thanks Carole and the others who responded, I have one of DR Bosch's
books (Seashells of S Arabia) and can check that one.

Steve

On 6/12/16, Carole Marshall
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Would a quick look through Dr. Donald Bosch's books bring any
> enlightenment. Didn't he collect exclusively in Oman while he was practicing
>  medicine
> there. Just a thought.
>  Carole
>
>
> In a message dated 6/12/2016 9:08:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Dear  Steve
>
> "Dar" can be a kind of house or mansion (see Dar Yacout at  Marrakech,
> Dar Aby etc...)
>
> Regarding Mirbat, I recommend you this  page of history:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mirbat
>
> This  harbour is @ 30km east of Salalah, on the southern coast.
>
>
> Kind  regards
>
>
> Olivier
>
>
> Le 12/06/2016 à 01:13, Steve Rosenthal a  écrit :
>> I have a hand written label for a shell from Oman, the  unintelligible
> word in question precedes "Mirbat, South Oman" and may be a  more specific
> locality?
>>
>> the first letters appear to be   D-A-R_ followed by two letters that I
> cant decipher and/or which don't match  up to anything I could find online
> something like D-A-R-C (?) R(?? ) though as  I noted, those last two letters
>
> are hard to discern.   South Mirbat  looks like a pretty small place, at
> least
> on a map.
>>
>> Thanks  in advance
>
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