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The Seasons and Transhumance in the Safaitic Inscriptions1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

M. C. A. Macdonald
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According to Musil, the bedouin of North Arabia know five seasons, distinguished by different types of rain or its absence. The rains within each season are also thought to be governed by particular stars. The following table sets out these five seasons with the associated rains and stars.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , April 1992 , pp. 1 - 11
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1992

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Footnotes

1

I am most grateful to Professor A. F. L. Beeston and to Fidelity Lancaster for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article. They are, of course, in no way responsible for its shortcomings. I am also very grateful to Ann Searight for drawing the maps. For abbreviations used in notes see p. 10.