R. B. Serjeant

R. L. Bidwell

G. Rex Smith

New Arabian Studies is successor to Arabian Studies (published by the Cambridge Middle East Centre), the editors of which, Professor R. B. Serjeant and Dr R. L. Bidwell have been joined by Professor G. Rex Smith. The journal covers a wide spectrum of topics relating to the Arabian Peninsula, excluding controversial current politics and pure science. Typical fields covered include geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature, religion - continuing the policy of Arabian Studies. Illustrations and the reproduction of documents in facsimile figure where appropriate. The journal aims at presenting the results of new observations and original research as well as traditional themes, in readable form, for those interested in things Arabian or living and working in Arabia.

New Arabian Studies

T. M. Johnstone

Julia Ashtiany

J. D. Latham

This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers artistic prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces of the 'Abbasid empire during the second great period of Arabic literature, from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD. 'Abbasid literature was characterised by the emergence of many new genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness. This volume deals chronologically with the main genres and provides extended studies of major poets, prose-writers and literary theorists. It concludes with a comprehensive survey of the relatively unknown literature of the Yemen to appear in a European language since the manuscript discoveries of recent years. To make the material accessible to non-specialist readers, 'Abbasid authors are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are provided. With chapters by leading specialists from the Middle East, Europe and America, the volume represents a wide cross-section of current academic opinion.

Abbasid Belles Lettres

Raymond P. Scheindlin

Michael Sells

María Rosa Menocal

A. F. L. Beeston

G. R. Smith

The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world.

Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period

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.

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