Volume 2; Issue 2

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Volume 2; Issue 2

1

Recent British Museum Excavations in Assyria

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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2

Corpus Topographicum Indiae Antiquae. Part II. Archaeological Sitesby G. Pollet; P. Eggermont; G. van Damme; F. Depuydt

Review by: Dilip K. Chakrabarti

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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List of Documents on Calcutta. Vol. 1. 1764-1800by Adhir Chakravarti;Change and Continuity: Focus on Facts. Calcutta Tercentenary Exhibition 15 January-5 February 1991: Education and Science Pavilionby Adhir Chakravarti

Review by: P. J. Marshall

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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4

Die vedischen Zwillingsgötter: Untersuchungen zur Genese ihres Kultesby Gabriele Zeller

Review by: Karel Werner

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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5

The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art and Cosmos in Early Chinaby Sarah Allan

Review by: William Watson

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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6

The Road to East Slope: The Development of Su Shi's Poetic Voiceby Michael A. Fuller

Review by: Anne M. Birrell

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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7

Along the Broad Road of Realism: Qin Zhaoyang's World of Fictionby Vibeke Børdahl

Review by: Tao Tao Liu

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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8

Front Matter

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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9

The Great Buddha of the Khalkha River

Thomas Nivison Haining

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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10

Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquityby Stuart Munro-Hay

Review by: A. F. L. Beeston

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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11

A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of the Byzantine Periodby Michael Sokoloff

Review by: Edward Ullendorff

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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12

Hijri - Julian Conversion Program: Instant Conversion of Muslim Hijri Dates by Day or Year to the Julian Calendarby Michael Mann

Review by: Philip Sadgrove

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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PDF, 180 KB

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13

The Study of Arabic in Malta 1632 to 1915by Dionisius Agius; Vinċenz P. Borg; Francine Geraci

Review by: Farida Abu-Haidar

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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14

Der Islamische Orient: Grundlagen zur Länderkunde eines Kulturraumsby Eckart Ehlers; Abdoldjavad Falaturi; Günther Schweizer; Georg Stöber; Gerd Winkelhane

Review by: W. Madelung

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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15

Islam in European Thoughtby Albert Hourani

Review by: D. O. Morgan

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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16

Islamic Law and Jurisprudence: Studies in Honor of Farhat J. Ziadehby Nicholas Heer

Review by: Ian Richard Netton

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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17

The Ismā'īlīs: Their History and Doctrinesby Farhad Daftary

Review by: Robert Irwin

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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18

Al-Ḳāsim b. Ibrāhīm on the Proof of God's Existence: Kitāb al-Dalīl al-Kabīrby Binyamin Abrahamov

Review by: W. Madelung

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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19

Schlaglichter über das Sufitum. Abū Naṣr as-Sarrāǧs "Kitāb al-luma'"by Richard Gramlich

Review by: Alexander Knysh

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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20

An Overview of Modern Arabic Literatureby Pierre Cachia

Review by: J. A. Abu-Haidar

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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21

Sanskrit Criticismby V. K. Chari

Review by: Jonathan Katz

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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22

The Nominal Sentence in Sanskrit and Middle Indo-Aryanby Andries Breunis

Review by: Jonathan Katz

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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23

Symbols in Art and Religion: The Indian and Comparative Perspectivesby Karel Werner

Review by: J. Duncan M. Derrett

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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24

Yāmunācāryas Philosophie der Erkenntnis: eine Studie zu seiner Saṃvitsiddhiby Roque Mesquita

Review by: J. L. Brockington

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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25

Tales of Heichūby Susan Downing Videen

Review by: C. J. Dunn

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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26

Select List of Additions to the Library

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Back Matter

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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On the Origins of Wahhābism

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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29

Izmir and the Levantine World, 1550-1650by Daniel Goffman

Review by: Colin Imber

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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30

Furrows: Peasants, Intellectuals and the State. Stories and Histories from Modern Chinaby Helen F. Siu

Review by: Tao Tao Liu

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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31

L'image divine; culte et méditation dans l'hindouismeby André Padoux

Review by: Karel Werner

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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The Cambridge History of Japan. Volume 4. Early Modern Japanby John Whitney Hall

Review by: A. G. R. Smith

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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33

The Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West with Special Reference to Scholasticismby George Makdisi

Review by: Hugh Kennedy

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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34

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradiseby Alfred Russel Wallace;In Malay Forestsby George Maxwell

Review by: P. C. Wicks

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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english, 1992

35

Pine River and Lone Peak: An Anthology of Three Chosŏn Dynasty Poetsby Peter H. Lee;Modern Korean Literature: An Anthologyby Peter H. Lee

Review by: J. E. Hoare

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeologyby A. Ghosh

Review by: A. D. H. Bivar

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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PDF, 520 KB

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37

An Ethiopic Inscription in Westminster Abbey

Edward Ullendorff

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.01 MB

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38

Cairo University and the Making of Modern Egyptby Donald Malcolm Reid

Review by: Michael B. Bishku

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Other Books Received for Review

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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40

The Ngor Mandalas of Tibet. Platesby bSod nams rgya mtsho; Musashi Tachikawa

Review by: Erberto F. Lo Bue

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Seven Wakhi Poems

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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The Origin of the Term "pien-wen": An Alternative Hypothesis

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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10.2307/25182551

Review by: Erberto F. Lo Bue

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Le Meurtre d'Henry Lambert, Agent Consulaire de France à Aden (1855-1865)

Roger Joint Daguenet

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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1992

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Beauty of the Creation (Śənä Fəṭrät)by Getatchew Haile; Misrak Amare

Review by: Richard Pankhurst

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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46

The Economic Dimensions of Middle Eastern History: Essays in Honor of Charles Issawiby Haleh Esfandiari; A. L. Udovitch

Review by: R. M. Burrell

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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L'Espagne musulmane au temps des Naṣrīdes (1232-1492)by Rachel Arié

Review by: Antonio Fernández-Puertas

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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The Kingdom of Bamiyān: Buddhist Art and Culture of the Hindu Kushby Deborah Klimburg-Salter;Shahr-i Zohak and the History of the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistanby P. H. B. Baker; F. R. Allchin

Review by: Warwick Ball

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville. Vol. IX: Project Numbers 3501-4000by Getatchew Haile

Review by: Richard Pankhurst

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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Geometry and Architecture in Islamic Jerusalem: A Study of the Ashrafiyyaby Archie G. Walls

Review by: Godfrey Goodwin

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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Indo-Tibetan Studies: Papers in Honour and Appreciation of Professor David L. Snellgrove's Contribution to Indo-Tibetan Studiesby Tadeusz Skorupski

Review by: Anthony Tribe

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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Italo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War over Libya 1911-1912by Timothy W. Childs

Review by: M. E. Yapp

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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Khmer Ceramics from the Kamratāṅ Collection in the Southeast Asia Ceramics Museum, Kyotoby Hiroshi Fujiwara

Review by: William Watson

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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Islam and Ethnicity in Malay Politicsby Hussin Mutalib

Review by: John Bousfield

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

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english

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Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabicby Moshe Piamenta

Review by: R. B. Serjeant

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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PDF, 392 KB

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Landlord and Peasant in Persia: A Study of Land Tenure and Land Revenue Administrationby Ann K. S. Lambton

Review by: Keith McLachlan

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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The History of Sacred Places in India as Reflected in Traditional Literature: Papers on Pilgrimage in South Asiaby Hans Bakker

Review by: Ian Raeside

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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The Near East since the First World Warby M. E. Yapp

Review by: W. J. Olson

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Iranian Jewry during the Afghan Invasion. The "Kitāb-i Sar Guzasht-i Kāshān" of Bābāī b. Farhādby Vera Basch Moreen

Review by: Charles Melville

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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On the Origins of Wahhābism

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Recent British Museum Excavations in Assyria

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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New Evidence for the Jagannātha Cult in Seventeenth Century Nepal

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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The Origin of the Term pien-wen: An Alternative Hypothesis

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Studies in the Buddhist epistemological tradition. Proceedings of the Second International Dharmakīrti Conference, Vienna, June 11–16, 1989. Edited by Ernst Steinkellner. (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Denkschriften, 222. Bd. Beiträge zur Kultur-und Geistesgeschichte Asiens Nr. 8.) pp. xix, 430, front. Vienna, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1991. ÖS 420.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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The nominal sentence in Sanskrit and Middle Indo-Aryan. by Andries Breunis. (Orientalia Rheno-Traiectina, Vol. 35.) pp. vii, 229, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1990. DA. 90, US $51.43.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1992

Language:

english

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L'image divine; culte et méditation dans l'hindouisme. Edited by André Padoux. (UPR 249 “L'hindouisme, textes, doctrines, pratiques”.) pp. viii, 179, Paris, Éditions du C.N.R.S. 1990, FF200.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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New Evidence for the Jagannātha Cult in Seventeenth Century Nepal

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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The Great Buddha of the Khalkha River

Haining, Thomas Nivison

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Landlord and peasant in Persia: a study of land tenure and land revenue administration. By Ann K.S. Lambton. pp. lxvi, 481 map (on endpapers). London and New York, I. B. Tauris 'Co., 1991. £39:50 First Published 1953.

McLachlan, Keith

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Iranian Jewry during the Afghan invasion. The Kitāb-i Sar Guzasht-i Kāshān of Bābāī B. Farhād. By Vera Basch Moreen. (Freiburger Islamstudien, Band XIV.) pp. viii, 178. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. DM 98.

Melville, Charles

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Indo-Tibetan studies: papers in honour and appreciation of Professor David L. Snellgrove's contribution to Indo-Tibetan Studies. Edited by Tadeusz Skorupski. (Buddhica Britannica: Series Continua II.) pp. xxix, 16 pl. Tring, The Institute of Buddist Studies. 1990.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Islam in European Thought. By Albert Hourani. pp. xi, 199, Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press. 1991. £25.00.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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The rise of humanism in classical Islam and the Christian West with special reference to Scholasticism. By George Makdsis pp. xxi, 431 20 illus. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1990. £45.00.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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The road to East Slope: the development of Su Shi's poetic voice. By Michael A. Fuller. pp. xiii 383. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press. 1990. US $42.50.

Birrell, Anne M.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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Italo-Turkish diplomacy and the war over Libya 1911–1912. By Timothy W. Childs. (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East, Vol XLII.) pp. xiii271, 3 maps, Leiden etc., E.J. Brill, 1990. Dfl. 125, US $62.50.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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JRA volume 2 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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The Development of Islamic library collections in Western Europe and North America. By Stephan Roman. (Libraries and Librarianship in the Muslim World). pp. xii, 259. London and New York, Mansell, 1990. £40.00.

Bloomfield, B. C.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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The history of sacred places in India as reflected in traditional literature: papers on pilgrimage in South Asia. Edited by Hans Bakker. (Panels of the Vllth World Sanskrit Conference, Kern Institute. Leiden: August 23–29, 1987. Vol. III.) pp. vi, 221, Leiden etc., E.J. Brill. 1990. DA US$57.50.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Italo-Turkish diplomacy and the war over Libya 1911–1912. By Timothy W. Childs. (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East, Vol XLII.) pp. xiii271, 3 maps, Leiden etc., E.J. Brill, 1990. Dfl. 125, US $62.50.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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JRA volume 2 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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The Development of Islamic library collections in Western Europe and North America. By Stephan Roman. (Libraries and Librarianship in the Muslim World). pp. xii, 259. London and New York, Mansell, 1990. £40.00.

Bloomfield, B. C.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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The history of sacred places in India as reflected in traditional literature: papers on pilgrimage in South Asia. Edited by Hans Bakker. (Panels of the Vllth World Sanskrit Conference, Kern Institute. Leiden: August 23–29, 1987. Vol. III.) pp. vi, 221, Leiden etc., E.J. Brill. 1990. DA US$57.50.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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An encyclopaedia of Indian archaeology. Vol. I. Subjects. Vol. II. Gazetteer of explored and excavated sites in India. Edited by A. Ghosh. pp. xvi, 413 56 figs.; 470, 15 figs. Leiden, etc., E.J. Brill, 1990. Dlf. 400, US $228.57

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Dictionary of post-classical Yemeni Arabic. By Moshe Piamenta. Part I, alif-shīn , pp. xxiv, 274; Part II, ṫād-yā pp. 275–539Leiden etc., E.J. Brill, 1990 & 1991 Dfl. 165, US$94.29.

Serjeant, R. B.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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An encyclopaedia of Indian archaeology. Vol. I. Subjects. Vol. II. Gazetteer of explored and excavated sites in India. Edited by A. Ghosh. pp. xvi, 413 56 figs.; 470, 15 figs. Leiden, etc., E.J. Brill, 1990. Dlf. 400, US $228.57

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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An Ethiopic Inscription in Westminster Abbey

Ullendorff, Edward

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

Language:

english

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Tibet: civilisation et société. Colloque organisé par la Fondation Singer-Polignac à Paris, Les 27, 28, 29 Avril 1987. Edited by Fernand Meyer. pp. 204, 53 figs. Paris, Éditions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac and Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. 1990. FF.190.

Lo Bue, Erberto F.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Other Books Received for Review

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

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english

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Hijri–Julian conversion program: instant conversion of Muslim Hijri dates by day or year to the Julian calendar. By Michael Mann. (Royal Asiatic Society Computer Software Series 1.) 5¼ inch disk; runs on IBM and compatible computers. London, Royal Asiatic Society, 1991. £9.50.

Sadgrove, Philip

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1992

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The shape of the turtle: myth, art and cosmos in early China. By Sarah Allan. (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture.) pp. xi230 65 figs. Albany, New York, State University of New York Press. 1991.

Watson, William

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1992

Language:

english

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Khmer ceramics from the Kamratāṅ collection in the Southeast Asia Ceramics Museum, Kyoto. By Hiroshi Fujiwara, introduction by Dawn F. Rooney. illustrated by Yanyong Manoopol. (The Asia Collection.) pp. xviIII 147 col. illus., 29 bl. and wh. illus., 2 maps. Singapore etc., Oxford University Press. 1990. £22.50.

Watson, William

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1992

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Aksum: an African civilisation of late antiquity. By Stuart Munro-Hay. pp. x, 294 67 illus., 3 maps. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1991. £40.00.

Beeston, A. F. L.

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Tibet: civilisation et société. Colloque organisé par la Fondation Singer-Polignac à Paris, Les 27, 28, 29 Avril 1987. Edited by Fernand Meyer. pp. 204, 53 figs. Paris, Éditions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac and Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. 1990. FF.190.

Lo Bue, Erberto F.

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Other Books Received for Review

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Aksum: an African civilisation of late antiquity. By Stuart Munro-Hay. pp. x, 294 67 illus., 3 maps. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1991. £40.00.

Beeston, A. F. L.

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The Near East since the First World War. By M.E. Yapp. (A History of the Near East.) pp. xviii526, 8 maps. London and New York, Longman, 1991. £32.00. (cloth), £14.95 (paperback).

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Tales of Heichū. By Susan Downing Videen (Harvard East Asian Monographs 139.) pp. ix235, front. Cambridge, Mass., Council on East Asian Studies, Harvest University. Distributed by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. and London. 1989. £17.50.

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The study of Arabic in Malta 1632 to 1915. By Dionisius Agius. translated from Maltese by Vincenz P. Bohg, Revised and edited by Francine Geraci. pp. xii, 52. Louvain, Peeters, 1990First published in Maltese by Klabb Kotba Maltin,, 1980.

Abu-Haidar, Farida

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Japanese studies: papers presented at a colloquium at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 14–16 September 1988. Edited by Yu-Ying Brown. (British Library Occasional Papers II.) pp. xvi398, front., illus. London, The British Library. 1990. £35.00.

Smith, A. G. R.

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Cairo University and the making of modern Egypt. By Donald Malcolm Red. (Cambridge Middle East Library, 23.) pp. xviii296, front., 6 illus, Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1990. £30.00.

Bishku, Michael B.

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Izmir and the Levantine world, 1550–1650. By Daniel Goffman (Publications on the Near East, No. 5.) pp. xv236 30 illus, I fig., 3 maps Seattle and London, University of Washington Press, 1990. US $25.00.

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Understanding the Chinese mind: the philosophical roots. Edited by Robert E. Allinson. pp. vi316. Hong Kong etc., oxford University Press. 1991. First published 1989. £9.95.

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The Near East since the First World War. By M.E. Yapp. (A History of the Near East.) pp. xviii526, 8 maps. London and New York, Longman, 1991. £32.00. (cloth), £14.95 (paperback).

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Tales of Heichū. By Susan Downing Videen (Harvard East Asian Monographs 139.) pp. ix235, front. Cambridge, Mass., Council on East Asian Studies, Harvest University. Distributed by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. and London. 1989. £17.50.

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The study of Arabic in Malta 1632 to 1915. By Dionisius Agius. translated from Maltese by Vincenz P. Bohg, Revised and edited by Francine Geraci. pp. xii, 52. Louvain, Peeters, 1990First published in Maltese by Klabb Kotba Maltin,, 1980.

Abu-Haidar, Farida

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Pine River and Lone Peak: an anthology of three Chosŏn dynasty poets. Translated with an introdution by Peter H. Lee pp. viii197. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1991. US $24.00. - Modern Korean literature: an anthology. Compiled and edited by Peter H. Lee pp. xxii442. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1990. US $18.95. (paperback).

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Sanskrit Criticism. By V. K. Chari. pp. xii, 302, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1990. US $35.00.

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Le Meurtre d'Henry Lambert, Agent Consulaire de France à Aden (1855–1865)

Daguenet, Rojer Joint

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Corpus topographicum Indiae antiquae. Part II. Archaeological sites. By G. Pollet P. Eggermont and G. van Damme Map Editor, F. Depuydt. (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 37.) pp. 127, 31 maps. Leuven, Departement Oriëntalistick, 1990.

Chakrabarti, Dilip K.

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Beauty of the creation (śәnä Fәṭrät). By Getatchew Haile and Misrak Amare. (Journal of Semitic Studies Monograph 16.) pp. x, 87Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1991. £25.00.

Pankhurst, Richard

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An overview of modern arabic literature. By Pierre Cachia. (Islamic Surveys, 17.) pp. viii241. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1990. £30.00.

Abu-Haidar, J. A.

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Japanese studies: papers presented at a colloquium at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 14–16 September 1988. Edited by Yu-Ying Brown. (British Library Occasional Papers II.) pp. xvi398, front., illus. London, The British Library. 1990. £35.00.

Smith, A. G. R.

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Cairo University and the making of modern Egypt. By Donald Malcolm Red. (Cambridge Middle East Library, 23.) pp. xviii296, front., 6 illus, Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1990. £30.00.

Bishku, Michael B.

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Izmir and the Levantine world, 1550–1650. By Daniel Goffman (Publications on the Near East, No. 5.) pp. xv236 30 illus, I fig., 3 maps Seattle and London, University of Washington Press, 1990. US $25.00.

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Seven Wakhi poems

Reinhold, Beate

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A dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of the Byzantine period. By Michael Sokoloff. (Dictionaries of Talmud, Midrash and Targum II) pp. 823. Ramat Gan, Israel, Bar Ilan University Press, 1990.

Ullendorff, Edward

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Geometry and architecture in Islamic Jerusalem: a study of the Ashrafiyya. By Archie G. Walls. pp. 207, fornt., 19 pl., 150 plans, I map. Buckhurst Hill, Essex, Scorpion Publishing Ltd., World of Islam Festival Trust, 1991.

Goodwin, Godfrey

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Understanding the Chinese mind: the philosophical roots. Edited by Robert E. Allinson. pp. vi316. Hong Kong etc., oxford University Press. 1991. First published 1989. £9.95.

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Der Islamische Orient: Grundlagen zur Länderkunde eines Kulturraums. By Eckart Ehlers, Abdoldjavad Falaturi, Günther Schweizer, Georg Stöber, and Gerd Winkelhane. (Studien zum Islam in Interkulturellen Wechselbesziehungen, Schriftenreihe der Islamischen Wissenschaftlichen Akademie zur Erforschung der Wechselbeziehung zur abendländischen Geistesgeschichte und Kultur: Islam: Raum – Geschichte – Religion, Band 1.) pp. xv, 417, 51 illus., tables and maps. Cologne, Islamische Wissenschafliche Akademie zur Erforschung der Wechselbeziehung zur abenländischen Geistesgeschichte und Kultur, 1990. Distributed by Verlag Moritz Diesterweg GmbH, Frankfurt. DM 48.

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The economic dimensions of Middle Eastern history: essays in honor of Charles Issawi. Edited by Haleh Esfandiari and A.L. Udovitch. pp. 368, front. Princeton, NJ, The Darwin Press, 1990. US$24.95.

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Schlaglichter über das Sufitum. Abū Naṫr as-Sarrāğs Kitāb al-luma. Introduction, translation and commentary by Richard Gramlich (Freiburger Islamstudien, Band XIII.) pp. 676, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. DM 270.

Knysh, Alexander

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The Ngor Mandalas of Tibet. Plates. By bSod nams rgya mtsho and Musashi Tachikawa. (Bibliotheca Codicm Asoatocorum 2.) pp. xxxv, 8 col. pl., bl. and wh. pl., 2 diagrams. Tokyo, The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies. 1989. US $49.00.

Lo Bue, Erberto F.

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The Malay archipelago: the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise. By Alfred Russel Wallace, introduction by John Bastin. pp. xxvii638 illus.Singapore etc., Oxford University Press. 1986. First published 1969. £10.95. - In Malay Forests. By George Maxwell, pp. 238, illus. Singapore, Graham Brash, 1989. Distributed by Gazelle Book Services, Lancaster. First published 1907. £6.25.

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A catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript library, Collegeville. Vol. IX: project numbers 3501–4000. By Getatchew Haile. pp. xi, 398, 4 pl. Collegeville, Minnesota, Hill Monstic Library of St. John's Abbet and University, 1987. U.S.$50.00.

Pankhurst, Richard

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Die Vedischen ZwillingsgÃ¶tter: Untersuchungen zur Genese ihres Kultes. By Gabriele Zeller. (Freiburger BeitrÃ¤ge zur Indologie, Band 24.) pp. x, 209, Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz. 1990. DM 64.

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