stuart Butler, pp. 223, Lonely Planet, 2010, ISBN 978-1-74179-145-7, ... For hundreds of years, the rose petals have been harvested here to produce rose water (attar in Arabic) – that all-important post-dinner courtesy, sprinkled on the hands of guests from slender, silver vessels ...