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MEkz@ts MIDDLE EAST LI.BRARlANS ASSOCIATION

Number 25

CONTENTS

February 1982

From the Editor

Report of the 1981 Annual Business Meeting

The Library of Congress Response

State of Censorship in Iran

Draft: Protocol on the Formulation of Arabic Personal Name Headings

N e w s of Members

Publications f o r Exchange

Duplicate Books for Sale

Job Offerings

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Number 25 February, 1982

MELA Notes ISSN 0 3 6 4 - 2 4 1 0

M I C D L E EAST LIBRARlANS ASSOCIATION

Fawzi Abdulrazak Harvard Pres iden t

Eric Ormsby Princeton Vice-President/Program Chair

Frank Unlandherm Columbia Secretary-Treasurer

Dunning Wilson UCLA Editor

MELA Notes is being published now three times a year, in February, May, and October. It is distributed to members of the Association and to nonmember subscribers. Member- ship dues of $5.00 bring Notes and other mailings. Subscriptions are $ 5 . 0 0 per calendar year, or $ 1 . 5 0 per issue for most back numbers. Address dues, requests for membership information, or subscriptions to Frank Unlandherm, Secretary-Treasurer MELA, Columbia University Libraries, 4 2 0 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027.

FROM THE EDITOR

Issue 25 is a first effort for a new editor.

My hope is to continue to provide content that

is diverse and beneficial. Comments, criticism,

contributions are welcome at any time. It is an

honor to be associated with a tradition so ably

established by Jim Pollock and Chris Filstrup.

I know now the diligence and hard work they

contributed to produce these Notes. To encourage

response, I want also to remind members of the

Occasional Papers series. Number 1 in the series

is available for $7.00 (postpaid) from

Middle Eastern Department Harvard College Library, Room R Cambridge, MA 02138

Please order copies for yourself and your library;

all proceeds go to MELA.

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REPORT OF THE 1981 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, SEATTLE

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President Basima Bezirgan opened with a statement calling for greater communication between members of MELA. She expressed a desire to see more information concerning the membership in the MELA Notes and asked all members to inform the editor of changes in job titles, births, deaths, publications and any informa- tion of general interest.

Elections followed with the new officers:

Eric Ormsby Vice-president, President-Elect Frank Unlandherm Secretary/Treasurer Dunning Wilson Editor

Frances Morton, MELA's ALA reprepentative, gave a report on the June meeting of ALA id San Francisco. Topics covered included discussion of computerization of Chinese and Japanese script materials, six new ro- manization tables, and the poll on microfilm reprint Frances sent out earlier this year. LC will follow AACR I and put the original publisher and date in the body of the card, leaving the reprint information in the notes area. This was discussed in the Description and Access Committee of ALA. Discussion followed and Frances asked that a copy of all letters, problems and consensus on this issue be sent to her to be put into the MELA Notes for better communication between cata- logers.

Julian Witherall reported on the African Studies Association Archives--Libraries Committee which met at Indiana University, Bloomington on October 2 2 . - A full report should be found in the next Africana Li- braries Newsletter (Africana Studies Library, 771 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 0 2 2 1 5 ) . Topics covered included work at LC to replace subject headings and subdivisions using terms such as "primitive" which are offensive to users; election of new officers to ASA; awarding of the biennial award for the best bibliogra- phy or reference tool published in the last two years; looking at access to African archives and research centers for American scholars; revision of the Handbook of African Studies, with a NEH grant; and the Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP). Julian also spoke on the Presi- dent's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, and about ttt possibility for a conference on area studies under LC auspices to consider collection development and resource sharing.

Chris Filstrup gave the Editor's report. Marsha McClintock gave the Secretary-Treasurer's report. As

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of November 1, MELA h a s 6 1 p r o f e s s i o n a l and 79 asso- c ia te members w i t h 55 of t h e 1 4 0 based o u t s i d e t h e U.S. C u r r e n t b a l a n c e of f u n d s i s $2,267.53. Dues are s t i l l $5.00 p e r y e a r . Next y e a r MELA shou ld r e c e i v e t h e p r o f - i t s o f t h e MELA O c c a s i o n a l P a p e r s , ser ies no. 1, as i t b e g i n s t o sell. B a l l o t s f o r changes i n t h e bylaws are b e i n g c o l l e c t e d u n t i l J a n u a r y 1, 1982, when they w i l l be counted and t h e new f o r m of t h e bylaws, w i t h whatever changes a r e v o t e d , w i l l be p r i n t e d i n t h e MELA Notes.

