by defnet_bys | Jan 4, 2017 | Book Reviews
Abdul Rahman bin Sheikh Al-Kaff: ‘Amid al-Usra al-Kaffiyah nby Ali bin Anis al-Kaff. Arabic. Privately published, Seiyun, Hadhramaut, 2008. Pp. 296. Illus. Appendices. Pb. nThe immense overseas wealth of the al-Kaff family enabled it to play a leading role in the...
by defnet_bys | Jan 4, 2017 | Book Reviews
Aden & the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Portnby Roxani Eleni MargaritinThe University of North Carolina Press, 2007. Pp. xiii + 343. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Figures. Maps. Tables. Illus. Hb. £39.50. ISBN 978-0-8078-3076-5.nThis is...
by defnet_bys | Jan 4, 2017 | Book Reviews
Yemen: Territoires et IdentitésnPublished by Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Mediterranée (No. 121-122), Éditions Édisud, Aix-en-Provence, 2008. Illus. Maps. Annual subscription: Eur 53.50. FR ISSN 0997-1327. nWebsite: http://remmm.revues.org/nThis compilation...
by defnet_bys | Jan 4, 2017 | Book Reviews
Food for the Gods: New Light on the Ancient Incense Trade nEdited by David Peacock and David WilliamsnOxbow Books, Oxford, 2007. Pp. xiv + 151. B/w photographs, maps, tables and diagrams. Hb. £35. ISBN 978-1-84217-225-4.nThis book comprises seven papers of unequal...
by defnet_bys | Jan 4, 2017 | Book Reviews
Amedeo: The True Story of an Italian’s War in Abyssinia nby Sebastian O’KellynHarperCollins. paperback edition, 2003. Pp. xvii + 333. Illus. Index. £7.99. ISBN 0-00-655247-1. nA knight on horseback, young love, the comradeship of war, escape in disguise, set against...
by defnet_bys | Jan 4, 2017 | Book Reviews
The Western Hadramawt: Ethnographic Field Research, 1983–91 nby Mikhail RodionovnThis English version of the original Russian text (Moscow, 1994) is published by the Orientwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Martin Luther Universitat, Halle-Wittenberg, 2007. Pp. 307. Append....
