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Communication 191
Notes

1. Map references are taken from the map ‘The Yemen Arab Republic
and Neighbouring Areas’, 1:250,000. Ministry of Defence, UK, 1974.
2. A place with a formally recognised neutrality and inviolability where,
for example, crimes against persons may have special punishments attached
to them in order to restore the violated security of the place. My informant
seemed to suggest that the markets had no such formal protected status but
were merely regarded as neutral territory in order to facilitate trade.

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