E l l i o t t Zak v o l u n t e e r e d t o s e r v e f o r one y e a r as a d u p l i c a t e f o r g i f t , sa le , or exchange c l e a r i n g h o u s e . Send a l l t i t l e s on c a r d s o r l i s t s t o E l l i o t t Zak a t C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s . H e w i l l o r g a n i z e t h e s e and t h e l i s t w i l l be p u b l i s h e d i n MELA Notes. I f t h e r e i s enough r e s p o n s e f o r t h i s p r o j e c t , it w i l l be c o n t i n - ued. C h r i s F i l s t r u p and John E i l t s w i l l work on up- d a t i n g t h e MELA su rvey of c o l l e c t i o n s w i t h t h e assis- t a n c e of J a n e t Heineck, f o r i n c l u s i o n i n t h e n e x t MELA d i r e c t o r y . R icha rd Dewey r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e Index Is- larnicus may cease owing t o l a c k of funds . Nab i l Hamdy asked i f any i n s t i t u t i o n s would b e w i l l i n g t o o f f e r a p rac t i cum, f r e e t o t h e i n s t i t u t i o n , f o r l i b r a r y s c i e n c e s t u d e n t s from A r a b c o u n t r i e s . I f so, c o n t a c t N a b i l a t t h e Graduate School of L i b r a r i a n s h i p , U n i v e r s i t y of Den v e r , Denver, Colorado, 80210.

Repor t of t h e Workshop on Automation

The T e l e x company's new t e r m i n a l , c a p a b l e of d i s - p l a y i n g f u l l d i a c r i t i c s , and C y r i l l i c and Hebrew s c r i p t s , h a s been t e s t e d a t Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , U n i v e r s i t y of Texas a t A u s t i n , U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , and L i b r a r y of Congress. T i m e w a s devo ted d u r i n g t h e workshop t o d i s - c u s s i o n of t h a t t e r m i n a l p r o t o t y p e and t h e f o l l o w i n g cri teria f o r a n A r a b i c sc r ip t t e r m i n a l w e r e d e c i d e d on:

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H a s t o be compa t ib l e w i t h c a t a l o g i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s ( i . e . , c o n t a i n / -- i n v e r t e d comma and o t h e r cha r - acters needed t o c a t a l o g A r a b i c s c r i p t ) . I t s h o u l d be able t o d i s p l a y n o t o n l y Arab ic cha r - a c t e r s b u t P e r s i a n and Ottoman T u r k i s h l e t t e r s as w e l l . I t shou ld b e compa t ib l e w i t h CODAR i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d s f o r Arab ic s c r i p t , so t h a t d a t a cou ld be s h a r e d from o v e r s e a s s o u r c e s . Must s o l v e t h e problem of having roman and nonro- man s c r i p t on one l i n e w i t h o u t hav ing t o t y p e one set of c h a r a c t e r s u s i n g t h e backspace key o r typ- i n g t h e words i n r e v e r s e . Must be compa t ib l e w i t h OCLC, RLIN and o t h e r u t i l - i t i e s which would e v e n t u a l l y make it p o s s i b l e t o

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s h a r e nonroman s c r i p t i n f o r m a t i o n n a t i o n a l l y . 6. Should b e u s e f u l n o t o n l y for c a t a l o g i n g , b u t f o r

a c q u i s i t i o n s and ILL systems i n t h e major u t i l i - t ies.

I f you are i n f a v o r of t h e s e p o i n t s , d i s c u s s them w i t h your l ib rar ies ' a d m i n i s t r a t i o n or w r i t e a le t ter to t h e Telex company or to Joe Howard a t t h e L i b r a r y of Congress , i n d i c a t i n g you are i n f a v o r of a sys tem b e i n g developed w i t h t h e s e g e n e r a l s p e c i f i c a t i o n s fo r A r a b i c s c r i p t .

Report o f t h e Workshop on AACR I1

The workshop c o n s i s t e d mainly of d i s c u s s i o n of how v a r i o u s i n s t i t u t i o n s w e r e a d o p t i n g and a d a p t i n g AACR I1 i n t h e Near E a s t s e c t i o n . A f e w c o n c r e t e p o i n t s came up i n c l u d i n g : LC w i l l soon change Muhammad, the p r o p h e t t o Muhammad, d . 632, i n t h e name a u t h o r i t y f i l e . I n t h e subjects, Arabs i n Spain w i l l b e changed t o Muslims-- Spain--(By Per iod) - -His tory . If errors or d u p l i c a t e e n t r i e s a r e found i n t h e name a u t h o r i t y system of LC a v a i l a b l e through t h e r n a j o r . u t i l i t i e s , p l e a s e r e p o r t t h e error or d u p l i c a t i o n t o t h e u t i l i t y , n o t d i r e c t l y t o t h e L i b r a r y of Congress .

Marsha McClintock Ohio State U n i v e r s i t y Main L i b r a r y

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESPONSE

One ef our c a t a l o g e r s of P e r s i a n and Arabic materi- a l ~ , FkWKXm Morton, brought back some of t h e q u e s t i o n s t h a t ar080 duzang %ha MELA workshop i n S e a t t l e . She a u g g a o t ~ d thui: t h o TAbrnry of Congress ' s answers t o t h o s o q u a o t i e n o might ha o f in te res t . I have t r a n - scribed t h e plaeaannry inCoxmnt%sn or e x p l a n a t i o n s below:

1. When a " t i t l o romanizad" noto i s needed (as i n t h e c a s e of having a uniform t l k l a on tho r e c o r d ) , t h e r e q u i s i t e n o t e t a k e s t h e Barno form i t d i d b e f o r e , b u t is no longer d i s p l a y e d i n t h e lowor r i g h t p o r t i o n of t h e r e c o r d . I n s t e a d it i s p l a c e d among t h o o t h e r n o t e s , i n t h e p o s i t i o n i n d i c a t e d by r u l e 1.784 of AACR 2.

2. For t i t l e s beginning "Ki tab ," w e are u s i n g t w o t i t l e added e n t r i e s , one beginning w i t h "Kitab" as i t a p p e a r s i n t h e " t i t l e romanized" n o t e and one w i t h i t suppressed .

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3. The Arabic "Diwan" and t h e P e r s i a n "Divan" w e r e f o r m e r l y u s e d as c o l l e c t i v e u n i f o r m t i t l e s , b u t no l o n g e r unde r AACR 2 , wh ich a l lows o n l y E n g l i s h words o r p h r a s e s , e. g . , "Poems. " "Diwan" and "Divan" w i l l a p p e a r as t i t l e added e n t r i e s , a c c o r d i n g t o AACR 2 21.30J.

4 . The example "Taha Husayn" i l l u s t r a t i n g r u l e 22.22D on p . 383 o f AACR 2 i s i n c o r r e c t . The cor- r e c t e d h e a d i n g a s u s e d by t h e L i b r a r y of Congres s i s "Husayn, Taha , 1889-1973. "

5. The s u b j e c t h e a d i n g " A r a b i c f i c t i o n " ( w i t h i n - d i r e c t s u b d i v i s i o n ) h a s n e v e r a p p e a r e d i n L i b r a r y o f Congres s S u b j e c t Headings (LCSH) a l t h o u g h it h a s been and r ema ins a v a l i d h e a d i n g . The a c c i d e n t a l o m i s s i o n of t h i s t e r m f r o m LCSH w i l l b e c o r r e c t e d i n a f u t u r e supp lemen t . The h e a d i n g "Arabic p r o s e l i t e r a t u r e " i s now b e i n g s u b d i v i d e d .

6 . The c l a s s i f i c a t i o n number f o r a g e n e r a l b i - ography of t h e P r o p h e t i n Arabic i s s t i l l BP75.2. The AACR 2 h e a d i n g f o r him i s "Muhammad, d . 632."

I n a d d i t i o n , I recommend o u r au tomated name a u - t h o r i t y f i l e and t h e C a t a l o g i n g S e r v i c e B u l l e t i n . Both a r e i m p o r t a n t i n q e n e r a l , and f o r s ?ec i a l i s t s a r e f r e q u e n t l y t h e means of knowing a n s w e r s i t t h e same t i m e as t h e m a i n s t r e a m c a t a l o g i n g d e p a r t m e n t s . F o r example , t h e q u e s t i o n answered above a b o u t t h e " t i t l e romanized" n o t e w a s answered i n C a t a l o g i n g S e r v i c e B u l l e t i n , no. 1 2 ( S p r i n g 1 9 8 1 ) , on p . 1 4 ; t h e q u e s t i o n a b o u t Muhammad's h e a d i n g , a s w e l l as t h o s e a b o u t les- ser f i g u r e s s u c h as Taha Husayn men t ioned above c a n b e found i n t h e c u m u l a t i v e m i c r o f i c h e r e p r e s e n t i n g o u r name a u t h o r i t y f i l e .

Ben R. Tucker L i b r a r y of Congres s O f f i c e f o r D e s c r i p t i v e C a t a l o g i n g P o l i c y

STATE OF CENSORSHIP

Accord inq t o a n

I N I R A N

I r a n T i m e s N e w s S e r v i c e r e p o r t f r o m Tehran p u b l i s h e d J a n u a r y 1, 1982 (p . 5 1 , a M i n i s t r y o f N a t i o n a l Guidance o f f i c i a l h a s announced t h a t o n l y e i g h t o u t of t h e t o t a l number o f p e r i o d i c a l s and news- p a p e r s ( n a s h r i y z t ) p u b l i s h e d i n I r a n e n j o y o f f i c a l p e r - m i t s f o r p u b l i s h i n g . BIzhan Zanganah, t h e M i n i s t r y ' s U n d e r s e c r e t a r y t o r Propaganda and R e s e a r c h h a s d e c l a r e d i n a n i n t e r v i e w t h a t a l t h o u g h no b i l l s have y e t been l e g i s l a t e d r e l a t i n g t o c e n s o r s h i p and book p u b l i s h i n g

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permits, security officials are collecting certain books from bookstores. In his view only those peri- odicals and publications that are in the "line of revolution" and which are supporting the Islamic Re- public and its programs should have the right to ob- tain permits. He has justified the supervision of domestic publications and their censorship by his de- partment on the ground that the press is the main ve- hicle of propaganda.

The Times report adds that the opposition publi- cations in Iran are now published secretly. But even some of the publications presently sponsored by var- ious government departments and the Islamic Republic Party organizations are coming out without official permits.

Mr. Zanganah has said under the present circum- stances it is not possible to establish the "Commis- sion for the Investigation of Publishing Permits" as stated in the Constitution. A temporary commission consisting of three representatives from the Ministry of National Guidance, the Islamic Parliament and the Supreme Court of Justice is presently performing that role of investigation.

As for numbers, Mr. Zanganah has said a total of 240 bulletins (nashriyah), newspapers and periodicals were permitted to publish during the premiership of Muhammad 'Ali Raja'i, some of which never did publish while permits for some others were cancelled under review. Only eight titles have official publication permits from the Ministry, while others--even those that in his view are in the line of revolution--in- cluding the newspapers KayhZn and IttilZ'Zt and the periodicals Suriish (formerly Tamasha) and JihZd will not be issued new permits.

The Undersecretary has given the following reasons for the scrutiny of publications: " [the scrutiny] is to ascertain which publications are in the line of Is- lamic Republic and which ones are trying to engage in an armed uprising against the regime with using the press law inserted in the Constitution as a cover." He has not elaborated on how the press can launch an armed uprising.

Mr. Zanganah has divided the books presently pub- lished in Iran into three categories: "Books which are obviously in the line of revolution; books which are obviously in a non-Islamic line such as pornographic and detective books: and those which need to be deter- mined by an investigative body." He has placed the books collected by security officials from bookstores in the second category, saying: "Some of them are

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explicitly teaching bomb making formulas to their readers." He has not specified the books confiscated nor has he given any reasons for their confiscation.

AbaTar Sepehri University of Texas--Austin Middle East Collection

DRAFT: PROTOCOL ON THE FORMULATION OF ARABIC PERSONAL NAME HEADINGS

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing: 'Was mine, 'tis his, and has been slave of thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And Makes me poor indeed.

