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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
ISSN: 1356-1863

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Volume 103 - January 1971

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Muhammad's thoughts on death: A thematic study of the Qur'anic Data. By Thomas O'ShaughnessyS.J. pp. viii, 90. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1969.

Die Beduinen in Südarabien: Eine ethnologische Studie zur Entwicklung der Kamelhirtenkultur in Arabien. By Walter Dostal. (Wiener Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte und Linguistik XV.) pp. 199, 40 ill. Wien, Verlag Ferdinand Berger and Söhne OHG. 1967.

Landscape with Arabs: Travels in Aden and South Arabia. By Donald Foster, pp. 216, 8 pl. Brighton, Clifton Books, 1969. £1.75.

Knowledge triumphant: The concept of knowledge in medieval Islam. By Franz Rosenthal. pp. viii, 356. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1970.

Die Armenische Bibelübersetzung als Hexaplarischer Zeuge im i. Samuelbuch. By Bo Johnson. (Coniectanea Biblica: Old Testament Series 2.) pp. 174. Lund, C.W.K. Gleerup, 1968. 35 Sw. kr.

The life and works of Jahiz: Translations of selected texts. [Comp.] by Charles Pellat, translated from the French by D. M. Hawke. (Islamic World Series.) pp. xiv, 286. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. £3.15.

Taxation in Islam. Vol. III: Abū Yūsuf's Kitāb al-Kharāj. Translated and provided with an introduction and notes by A. Ben Shemesh. pp. viii, 155. London, Luzac & Co., 1969. £4.25.

Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum. Stamp seals. II: The Sassanian dynasty. By A. D. H. Bivar. pp. vii, 145, 32 pl. London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1969. £4.50.

An introduction to Persian Literature. By Reuben Levy. (UNESCO Introductions to Asian Literature.) pp. 194. New York and London, Columbia University Press, 1969. £2.70.

Studies in the economic history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the present day. Edited by M. A. Cook. pp. ix, 526. London, Oxford University Press, 1970. £3.50.

Aristotle on the World State. By S. M. Stern. pp. ix, 88. Oxford, Bruno Cassirer (distributed by Luzac & Co.), 1970. £1.50.

Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895–1966. By G. M. Meredith-Owens, pp. x, 126. London, published by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1968. £3.00.

Papers on the date of Kaniṣka. Edited by A. L. Basham. (Australian National University Centre of Oriental Studies, Oriental Monograph Series, Vol. IV.) pp. xiv, 478, 6 pl., 1 folding chart. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1968.

Djamal-ed-Din Assad Abadi dit Afghani. By Homa Pakdaman. Préface de M. Rodinson. Ouvrage publié avec le concours du C.N.R.S. pp. 385. Paris, G. P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1969.

The Khotanese Śūraṅgamasamādhisūtra. by R. E. Emmerick. (London Oriental Series, Vol. 23.) pp. xxv, 133, 20 pl. London, Oxford University Press, 1970. £5.00.

The government of Ethiopia. By Margery Perham. (New edition.) pp. xci, 531, 4 maps. London, Faber and Faber, 1969. £5.50.

A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages: Phonetic analysis. By R. L. and D. R. Turner, pp. viii, 231. London, Oxford University Press, 1971. £6.00.

Inner Asia. History–Civilization–Languages. A Syllabus. By Denis Sinor. (Indiana University Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series Vol. 96.) pp. xv, 261. Bloomington, 1969. $7.

In the tracks of Buddhism. By Frithjof Schuon, translated from the French by Marco Pallis. pp. 168. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1968. £1.40.

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