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Synopsis
The articles in this volume cover a wide variety of themes, mainly in the fields of history and social anthropology, with one paper on a literary topic, making this a book of multi-disciplinary interest for those specialising in the study of the Arabian peninsula. Topics range from a beekeeping project in the Yemen Arabic Republic to weights and measures in Mecca during the late Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
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The articles in this volume cover a wide variety of themes, mainly in the fields of history and social anthropology, with one paper on a literary topic, making this a book of multi-disciplinary interest for those specialising in the study of the Arabian peninsula.
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'.
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Arabian Studies II
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Cloth. Condition: Good. ix, 214 pp., photographs, spine slightly faded, previous owner's name inscribed verso front & lower cover, three ink lines on contents page, otherwise copy clean and in good condition. Published for The Middle East Center, University of Cambridge. Subjects discussed covers: Scheme of Transliteration of Arabic, Oath-taking and vows in Oman, Memoirs and Impressions of the Arabia of Ibn Saud, Two South-Arabian Tribes: al-Qara and Al-Harasis, Yemeni literature, the authority of Shaykhs in the Gulf, the powers and mineral concessions in the Idrisi Imamate of Asir 1910-1929, some notes on hunting techniques and practices in the Arabian Peninsula, Some effects of irrigated agriculture on soil characteristics in Ras al-Khaimah, Changes in the economy and political attitudes, and the development in culture on Coast of Oman between 1900 and 1940, and The first days of British Aden. #1159. Seller Inventory # 013150