C. Reviews and notes: bibliographies and works of reference

• Published in: Bulletin - British Society for Middle Eastern Studies 1985, Vol.12 (2), p.237-250
• Main Authors: Starkey, Paul, Latham, J.D., Sluglett, Peter, Clements, Frank, Pearson, J.D., Abrahamian, Ervand, Gacek, Adam, Young, M.J.L., Hillenbrand, Robert, Ashtiany, Julia, Grant, Gillian
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0305-6139
• DOI: 10.1080/13530198508705421

i. MILLE ET UN LIVRES SUR LE MONDE ARABE: CATALOGUE D'OUVRAGES DE RECHERCHE ET DE DOCUMENTATION ÉDITÉS EN FRANCE. Published by the Centre Interinstitutionnel pour la Diffusion de Publications en Sciences Humaines; preface by A. MIQUEL. Paris, Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1984. pp.290 + 12. List of prices, loosely inserted. ii. GESCHICHTE DES ARABISCHEN SCHRIFTTUMS. Band IX: GRAMMATIK. BIS ca. 430 H. By FUAT SEZGIN. Leiden, E.J.Brill, 1984. pp.xii, [2], 406. Gld. 200. iii. AMERICAN DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS ON THE ARAB WORLD: SUPPLEMENT 1975-1981. Compiled by GEORGE DIMITRI SELIM. Washington, Library of Congress, 1983. pp.xiii, 200. iv. IRAQ. Compiled by A.J. ABDULRAHMAN. (World Bibliographical Series, 42). Oxford and Santa Barbara, Clio Press, 1984. pp.162, map. v. OIL AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARAB GULF STATES: A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Compiled by WALID I. SHARIF. London, Croom Helm, 1985. pp.450. £45.00. vi. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Compiled by FRANK A.CLEMENTS. (World Bibliographical Series, 43.) Oxford & Santa Barbara, Clio Press, 1983. pp.xii, 162, map. £18.00. vii. KUWAIT. Compiled by FRANK A. CLEMENTS (World Bibliographical Series, 56.) Oxford & Santa Barbara, Clio Press, 1985. pp.xv, 195, map. £25.00. viii. THE END OF A REVOLUTION. Compiled by WOLFGANG BEHN. Berlin, Adiyok, 1984. pp.84. ix. A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS ON MEDICINE AND SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. By A.Z. ISKANDAR. Leiden, E.J.Brill, 1984, pp.xiv, 119, 30 plates. Gld. 48.00. x. ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN AND OTHER COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. By J.J.WITKAM (Bibliotheca Universitatis Leidensis Codices Manuscripti XXI, consisting of General Introduction and Fascicules 1 and 2, all separately bound). Leiden, E.J.Brill/Leiden University Press: General Introduction, 1982, 16 pp.; Fascicule 1, 1983, pp.1-112 + separate index, 8 pp.; Fascicule 2, 1984, pp.113-224 + separate index, 11 pp. 55 illustrations, with some line drawings. xi. CATALOGUE DES MANUSCRITS ARABES. By GEORGES VAJDA and YVETTE SAUVAN. (Deuxième Partie: Manuscrits Musulmans, Tome III). Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1985. pp.xvi, 327. FFr. 430. xii. ISLAMIC BOOKBINDINGS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. By DUNCAN HALDANE. London, World of Islam Festival Trust in association with The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. pp.205, 45 figs. 175 plates. £30.00. xiii. ACTES DE LA RÉUNION D'EXPERTS ARABES SUR: PLANIFICATION ET DÉVELOPPEMENT