New Arabian Studies Volume 3B. R. Pridham, J. R. Smart, G. Rex Smith 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. Contributions by |
Contents
The Correspondence of Imam Yaḥyā Ḥamid alDin with the Tribes | 1 |
from Samarra to Northern Sicily | 14 |
Observations on Measures of Capacity in Presentday | 33 |
Bibliography of Robert Bertram Serjeant | 69 |
The Sad Fate of Bishr and Hind and the Diffusion of an Ancient | 79 |
Coins and Money in the Tahirid Period | 112 |
The Old South Arabian socalled Bulawayo Stone | 134 |
Women in Arabic Proverbs from Yemen | 164 |
The Establishment of the British Council in the Yemen Arab | 192 |
More on the Port Practices and Taxes of Medieval Aden | 208 |
Water Sources and Traditional Irrigation in Yemen | 238 |
A Kufic Inscription from Hamdanah in Southern Hijaz Referring | 258 |