New Arabian Studies Volume 1

Contents: Sharif Husayn and developments leading to the Arab revolt, Suleiman Mousa; Musandam - an ethno-archaeological appreciation, Paolo M. Costa; water, risk and environmental management - agriculture and irrigation in South Yemen, Colin Barnes; the cult of saints in Hadramawt - an overview, Alexander Knysh; A Rasulid agricultural almanac for 808/1405-6, Daniel Martin Varisco; the Austrian Imperial Academy's expeditions to South Arabia 1897-1900 - C. de Landberg, D.H. Mueller and G.W. Bury, Eric Macro;Lieutenant Jopp's report on a visit to Hufuf 1257/1841, P.J.L Frankl; sources for the study of Nabataean law, John F. Healey; report on epigraphic work at Mada'in Salih, John F. Healey; the founding of the great mosque (al-Jami al-Kabir) in Sana, Abd Al-Muhsin Al-Madaj; a legal document from Saywun relating to vessels, house and carriages owned by a Saqqaf Sayyid in 19th century Java, Jafar B. Muhammad Al-Saqqaf; the role of rhyme and maxim in Bedouin law - examples from Guaranty (kafala), Clinton Bailey; the pre-metric weights and measures of Oman in the 1970s, W.J. Donaldson; the language situation in Jordan and code-switching - a new interpretation, Yasir Suleiman; Yemenis in mediaeval Quanzhou (Canton), R.B. Serjeant.