Volume 4; Issue 3

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Volume 4; Issue 3

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Chinaby Andrei V. Subbotin

Review by: H. D. R. Baker

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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2

Front Matter

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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3

A New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land

Review by: G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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4

An Arabic Legal Document from the Umayyad Period

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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5

Early Mesopotamia and Iran. Contact and Conflict c. 3500-1600 BC. Proceedings of a Seminar in Memory of Vladimir G. Lukoninby John Curtis; Vladimir G. Lukonin

Review by: Graham Philip

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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6

The Middle East and Europe. Encounters and Exchangesby Geert Jan van Gelder; Ed de Moor

Review by: H. T. Norris

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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7

Islam: The Straight Pathby John L. Esposito

Review by: D. O. Morgan

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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8

Approaches to the Qur'ānby G. R. Hawting; Abdul-Kader A. Shareef

Review by: W. Madelung

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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9

Early Philosophical Shiism: The Ismaili Neoplatonism of Abū Ya'qūb al-Sijistānīby Paul E. Walker

Review by: Farhad Daftary

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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10

The Islamic Movement of Iraqi Shi'asby Joyce N. Wiley

Review by: Vanessa Martin

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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11

Die Frau in Saudi-Arabien zwischen Tradition und Moderneby Holger Vagt

Review by: Ulrike Freitag

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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12

Britain's Persian Connection 1798-1828: Prelude to the Great Game in Asiaby Edward Ingram

Review by: Vanessa Martin

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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13

Major Trends in Orissan Philosophyby Bijayananda Kar

Review by: John Brockington

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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14

Nonviolence to Animals, Earth and Self in Asian Traditionsby Christopher Key Chapple

Review by: Paul Marett

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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15

Die Beschreibung Indiens in der "Riḥla" des Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: Aspekte einer herrschafts-soziologischen Einordnung des Delhi-Sultanates unter Muḥammad Ibn Tuġluqby Stephan Conermann

Review by: C. F. Beckingham

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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PDF, 328 KB

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16

The Legacy of Muslim Rule in Indiaby K. S. Lal

Review by: Peter Jackson

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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17

The New Cambridge History of India. I. 5. The Mughal Empireby John F. Richards

Review by: M. Athar Ali

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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18

Catalogue of Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylographs and Catalogue of Thankas, Banners and Other Paintings and Drawings in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicineby Marianne Winder

Review by: D. Seyfort Ruegg

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Vol. 2. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuriesby Nicholas Tarling

Review by: Peter Carey

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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20

L'Europe et le Siam du xvie au xviiie siècle: apports culturelsby Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h

Review by: B. J. Terwiel

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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21

Hindu Gods at Sukhodayaby M. C. Subhadradis Diskul; A. B. Griswold

Review by: Mary Stewart

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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22

Sukhothai: Its History, Culture and Artby Betty Gosling

Review by: Mary Stewart

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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23

To Achieve Security and Wealth. The Qing Imperial State and the Economy 1644-1911by Jane Kate Leonard; John R. Watt

Review by: Richard J. Smith

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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PDF, 480 KB

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24

Taoist Meditation. The Mao-Shan Tradition of Great Purityby Isabelle Robinet; Julian F. Pas; Norman J. Girardot

Review by: Susan Whitfield

Journal:

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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PDF, 335 KB

english, 1994

25

Historian of the Strange. Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Taleby Judith T. Zeitlin

Review by: Tao Tao Liu

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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26

Mongolia. A Travel Survival Kitby Robert Storey

Review by: Thomas Nivison Haining

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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27

Cultural Nationalism in East Asia. Representation and Identityby Harumi Befu

Review by: Gregor Benton

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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28

The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatreby James R. Brandon; Martin Banham

Review by: G. E. Marrison

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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29

Contemporary Religions: A World Guideby Ian Harris; Stuart Mews; Paul Morris; John Shepherd

Review by: W. Owen Cole

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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Other Books Received for Review

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1994

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english

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Select List of Accessions to the Library

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1994

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32

Anniversary Meeting

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1994

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Meetings and Lectures at the Society

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1994

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Royal Asiatic Society. Report and Accounts. 31 December 1993

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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To achieve security and wealth. The Qing imperial state and the economy 1644–1911. Edited by Jane Kate Leonard and John R. Watt. (Cornell East Asian Series, 56.) pp. xii, 189, 2 figs., 5 maps. Ithaca, NY, East Asia Program, Cornell University, 1992.

Smith, Richard J.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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36

Kinda on the Eve of Islam and during the "Ridda"

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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37

Huang Lao Thought and the "Huainanzi"

Review by: Michael Loewe

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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38

The Poetics of Appropriation. The Literary Theory and Practice of Huang Tingjianby David Palumbo-Liu

Review by: Anne Birrell

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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39

Volume Information

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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40

Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collectionsby Geoffrey Khan

Review by: Colin F. Baker

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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South East Asia: A Guide to Reference Materialby Andrew Dalby

Review by: Patricia M. Herbert

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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42

Old Malaccaby Sarnia Hayes Hoyt

Review by: Dennis Duncanson

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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43

Transcendence and Divine Passion: The Queen Mother of the West in Medieval Chinaby Suzanne E. Cahill

Review by: T. H. Barrett

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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PDF, 552 KB

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44

Islamic History: A Framework for Enquiryby R. Stephen Humphreys

Review by: Isabel Miller

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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PDF, 407 KB

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45

Śaṃkara-mandāra-saurabha: eine Legende über das Leben des Philosophen Śaṃkaraby Anton Ungemach

Review by: John Brockington

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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46

Obituary: Academician Mikhail Useinov

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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47

Ocean of Eloquence: Tsong Kha pa's Commentary on the Yogācāra Doctrine of Mindby Gareth Sparham; Shotoro Iida

Review by: Paul Williams

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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48

Muqarnas. An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 10. Essays in Honor of Oleg Grabar

Review by: Godfrey Goodwin

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of God: al-Maqṣad al-Asnā fī Sharḥ Asmā' Allāh al-Ḥusnāby al-Ghazālī; David B. Burrell; Nazih Daher

Review by: Ian Richard Netton

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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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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1994

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Marco Polo's Bookby John Critchley

Review by: Peter Jackson

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World Historyby Marshall G. S. Hodgson; Edmund Burke,

Review by: R. I. Moore

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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True Tales of British India and the Princely Statesby Michael Wise

Review by: John A. Payne

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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A Tibetan Inscription by lHa Bla-ma Ye-shes-'od from dKor (sPu) Rediscovered

Laxman S. Thakur

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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PDF, 1.24 MB

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The Arabian Nights: A Companionby Robert Irwin

Review by: Ludwig Ammann

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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56

Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting: Sinhala Catholics in Contemporary Sri Lankaby R. L. Stirrat

Review by: C. H. B. Reynolds

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Portrait anecdotique d'un gentilhomme chinois: Xie An (320-385), d'après le "Shishuo Xinyu"by Jean-Pierre Diény

Review by: Anne Birrell

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouseby Hugh Trevor-Roper

Review by: Anne Birrell

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Kimono: Fashioning Cultureby Lisa Dalby

Review by: D. L. M. Macfarlane

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History Presented to Professor K. A. Ballhatchetby Peter Robb; K. N. Chaudhuri; Avril Powell

Review by: P. J. Marshall

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Tibetische Handschriften und Blockdrucke. Teil 10. (Die mTshur-phu-Ausgabe der Sammlung Rin-chen gter-mdzod chen-mo, Bände 1 bis 14)by Peter Schwieger

Review by: D. Seyfort Ruegg

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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India Served and Observedby William Archer; Mildred Archer

Review by: A. L. Dallapiccola

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Early Modern Japanby Conrad Totman

Review by: A. G. R. Smith

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The new Cambridge history of India. I. 5. The Mughal empire. By John F. Richards, pp. xvi, 320, 6 maps. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1993. £27.95.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

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english

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Die Frau in Saudi-Arabien zwischen Tradition und Moderne. By Holger Vagt. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen. Band 163,) pp. ii, 174. Berlin, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1992.

Freitag, Ulrike

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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A New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land

Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

Language:

english

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PDF, 467 KB

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Islamic history: a framework for enquiry. Revised edition. By R. Stephen Humphreys, pp. xiv, 401. Princeton, NJ., Princeton University Press, 1991. US $39.95 (cloth), US $12.95 (paperback).

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The Poetics of appropriation. The literary theory and practice of Huang Tingjian. By David Palumbo-Liu. pp. xiii, 258, front., Stanford, Calif, Stanford University Press, 1993. US $39.50.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The legacy of Muslim rule in India. By K. S. Lal. pp. vi, 406. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 1992. Rs. 350.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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An Arabic legal document from the Umayyad period

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

Language:

english

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PDF, 920 KB

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A Tibetan Inscription by lHa Bla-ma Ye-shes-'od from dKor (sPu) Rediscovered

Thakur, Laxman S.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Year:

1994

Language:

english

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Hermit of Peking: the hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse. By Hugh Trevor-Roper, pp. 405, 8 pi. London, Eland, 1993. £9.99.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Kinda on the Eve of Islam and during the Ridda

Lecker, Michael

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1994

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english

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Nonviolence to animals, earth and self in Asian traditions. By Christopher Key Chapple. (SUNY Series in Religious Studies.) pp. xiv, 146. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1993. US $14.95.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Transcendence and divine passion: the Queen Mother of the West in medieval China. By Suzanne E. Cahill. pp. xxii, 303, 8 figs., map. Stanford, Calif, Stanford University Press, 1993.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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List of Fellows

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1994

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Sukhothai: its history, culture and art. By Betty Gosling. (The Asia Collection.) pp. xiv, 123, 24 pl., 87 figs., 2 maps (on end papers). Singapore etc., Oxford University Press, 1991. £30.00.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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JRA volume 4 issue 3 Cover and Back matter

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Śaṃkara-mandāra-saurabha: eine Legende über das Leben des Philosophen Śaṃkara. Edited, translated and introduced by Anton Ungemach. (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung, Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Band 153). pp. p, 187. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1992. DM66.

Brockington, John

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1994

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Taoist Meditation. The Mao-Shan tradition of great purity. By Isabelle Robinet, translated by Julian F. Pas and Norman J. Girardot with a foreword by Norman J. Girardot and a new afterword by Isabelle Robinet. (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture.) pp. xxix, 285, 11 figs. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1993.

Whitfield, Susan

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1994

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Taoist Meditation. The Mao-Shan tradition of great purity. By Isabelle Robinet, translated by Julian F. Pas and Norman J. Girardot with a foreword by Norman J. Girardot and a new afterword by Isabelle Robinet. (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture.) pp. xxix, 285, 11 figs. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1993.

Whitfield, Susan

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Ocean of eloquence: Tsong khap pa's commentary on the Yogācāra doctrine of mind. Introduced and translated by Gareth Sparham in collaboration with Shotoro Iida. (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies.) pp. xii, 260. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1993. US$12.95.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Major trends in Orissan philosophy. By Bijayananda Kar. pp. xiii, 134. Cuttack, Grantha Mandir, 1989. Rs 40.

Brockington, John

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Historian of the strange. Pu Songling and the Chinese classical tale. By Judith T. Zeitlin. pp. xiii, 332, front., 8 figs. Stanford, Calif, Stanford University Press, 1993. US $39.50.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The Arabian Nights: a companion. By Robert Irwin. pp. vi, 344. London, Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1994. £20.00.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Cultural nationalism in East Asia. Representation and identity. Edited by Harumi Befu. (Research Papers and Policy Studies No. 39.) pp. viii, 197. Berkeley, Calif., Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1993. US $17.00.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The ninety-nine beautiful names of God: al-Maqṣad al-Asnā fī Sharḥ Asmā Allāh al-ḥusnā. By Al-Ghazālī, translated with notes by David B. Burrell and Nazih Daher. pp. x, 205. Cambridge, The Islamic Texts Society, 1992. £29.95 (cloth), £11.95 (paperback).

