A little further on we came across a large khambi, occupied by Sultan bin Mohammed, an omani Arab of high descent, who, as soon as he was notified of my approach, came out to welcome me, and invite me to his khambi.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley
These women are eagerly sought after as wives by the half-castes of the East Coast, and even the pure omani Arabs do not disdain to take them in marriage.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley
The election was always by popular acclamation, and inasmuch as the omani do not recognise the two 'imams' who immediately succeeded Mohammed, but chose their own, they form a separate sect.
"Southern Arabia"
Theodore Bent Mabel Bent