New Arabian Studies Volume 3
edited by G. Rex Smith, J.R. Smart and B.R. Pridham and contributions by Yasir Suleiman, Walter Dostal, Paul Dresch, Hussein Abdullah al-Amri, Clive Smith, Ahmad 'Umar Al-Zayla'i, Avihai Shivtiel, Sami al-Sakkar, Charles Beckingham, Paolo M. Costa, W. J. Donaldson, Ronald E. Kon, H. T. Norris, Venetia Porter, Mikhail Rodionov, Jacques Ryckmans, J.R. Smart, G. Rex Smith and Daniel Martin Varisco
Hardback (Published)
(March 1996)
ISBN: 9780859894791
5.91 x 9.02 inches
Price: $97.00
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New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion.
New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. It provides authoritative information intended to appeal to both the specialist and general reader. Both the traditional and the modern aspects of Arabia are covered, excluding contemporary controversial politics.
The correspondence of Iman Yahya Hamid al-Din with the tribes of Eastern and Southern Yemen - a rare and unpublished document, Dr Hussayn 'Abd Allah al-'Amri The Arabian travels of Johann Wild, Professor C.H. Beckingham Early Islamic painting - from Samarra to Northern Sicily, Professor P.M. Costa Observations on measures of capacity in present-day northern Yemen, Dr W.J. Donaldson The special features of the Yemeni weekly market system - an attempt at an anthropological interpretation, Professor Dr Walter Dostal A letter from Imam Yahya concerning the Idrisi, Dr Paul Dresch Smuggling and international politics in the Red Sea in the late Ottoman period, Professor Caesar E. Farah Bibliography of Robert Bertram Serjeant, Dr R.E. Kon The sad fate of Bishr and Hind and the diffusion - an ancient Arabian love story, Professor H.T. Norris Coins and money in the Tahirid period, Dr Venetia Porter Poetry and power in Hadramawt - homage to Bob Serjeant, Professor Mikhail Rodinov The old south Arabian so-called Bulawayo stone (CIF 458) recovered, Professor Jacques Rychmans The birth of an archaeological journal in the Middle East - reminiscence and comments, Dr Sami Al-Sakkar Women in Arabic proverbs from Yemen, Dr Avihai Shivtiel The establishment of the British Council in the Yemen Arab republic 1973-78, Clive Smith More on the port practices and taxes of mediaeval Aden, Professor G. Rex Smith Review notice of Paulo Costa, Studies in Arabian architecture, Professor G. Rex Smith The concept of "
fasahah"
in Ibn Sinan al-Khafaji, Professor Yasir Suleiman Water source and traditional irrigation in Yemen, Dr Daniel Martin Varisco A Kufic inscription from Hamdanah in southern Hijaz referring to Amir Ibrahim b.Ziyad, Professor Ahmad 'Umar al-Zayla 'i
- Contributions by Hussein Abdullah al-Amri
- Contributions by Sami al-Sakkar
- Contributions by Ahmad ‘Umar Al-Zayla’i
- Contributions by Charles Beckingham
- Contributions by Paolo M. Costa
- Contributions by W. J. Donaldson
- Contributions by Walter Dostal
- Contributions by Paul Dresch
- Contributions by Ronald E. Kon
- Contributions by H. T. Norris
- Contributions by Venetia Porter
- Contributions by Mikhail Rodionov
- Contributions by Jacques Ryckmans
- Contributions by Avihai Shivtiel
- Contributions by J.R. Smart
- Contributions by Clive Smith
- Contributions by G. Rex Smith
- Contributions by Yasir Suleiman
- Contributions by Daniel Martin Varisco
- Edited by BR Pridham
- Edited by JR Smart
- Edited by G Rex Smith
"The cement that holds this wonderful, widely diverse collection together is the superb editorial treatment: transliteration and transcription from the Arabic uniformly accurate; the English context soundly standardized and regularized, and the illustrative material clearly reproduced." Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. XLIII, No. 1, Spring 1998
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