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Volume 44 - February 1981

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A. F. L. Beeston (ed. and tr.): The epistle on singing-girls by Jāḥiẓ (Risālat al-qiyān). (Approaches to Arabic Literature, no. 2.) [V], 67, 29 [Arabic text] pp. Warminster, Wilts.: Aris and Phillips Ltd, 1980. £10 (paper £5).

F. J. Cadoba: Interdialectical lexical compatability in Arabic: an analytical study of the lexical relationships among the major Syro-Lebanese varieties. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, XI.) ix, 112 pp., map. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1979. Guilders 32.

Wilhelm Eilers (ed.): Die Mundarl von Gäz. (Westiranische Mundarten aus der Sammlung Wilhelm Eilers, Bd. II.) xxiii, 1–271, [200]; ix, 272–788 pp., 9 plates. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1979. DM 288.

Robert Elgood(ed.): Islamic arms and armour, xii, 252 pp. London: Scolar Press, 1979. £75.

Farida Abu-Haidar: A study of the spoken Arabic of Baskinta. (James G. Forlong Fund, vol. XXVIII.) xv, 190 pp., map. Leiden and London: E. J. Brill for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1979. Guilders 56.

Henri-Charles Puech: Sur le Manichéisme et autres essais. (Collection Idées et Recherches.) vii, 510 pp. Paris: Flammarion, 1979.

Michael Brett: The Moors: Islam in the West. Photographs by Werner Forman. (Echoes of the Ancient World.) 128 pages, map [on end-papers]. London: Orbis Publishing, 1980, £7.95.

Herrmann Jungraithmayr and Wilfried Günther(ed. and tr.): Sultan Sa'idu Bi Hayatu tells the story of his and his father's life. (Abhandlungen der Marburger Gelehrten Gesellschaft, Jg. 1977, Nr.2.) [47] pp. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1978. DM16.

Joseph Tubiana (ed.): Modern Ethiopia from the accession of Menilek II to the present. (Proceedings of the fifth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Nice, 19–22 December 1977.) xvii, 556 pp. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1980. Hfl. 85.

Joyce Blau: Manuel de kurde: dialecte Sorani. (Institut d'fitudes Iraniennes de l'Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Documents et Ouvrages de Réferénce, 2.) 288 pp. Paris: Klincksieck, 1980. Fr. 72.

Henri-Paul Francfort: Les palettes du Gandhāra.(Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan, Tom. XXIII.) 104 pp., 58 plates. Paris: De Boccard, 1979.

Salma Khadra Jayyusi: Trends movements in modern Arabic poetry. (Studies in Arabic Literature. Supplements to the Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol. vi.) 2 vols. xiv, 360; vi, 361–877pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1977. Guilders 88.

Christian W. Troll: Sayyid Ahmad Khan: a reinterpretation of Muslim theology, xxii, 384 pp., front. Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., [1978].

Albert Hourani: The emergence of the modern Middle East. (St. Antony's/ Macmillan series.) xx, 243 pp. London: Macmillan, in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1981. £20.

Evelyn Howell: Mizh: a monograph on government‘s relations with the Mahsud tribe. (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints.) xii, 119 pp., map. Karachi, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1979. £6.50.

Arne Ambeos: Semitic: Damascus Arabic. (Afroasiatic Dialects, Vol. 3.) [ii], vii, 123 pp. Malibu: Undena Publications, 1977. $13.

Ludwing W. Adamec (ed.): [Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol.]Kandahar and south-central Afghanistan, xx, 667 pp., 53 maps. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Verlagsanstalt, 1980.

Richard F. Kreutel: Die Autobiographie des Dolmetschers 'Osmān Aga aus Temeschwar: der Text des Londoner Autographen in normalisierter Rechtschreibung. (E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust. New Series, XXVIII.) xxviii, 118 pp. Cambridge: Gibb Memorial Trust, 1980. £15.

J. B. Kelly: Arabia, the Gulf and the West, ix, 530 pp., maps. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. £15.

Vrej Nersessian: Catalogue of early Armenian books 1512–1850. 172 pp., 8 plates. London: The British Library, 1980. £50.

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