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CONTENTS
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Introduction vii
Scheme of Transliteration of Arabic ix
Foreword His Excellency Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Helaissi xi
New Light on the Himyaritic Calendar A. F. L. Bees ton 1
Folklore and Folk Literature in Oman and Socotra T. M. Johnstone 7
The Cultivation of Cereals in Mediaeval Yemen R. B. Serjeant 25
Bayasirah and BayadTr J. C. Wilkinson 75
Arabia in the Fifteenth-Century Navigational Texts G. R. Tibbetts 86
The Diary of a Mocha Coffee Agent Peter Boxhall 102
The Yemenite Settlement of Tha'bat: Historical, Numismatic
and Epigraphic Notes G. R. Smith 119
Man and Environment in Eastern Saudi Arabia J. H. Stevens 135
The Pilgrimage to Mecca in Mamluk Times Abdullah ‘Ankawi 116
Notes and Communications
Unpublished WajThid and Buyid Coins from ’Uman in the
American Numismatic Society Michael L. Bates 171
Ancient Capitals from Aden Brian Doe 176
Porcupines in the Yemen 180
Notes on Contributors 181
Contents of Arabian Studies II 182
