Arabian Studies

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 San`a' Robin Bidwell.

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• Authors: R. B. Serjeant, R. B. Bidwell Serjeant
• Assisted by: R. L. Bidwell (Editor), Faculty Of Oriental Studies (Editor), R. B. Serjeant (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2005
• EAN: 9780521017299
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01729-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: University of Cambridge Orient
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias