Studies in the Medieval History of the Yemen and South Arabia

by Smith,G. Rex

• ISBN13: 9780860786412
• ISBN10: 0860786412
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-28
• Publisher: Variorum

Summary

This volume brings together a set of widely scattered articles spanning some thirty years of research on early and medieval Yemen and South Arabia. They cover the political and military history of the area, from the beginning of Islam to the Ottoman conquest in 1517, with the establishment of the Zaydis and then the Ayyubids as key events. Particular attention is given to the 13th century, and questions of trade and historical geography. The work of the traveller Ibn al-Mujawir, the subject of a series of studies, also provides much information on the society and beliefs of the period, including magic and sexual practices.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix-xi	(1)
Acknowledgements	xii
I The political history of the Islamic Yemen down to the first Turkish invasion (1-945/622-1538) Yemen: 300 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix, ed. W. Daum. Innsbruck-Frankfurt-am-Main: Pinguin Verlag-Umschau Verlag, 1988	129-139	(10)
II Yemenite history: problems and misconceptions Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 20. London, 1990	131-139	(8)
III Ibn al-Mujawir on Dhofar and Socotra Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 15. London, 1985	79-92	(13)
IV Ibn al-Mujawir's 7th/13th-century Arabia: the wondrous and the humorous A Miscellany of Middle Eastern Articles: In Memoriam Thomas Muir Johnstone 1924-83, ed. A. K. Irvine, R. B. Serjeant and G. Rex Smith. Harlow: Longman, 1988	111-124	(13)
V Ibn al-Mujawir's 7th/13th-century guide to Arabia: the eastern connection Occasional Papers of the School of Abbasid Studies 3. University of St Andrews, 1990	71-88	(17)
VI Some `anthropological' passages from Ibn al-Mujawir's guide to Arabia and their proposed interpretations Studies in Oriental Culture and History: Festschrift for Walter Dostal, ed. A. Gingrich, S. Haas, G. Paleczek and T. Fillitz. Frankfurt-am-Main Peter Lang, 1993	160-171	(11)
VII The language of Ibn al-Mujawir's 7th/13th-century guide to Arabia, Tarikh al-Mustabsir Tradition and Modernity in Arabic Language and Literature, ed. J. R. Smart. Richmond: Curzon Press, 1996	327-351	(24)
VIII Magic, jinn and the supernatural in medieval Yemen: examples from Ibn al-Mujawir's 7th/13th-century guide Quaderni di Studi Arabi 13. Venice: Herder Editrice, 1995	7-18	(11)
IX Ibn Hatim's Kitab al-Simt and its place in medieval Yemenite Historiography Studies in the History of Arabia: Sources for the History of Arabia i/2. University of Riyad,1978	63-68	(5)
X Have you anything to declare? Maritime trade and commerce in Ayyubid Aden: Practices and taxes Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 25. London, 1995	127-140	(13)
XI More on the port practices and taxes of medieval Aden New Arablan Studies 3, ed. G. Rex Smith, J. R. Smart and B. R. Pridham. University of Exceter Press, 1996	208-218	(10)
XII The Ayyubids and Rasulids: the transfer of power in 7th/13th-century Yemen Islamic Culture 43, pp. 175-88. Hyderabad, 1969	1-13	(12)
XIII The Rasulids in Dhofar in the VIIth-VIIIth/XIIIth-XIVth centuries Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1. London, 1988	26-44	(18)
XIV The Yemenite settlement of Tha bat: historical, numismatic and epigraphic notes Arabian Studies 1, ed. R. B. Serjeant and R. L. Bidwell. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1974	119-134	(15)
XV The Tahirid sultans of the Yemen (858-923/1454-1517) and their historian Ibn al-Dayba Journal of Semitic Studies 29. University of Manchester, 1984	141-154	(13)
XVI Some observations on the Tahirids and their activities in and around San (XXX) (858-923/1454-1517) Studies in History and Literature in Honour of Nicola A. Ziadeh, ed. I. Abbas et al. London: Hazar Publishing Ltd, 1992	29-36	(7)
XVII Studies on the Tihamah Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1. London, 1986	30-39	(9)
XVIII Masqat in the Arab lexicographers and geographers Journal of Oman Studies 6. Muscat, 1983	145-148	(3)
XIX The Omani manuscript collection at Muscat. Part 1: a general description of the MSS Arabian Studies 4, ed. R. B. Serjeant and R. L. Bidwell. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1978	161-190	(29)
XX Robert Bertram Serjeant, 1915-1993 Proceedings of the British Academy 87, 1994 Lectures and Memoirs. London, 1994	439-452	(13)
Addenda and Corrigenda	1-6	(5)
Index	1-16	(15)