[Oman-l] Donkey exports from Zanzibar: re-exports of Muscati donkeys or locally bred?

[Joachim Duester]

Can anyone help? Prof. William G. Clarence-Smith of SOAS has sent 
the following question to which I could not find an immediate reply. 
Please cc your postings to Prof. William G. Clarence-Smith 
<wc2@soas.ac.uk> as he is not a member of OMAN-L.
Joachim Duester

>Have you ever come across any trade in donkeys or horses? I've
>noticed in the Mauritius Blue Books imports of donkeys (or asses in
>their terms) from Zanzibar around 1900. I presume that these were
>re-exports of donkeys from Masqat, in turn probably originating in
>Hasa. However, I did wonder whether they could have been re-exports
>from Somalia, or even bred in Zanzibar?