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Mershen, B. (2022, septembre 17). Al-bilād und al-ḥāra, Heimatort und - Wohnquartier, in zeitgenössischer Wahrnehmung von in Maskat beschäftigten Arbeitnehmern aus Zentraloman [Congrès]. DOT 2022. https://dot2022.de

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Mershen, B. (2001). Observations on the archaeology and ethnohistory of rural estates of the 17th through early 20th centuries in Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 31, 145‑160. Fonds Martin Custers.

A description of the Ṣanʿa estate in the Wādī Banī Kharūṣ, now in the possession of Saʿūd, son of Sul. b. Ḥimyar al-Nabhānī. The latter, who once was paramount chief of the Banī Riyām, died in 1998, a few months after his return from exile.

Mershen, B. (2020, novembre 30). An Architecture of shura: Communal organisation and institutions and their spatio-material correlates in harat of Inner Oman [Colloque]. Oman Studies in Germany: New Research in Archaeology, History and Social Anthropology.

Mershen, B. (2009). Frankincense and more. Oman’s fragrant heritage. In L. Mols & B. Boelens (Éds.), Oman: catalogue created for the oman exhibition in de nieuwe kerk, amsterdam, from 17 october 2009 to 18 april 2010 (p. 58‑69). De Nieuwe Kerk.

Bandyopadhyay, S., & Mershen, B. (2022). Falaj Communities in Oman: A Case for Local Governance?: Ibāḍī Legal Rulings and Spatial and Ethnohistorical Observations. Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World, 3(1), 6‑47. https://doi.org/10.1163/26666286-12340028

This contribution studies the complex arrangement of legal, socio-economic, and technical aspects of the aflāj (s. falaj) water distribution and irrigation system, and how they have shaped communities and built environments in Oman, where the falaj has provided the virtual lifeline of oasis life since the first millennium BCE. Three case studies of falaj communities are presented, Birkat al-Mawz, al-Ḥamrāʾ, and Misfāt al-ʿAbrīyin, which developed during the prosperous early-Yaʿrubi period in the mid-eleventh/seventeenth century. It investigates the extent to which the Ibāḍī-Islamic legal framework allowed flexibility for the local governance, management, and organisation of this ancient system, and its adaptation to diverse demographic, environmental, and emergent socio-political conditions.

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Mershen, B. (2010). Unveiling the Past: the Role of Oral History in Understanding Oasis Development. In A. Buerkert & E. Schlecht (Éds.), Oases of Oman : Livelihood Systems at the Crossroads (p. 52‑55). Al Roya Press & Publishing House.

Mershen, B. (2025). Reclaimed, Rediscovered or Reinvented – The Changing Perceptions of Ḥārāt since the Omani Nahḍa. In S. Döpper, B. Mershen, J. Kanditt, I. Biezeveld, & T. Schmidt-Lux (Éds.), Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

Döpper, S., Mershen, B., Kanditt, J., Biezeveld, I., & Schmidt-Lux, T. (Éds.). (2025). Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

Caught between the poles of remembering and forgetting, glorification and neglect, the abandoned mudbrick settlements (ḥārāt) of Oman are a vital object of conflicting processes of interpretation and negotiation. Adopting a diachronic perspective, the multi-disciplinary book’s chapters examine their past, present and future. The book presents approaches and results of archaeological, ethnographic, historical and sociological research on abandoned ḥārāt. Oman’s landscape is dotted with abandoned mudbrick settlements and quarters, known as ḥārāt, either isolated in the countryside or surrounded by vibrant, modern urban centres. Most of them were abandoned during the economic upturn and opening of the country after Sultan Qaboos bin Said came to power in 1970. People’s move from traditional mudbrick to modern concrete houses led to the deterioration and decay of the physical substance of the mudbrick buildings. In the face of these conditions, various Omani and international actors have repeatedly warned against the uncontrolled loss of this valuable cultural heritage. The former inhabitants of the mudbrick houses and their descendants have also repeatedly emphasised their emotional attachment to these abandoned places and their personal significance to them. At the same time, others, especially tourists, have glorified the dilapidated state of the ruins as an aesthetically beautiful backdrop for a romanticised vision of the past. This was the starting point for the interdisciplinary research project “The abandoned mudbrick settlements of central Oman: Between romanticisation and neglect”, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation as part of the “Lost Cities” programme between 2020 and 2022, and conducted by the editors of the present volume. It constitutes the proceedings of the closing conference of the project, in which team members present their results and leading experts give their input on inhabited, abandoned and re(dis)covered mudbrick settlements in the Sultanate of Oman.

Delitz, H. (2025). Modern Architectures vs ‘Pre-Modern’ Ḥārāt: Architecture Against the Tribes in Oman. In S. Döpper, B. Mershen, J. Kanditt, I. Biezeveld, & T. Schmidt-Lux (Éds.), Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

Ibrahim, M., Mershen, B., Gaube, H., Ribbeck, E., Gangler, A., Buerkert, A., & Häser, J. (2001). Oasis Settlement in Oman Pilot Study 1999 - 2000 (p. 71). Universität Stuttgart.

Kanditt, J., & Schmidt-Lux, T. (2025). #Mudbrick #Oman: On the Tourist Perception of Abandoned Ḥārāt Architecture. In S. Döpper, B. Mershen, J. Kanditt, I. Biezeveld, & T. Schmidt-Lux (Éds.), Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

Mahrooqi, A. B. H. al-. (2025). Documentation of Omani Traditional Settlements (Ḥārāt): Reality and Aspirations. In S. Döpper, B. Mershen, J. Kanditt, I. Biezeveld, & T. Schmidt-Lux (Éds.), Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

Döpper, S., & Biezeveld, I. (2025). Life Histories of Mudbrick Settlements in Central Oman. In S. Döpper, B. Mershen, J. Kanditt, I. Biezeveld, & T. Schmidt-Lux (Éds.), Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

Bandyopadhyay, S., & Briguglio, C. (2025). Harat Al ʿAqr in Nizwa and Three Artistic Traditions. In S. Döpper, B. Mershen, J. Kanditt, I. Biezeveld, & T. Schmidt-Lux (Éds.), Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

Young, R., & Brooks, A. (2025). Memory and Belonging in the Bat Oasis, Oman. In S. Döpper, B. Mershen, J. Kanditt, I. Biezeveld, & T. Schmidt-Lux (Éds.), Mudbrick Settlements of the Oman Peninsula Inhabited - Abandoned - Re(dis)covered. Sidestone Press.

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