New Arabian Studies Volume 5

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-85989-645-0
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smart, J. R.

Smith, G. Rex

Smart, J.R.

Pridham, B.R.

Weitere Mitwirkende

al-Amri, Hussein Abdullah

Al-Mazrou, Hamid I.

Donaldson, W. J.

ElMahi, Ali Tigani

Farah, Caesar E.

Freitag, Ulrike

Insall, David

Macro, Eric

Schönig, Hanne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Review notice "Arabian Diversions: Studies on the Dialects of Arabia", Bruce Ingham; some notes on two Yemeni contemporary documents, Hussain al-Amri; the ibex hunt in the rock art of Oman, Ali Tigani ElMahi; smuggling and international politics in the Red Sea in the late Ottoman period, Caesar E. Farah; wise man control wasteful women - documents on "customs and traditions" in the Kathiri state archives, Say'un, Ulrike Freitag; four English artists at Aden 1839-1847, Eric Macro; the small long-handled axes of Oman, David Insall; erythraean ichthyophagi - Arabian fish eaters observed, W.J. Donaldson; the canon and proportion of pre-Islamic Arabian sculptures, Hamid I. Mazroo.

Über Autor(innen)

G. Rex Smith is retired and was previously Professor of Arabic, University of Manchester. B.R. Pridham is the former Director of the Centre for Arab Gulf Studies, University of Exeter. J.R. Smart is retired and was previously a lecturer in Arabic, University of Exeter