Netton, Ian Richard

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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Die Beschreibung Indiens in der “Riḥla” des Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: Aspekte einer herrschafts-soziologischen Einordnung des Delhi-Sultanates unter Muḥammad Ibn Tuġluq. By Stephan Conermann. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen. Band 165.) pp. vii, 211, Berlin, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1993.

Beckingham, C. F.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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english

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The chronology of Tibet according to the Re'u-mig of Sum-pa-mKhan-po. Translated and edited by Bireshwar Prasad Singh, foreword by Shri S. K. Jha. (Rahula Collection Series No. 3.) pp. xvi, 283. Patna, The Bihar Research Society, 1991. Rs. 750.

Richardson, H. E.

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1994

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english

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The Arabian Nights: a companion. By Robert Irwin. pp. vi, 344. London, Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1994. £20.00.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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1994

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Cultural nationalism in East Asia. Representation and identity. Edited by Harumi Befu. (Research Papers and Policy Studies No. 39.) pp. viii, 197. Berkeley, Calif., Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1993. US $17.00.

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1994

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The ninety-nine beautiful names of God: al-Maqṣad al-Asnā fī Sharḥ Asmā Allāh al-ḥusnā. By Al-Ghazālī, translated with notes by David B. Burrell and Nazih Daher. pp. x, 205. Cambridge, The Islamic Texts Society, 1992. £29.95 (cloth), £11.95 (paperback).

Netton, Ian Richard

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Die Beschreibung Indiens in der “Riḥla” des Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: Aspekte einer herrschafts-soziologischen Einordnung des Delhi-Sultanates unter Muḥammad Ibn Tuġluq. By Stephan Conermann. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen. Band 165.) pp. vii, 211, Berlin, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1993.

Beckingham, C. F.

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The chronology of Tibet according to the Re'u-mig of Sum-pa-mKhan-po. Translated and edited by Bireshwar Prasad Singh, foreword by Shri S. K. Jha. (Rahula Collection Series No. 3.) pp. xvi, 283. Patna, The Bihar Research Society, 1991. Rs. 750.

Richardson, H. E.

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Huang Lao Thought and the Huainanzi

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Portrait anecdotique d'un gentilhomme chinois: Xie an (320–385), d'après le Shishuo Xinyu . By Jean-Pierre Dieny. (Bibliothèque de l'lnstitut des Hautes Études Chinoises, Vol. XXVIII.) pp. 132. Paris, Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises, 1993. FF 160.

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Portrait anecdotique d'un gentilhomme chinois: Xie an (320–385), d'après le Shishuo Xinyu . By Jean-Pierre Dieny. (Bibliothèque de l'lnstitut des Hautes Études Chinoises, Vol. XXVIII.) pp. 132. Paris, Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises, 1993. FF 160.

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JRA volume 4 issue 3 Cover and Front matter

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Other Books Received for Review

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Hindu Gods at Sukhodaya. By M. C. Subhadradis Diskul, English version by the author and A. B. Griswold. pp. xv, 132, illus. Bangkok, White Lotus Co. Ltd., 1990.

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The Cambridge guide to Asian theatre. Edited by James R. Brandon, Advisory Editor, Martin Banham. pp. viii, 253, front., illus. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1993. £35.00.

Marrison, G. E.

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Hindu Gods at Sukhodaya. By M. C. Subhadradis Diskul, English version by the author and A. B. Griswold. pp. xv, 132, illus. Bangkok, White Lotus Co. Ltd., 1990.

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Arabic legal and administrative documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections. By Geoffrey Khan. (Cambridge University Library Genizah Series, 10.) pp. xviii, 567, 16 pl. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1993. £100.00.

Baker, Colin F.

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Royal Asiatic Society Report and Accounts

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Tibetische Handschriften und Blockdrucke. Teil 10. (Die mTshur-phu-Ausgabe der Sammlung Rin-chen gter-mdzod chen-mo, Bände i bis 14.) Described by Peter Schwieger. (Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, Band XI, 10.) pp. xxxix, 327. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. DM 210.

Ruegg, D. Seyfort

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Meetings and Lectures at the Society

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Early philosophical Shiism: the Ismaili Neoplatonism of Abū Ya'qūb al-Sijistānī By Paul E. Walker. (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization), pp. xvi, 203. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993. £30.00.

Daftary, Farhad

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Old Malacca. By Sarnia Hayes Hoyt. (Images of Asia.) pp. xii, 84, front, 16 col. pl., 24 bl. & wh. illus., maps. Kuala Lumpur etc., Oxford University Press, 1993., £10.50.

Duncanson, Dennis

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The Islamic movement of Iraqi Shi'as. By Joyce N. Wiley, pp. xii, 193. Boulder and London, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992. £28.50.

Martin, Vanessa

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Britain's Persian connection 1798–1828: prelude to the Great Game in Asia. By Edward Ingram, pp. xx, 351,6 maps. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992. £40.00.

Martin, Vanessa

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Select List of Accessions to the Library

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Mongolia. A travel survival kit. By Robert Storey, pp. 232, illus., maps. Melbourne, Lonely Planet Publications, 1993. £7.95. Aus. $17.95.

Haining, Thomas Nivison

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Arabic legal and administrative documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections. By Geoffrey Khan. (Cambridge University Library Genizah Series, 10.) pp. xviii, 567, 16 pl. Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1993. £100.00.

Baker, Colin F.

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Royal Asiatic Society Report and Accounts

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A critical edition of the sGra sbyor bam po gnyis pa . An old and basic commentary onthe Mahāvyutpatti . Edited by Mie Ishikawa. (Studia Tibetica No. 18. Materials for Tibetan-Mongolian Dictionaries, Vol. 2.) pp. 137. Tokyo, The Toyo Bunko, 1990.

Giebel, Rolf W., Lo Bue, Erberto F.

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Kimono: fashioning culture. By Lisa Dalby. pp. xii, 384, 28 col. pl, 200 bl. and wh. illus. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993. £25.00.

Macfarlane, D. L. M.

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Contemporary religions: a world guide. Edited by Ian Harris, Stuart Mews, Paul Morris and John Shepherd, pp. 520. Harlow, Essex, Longman, 1992., £95.00.

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Anniversary Meeting

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Index for 1994

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Tibetische Handschriften und Blockdrucke. Teil 10. (Die mTshur-phu-Ausgabe der Sammlung Rin-chen gter-mdzod chen-mo, Bände i bis 14.) Described by Peter Schwieger. (Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, Band XI, 10.) pp. xxxix, 327. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. DM 210.

Ruegg, D. Seyfort

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Meetings and Lectures at the Society

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Nepal and Bhutan. Country studies. Third edition. Edited by Andrea Matles Savada. (Area Handbook Series 550–35.) pp. xxxix, 424, illus., maps. Washington D.C., Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1993.

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Muqarnas. An annual on Islamic art and architecture. Vol. 10. Essays in honor of Oleg Grabar. Contributed by his students, pp. xiii, 390, front., illus. Leiden etc., E. J. Brill, 1993. Dfl. 110, US $73.00.

Goodwin, Godfrey

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Approaches to the Qur'ān. Edited by G. R. Hawting and Abdul-Kader A. Shareef. (Routledge/SOAS Series on Contemporary Politics and Culture in the Middle East.) pp. xiv, 336. London and New York, Routledge, 1993. £40.00.

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Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs and catalogue of thankas, banners and other paintings and drawings in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. By Marianne Winder, with a foreword by Gyurme Dorje. pp. xiii, 112, 12 col. pi. London, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1989.

Ruegg, D. Seyfort

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Islam: the straight path. By John L. Esposito. Second Edition, pp xi, 251, map. Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press, 1994. £7-99.

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