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Arabian Studies: V
In this fifth issue of Arabian Studies the editorial policy is to continue to cover a wide range of Arabian topics. In these days of ever more concentrated specialisation it appears to be desirable not to become cribbed and confined or think in terms of each subject in its own separate box. Our policy is to give even broader coverage than at present whenever possible.
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Arabian Studies: V
In this fifth issue of Arabian Studies the editorial policy is to continue to cover a wide range of Arabian topics. In these days of ever more concentrated specialisation it appears to be desirable not to become cribbed and confined or think in terms of each subject in its own separate box. Our policy is to give even broader coverage than at present whenever possible.
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Arabian Studies: V

Arabian Studies: V

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Arabian Studies: V

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In this fifth issue of Arabian Studies the editorial policy is to continue to cover a wide range of Arabian topics. In these days of ever more concentrated specialisation it appears to be desirable not to become cribbed and confined or think in terms of each subject in its own separate box. Our policy is to give even broader coverage than at present whenever possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780773505117
Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date: 04/01/1980
Series: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications Series
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

R.B. Serjeant is Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University and Director of the Middle East Centre. Robin Bidwell is Secretary of the Middle East Centre in Cambridge and is working on a book on 'The Two Yemens'.

Table of Contents

1. A beekeeping project in the Yemen Arab Republic Elbert R. Jaycox and Jan Karpowicz; 2. The carving of the rhino jambiyyah hilt in North Yemen Jan Chapman; 3. The arrest of the British Vice-Consul in al-Hudaydah and the subsequent protection of British interests in Yemen, 1914–18 John Baldry; 4. The indigo industry of the Yemen Jenny Balfour-Paul; 5. Guaranty of the market at Huth Paul Dresch; 6. Omani-Ottoman relations during the reign of Imam Ahmad ibn Sa'id, 1741–83, in the light of a recently discovered exchange of letters between the Imam and the Ottoman Sultan Mohammed Al-Zulfa; 7. The Blunts' road to the Mu'allaqat Riad Atef Nourallah; 8. Anglo-Ottoman confrontation in the Yemen, 1840–9 Caesar E. Farah; 9. Notes on mystical healers in the Hugariyyah Cynthia Myntti; 10. Weights and measures in Mecca during the late Ayyubid and Mamluk periods Richard T. Mortel; 11. Visitors to Sa&ngrave;a' Robin Bidwell.

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