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The Zaydī tribes of the Yemen: a new field study by Serjeant, R. B.

“…In a recent work, Paul Dresch gives us an admirable study, hard to praise too highly, well researched, engagingly written, with mercifully little of…”
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The Sunnah Jāmi'ah, pacts with the Yathrib Jews, and the Taḥrīm of Yathrib: analysis and translation of the documents comprised in the so-called ‘Constitution of Medina’ by Serjeant, R. B.

“…For almost a decade I have taught the ‘Constitution of Medina’ at Cambridge as the eight distinct documents it comprises, issued on various occasions over the…”
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A Maqāmah on Palm-Protection (Shirāḥah) by Serjeant, R. B.

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Historians and Historiography of Ḥaḍramawt by Serjeant, R. B.

“…Hadramawt, properly speaking, is the name of the Wadi, a province separated from its coast by an empty stony plateau. Each of these provinces is a distinct…”
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Religion, learning and science in the Abbasid period: edited by M. J. L. Young, J. D. Latham, R. B. Serjeant by Young, M. J. L, Latham, J. D, Serjeant, R. B

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The Ma'n "Gypsies" of the West Aden Protectorate by Serjeant, R. B.

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Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam: Misconceptions and Flawed Polemics by Serjeant, R. B.

“…Meccan Trade sets out to prove that the accepted history of the rise of Islam is largely fabrication, that the security system established by Quraysh for…”
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Famine death without loss of honour in ancient Arabia and Yemeni Arhab by Serjeant, R B

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OBSERVATIONS ON IRRIGATION IN SOUTH WEST ARABIA by Serjeant, R. B.

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Some Irrigation Systems in ḥaḍramawt by Serjeant, R. B.

“…How deeply questions of irrigation affect the daily life of the peoples of southern Arabia was first impressed upon me when the summer floods came down to…”
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Fisher-folk and fish-traps in al-Baḥrain by Serjeant, R. B.

“…For assistance in every Kind of way to obtain the information Presented here I am in debted to Shaikh 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Muḥammad b. 'Abdulāh Āl Khalīfah, and…”
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Recent Marriage Legislation From Al-Mukallā with Notes on Marriage Customs by Serjeant, R. B.

“…In Ḥaḍramawt, it seems, there have been constantly reiterated attempts at creating effective sumptuary laws limiting expenditure at marriages and other social…”
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Saint Sergius by Serjeant, R. B.

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Miḥrāb by Serjeant, R. B.

“…THE origin of the term miḥrāb is somewhat obscure. In Islām it is usually particularly applied to the prayer-niche, and the article in the Encyclopaedia of…”
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A fortified tower-house in Wādī Jirdān (Wāḥidī Sultanate)—II by Doe, Brian, Serjeant, R. B.

“…Sacrifices of animals at the various stages in the construction of a house are already reported from the country of the Subbaihah, Daw'an, and Tarīm. Ibn…”
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Folk-Remedies from Ḥaḍramawt by Serjeant, R. B.

“…The ms of miscellaneous contents from which this treatise has been extracted was lent me by its owner, Shaikh Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Ḳāadir Bā Maṭraf, Assistant…”
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A Fortified Tower-House in Wādī Jirdān (Wāḥidī Sultanate) — I by Doe, Brian, Serjeant, R. B.

“…In September 1964 we were able, after considerable difficulty, to reach the village al-Jinainah (al-Junainah) of Wādī Jirdān (which we had already visited…”
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Star-Calendars and an Almanac from South-West Arabia by Serjeant, R. B.

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A Judeo-Arab House-Deed from Ḥabbān by Serjeant, R. B.

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Two Tribal Law Cases (Documents) (Wāḥidī Sultanate, South-West Arabia) by Serjeant, R. B.

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