--Othello, Act 11, scene iii

The following discussion is based on the experi- ence in the cooperative name authority project and is meant to be applied to Arabic personal names only. Corporate names will follow rules of grammar more closely. When a personal name is part of a corporate name these principles should, of course, be relevant.

The basic principle is to represent a person with "the name by which he or she is commonly known" (AA2 22.1A). Determining this form is not often simple and straightforward. The art of printing in Arabic (and other languages using the Arabic script) allows con- siderable latitude in representing the Arabic letters. The adoption of the second edition of the Anglo-Ameri- can Cataloging Rules has simplified our choices. At the same time it has limited us to the one source of information which is traditionally not accurate. Ar- tistic license knows no bounds on the title pages of Arabic publications, for it is most common for the title page to be designed in the ages old tradition of the calligrapher.

Personal names should be treated first of all as names. The vast majority of Arabic names, it is true, do have their roots deep in the structure of the Arabic language as words. But to treat them foremost as words will often defile the sanctity of a person's name.

One of the basic tools of our trade is the

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romanization table as published in Cataloging Service Sulletin 118. But this was intended primarily for dealing with textual matter (i.e., titles). It is true that names are given as examples. But this in- formation given will not solve our major problem. Names are not just words with lexical meanings. Many are derived from geographical or genealogical (or sup- posed genealogical) roots. One cannot simply consult an Arabic dictionary to supply the missing vowels. Also to be considered is the sign of doubling (shad- dah). It too is often omitted in printing.

The following are suggested steps for determining the form of entry for Arabic names (listed in the or- der of preference).

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Copy the name as it appears on the Chief Source of Information (AA2 22.13). a. If vocalization (short vowels [QarakZtl and

the sign of doubling [shaddah] and when ap- propriate the dots [nuqat]) is present, copy this also.

b. If vocalization is known because it is a com- mon name, supply these marks (AA2 22.3C2).

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For uncommon names: If Drobable vocalization can be determined from an added title page not in Arabic, con- vert to the standard ALA/LC romanization. Consult available reference sources (including, but not limited to those cited at footnote to AA2 22.22). If the author has published in a western lan- guage (not in translation) use vocalization indicated and convert to standard romaniza- tion. If the name can be determined to be derived from a geographic name romanize as such (use BGN form as indication of vocalization). If the name can be determined as derived from words with lexical meanings use standard dic- tionaries (Wehr, Lane, etc.) to obtain vo- calized form. If all else fails establish the heading pro- visionally representing only letters which are written in their pure form all in capital ro- man letters as is the practice with ancient Semitic names. The character w3w (9) will be represented by W, the yFi> (c) as Y, and the alif ( I ) as A . Give references from the most likely vocalizations.

For names derived from other languages (CSB 118) a. If the author represents sounds not in the Ara-

bic alphabet with modified letters (e.g. Persian

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y f o r P) use these in the romanization taken from the proper table).

lent, use only the pure Arabic. (+for P). b. If the author uses the closest Arabic equiva-

4 . If an author publishes in Arabic and a roman al- phabet language and -2 22.3B1 does not solve the conflict; if it can be determined that the author resides in an Arabic speaking country, use the systematically romanized Arabic form.

If the author resides in a country using a roman alphabet language use the form published on the chief source of information for the roman alpha- bet work ( s ) . If residence cannot bd determined the RI AA2 22. 3B1 applies.

5. Disregard a romanized form of name on a roman al- phabet title page for an academic thesis or dis- sertation even if the entire work is in a roman alphabet, unless this is the only work available. Then establish the name provisionally. We should not, however, neglect to add a cross reference from the less likely alternative.

Readers are urged to make comments on this pro- posal.

John A. Eilts University of Michigan Library Near East Division

NEWS OF MEKBERS

SIMON SAMOEIL has joined the Near East staff of the Van Pelt Library at the University of Pennsylvania. Princeton's Firestone Library has appointed SERGE1 SHUISKII to its Near East cataloging team. CHRIS FILSTRUP (NYPL) and his wife have coauthored Beadaz- zled: the story of beads (New York, F. Warne, 1981). See also his "The Oriental Division of the New York Public Library," in Unesco Journal of Information Sci- ence, Librarianship & Archives Administration, 3:#1 (1981). RAGA1 MAKAR has taken up duties as head of the Middle East Collection in the Marriott Library, University of Utah.

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PUBLICATIONS FOR EXCHANGE

The headquarters of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) has moved from Cairo to Tunis. Its publications are available on an exchange basis. For more information contact Dr. M. T. Khafaji, Director, Department of Documentation and Information, ALESCO, P.0 Box 1120, Tunis, Tunisia. Some recent publications of the De- partment are:

Nashrat al-Ihsa'at al-Tarbawiyah fi-al-Watan a 1- ' Arabi

The Arab Magazine for Information Science

Kashshaf Qararat al-Mudir al-'Amm

ALECSO. Dept. of Documentation and Information. Newsletter

Taqwim al-Barnamaj al-Tarbawiyah fi-al-Watan al-'Arabi

Arab Journal of Education

Arab Journal of Educational Research

Also available on exchange are the publications of the Yemeni Center for Research and Studies in Sanaa. The Center publishes scholarly monographs and serial titles which it uses to stimulate exchange arrange- ments with libraries outside the country. The Cen- ter's library is particularly interested in general reference works (dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibli- ographies, etc.), works on the Middle East and runs of journals devoted to Middle Eastern or Islamic topics. Correspondence from the United States should be sent to

PA0 for YCRS USIA/Sanaa c / o USIA Washington, D.C. 20547

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DUPLICATE BOOKS FOR SALE

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UCLA: c o n t a c t , Near E a s t B i b l i o g r a p h e r D. S . Wilson R e s e a r c h L i b r a r y , UCLA Los Ange le s , CA 90024

F o r i n s t i t u t i o n s , n o t avai lable to i n d i v i d u a l s or dealers. P o s t a g e s h i p m e n t charges e x t r a .

A f s h a r , I r a j . F i h r i s t - i maqalat-i F a r s i . Tehe ran , 1970- vols. 1 & 2. $20.00 ( s e t ) LC 72- 210205

' A l i i b n Muhammad i b n ' A b i d A l l a h , 1 7 t h c e n t . S i r a t a l -Had i i l a al-Haqq Yahya i b n a l -Husayn i . Ed. by S . Zakkar. B e i r u t , 1972. LC 74-214967. $6.00

a l - A r s h i , Husayn i b n Ahmad. Ki tab b u l u g h a l - m a r a m f i s h a r h misk a l - k h i t a m . Ed. by A. M. a l - K i r m i l i . Cairo, 1939. LC 60-25488. $10.00

a l -Khazra j i , ' A l i i b n a l -Hasan , d. 1409. P e a r l - s t r i n g s , h i s t o r y o f t h e R e s a l i y y d y n a s t y i n Yemen. Leyden, 1906-18. ( E . 3 . W . G ibb m e m o r i - a l series, 3) P a r t s 4 and 5 o n l y = A r a b i c t e x t . LC 10-21061. $ 2 0 . 0 0 (set)

S a f i Nizhad , J a v a d . Talibabad. Tehe ran , 1966. $9.00

a l -Shamahi , 'Abd A l l a h i b n ' A b d al-Wahhab. Al-Yaman, a l - i n s a n wa-a l -hadarah . Cairo, 1972. LC 73-960105. $4.00

S h a r a f a l -Din , Ahmad Husayn. L a h a j a t al-Yaman, qadiman wa-had i than . Cairo, 1970. LC 79-961455. $4.00

T a r c i c i , Adnan, 1912- al-Yaman wa-hada ra t al- 'Arab. B e i r u t , 196-? LC NE 64-3290. $7.00.

Var j avand , P a r v i z ( e d . ) Bamadi, t a ' i f a h - i a z B a k h t i y a r i . T e h e r a n , 1967. $9.00

Var j avand , P a r v i z . Ravash-i bar r a s i v a s h i n a k h t - i k u l l i - i i l a t va ' a s h a y i r . T e h e r a n , 1965. LC 72- 277965. $9.00

a l -Wisi , Husayn i b n ' A l i . Al-Yaman a l - k u b r a . Cai ro , 1962. LC N E 63-1623. $ 4 . 0 0

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