Arabian Studies

Multi-disciplinary articles of interest to those specialising in the study of the Arabian peninsula.

R. B. Serjeant (Edited by), R. L. Bidwell (Edited by)

9780521017299, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 21 July 2005

204 pages
21.5 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.28 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC]