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	Heavenly cords and prophetic authority in the Quran and its Late Antique context Kevin van Bladel Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 223-246 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000419 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	The safe-conduct for the Abbasid ‘Abd Allāh b. ‘Alī (d. 764) A Marsham and C. F. Robinson Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 247-281 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000420 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Looking at the French Revolution through Ottoman eyes: Ebubekir Ratib Efendi's observations Fatih Yeşil Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 283-304 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000432 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Shang ritual animals: colour and meaning (part 1) Wang Tao Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 305-372 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000444 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Comparative perspectives on the emergence of jindō and Shinto Mark Teeuwen Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 373-402 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000456 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Obituaries
	Obituary: William Gerald Beasley Richard Sims Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 403-407 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000468 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Book Reviews
	Emmanouela Grypeou Mark N. Swanson and David Thomas (eds): The Encounter of Eastern Christianity with Early Islam. (The History of Christian–Muslim Relations.) vi, 338 pp. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. €118. ISBN 90 04 14938 4. Sebastian Brock Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 409-410 doi:10.1017/S0041977X0700047X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	John C. Lamoreaux: Theodore Abū Qurrah. (Library of the Christian East.) xxxvii, 278 pp. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2005. $29.95. ISBN 0 934893 00 4. David Thomas Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 410-412 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000481 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Marwan Nader: Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099–1325). xii, 225 pp. Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006. £55. ISBN 0754 65687 X. Peter Edbury Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 412-413 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000493 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	John H. Pryor (ed.): Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Sydney, 30 September to 4 October 2002. xxxii, 365 pp. Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006. £55. ISBN 0 7546 5197 5 Peter Edbury Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 413-415 doi:10.1017/S0041977X0700050X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	William Gervase Clarence-Smith: Islam and the Abolition of Slavery. xxvi, 293 pp. London: Hurst and Company, 2006. £40. ISBN 1 85065 708 4. Amira K. Bennison Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 415-416 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000511 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Colette Sirat: Writing as Handwork: A History of Handwriting in Mediterranean and Western Culture. (Bibliologia – BIB 24.) 575 pp. Turnhout: Brepols, 2006. €75. ISBN 2 503 52116 9. Sheila S. Blair Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 416-418 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000523 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Gerald De Gaury (ed. Bruce Ingham): Review of the ‘Anizah Tribe. xvii, 92 pp. Beirut: Kutub, 2005. $40. ISBN 9953 417 97 0. Nancy Lindisfarne Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 418-419 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000535 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Elisabeth Kendall: Literature, Journalism and the Avant-Garde: Intersection in Egypt. (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures.) viii, 279 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. £65. ISBN 0 415 38561 X. Andrew Hammond Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 419-421 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000547 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Sheila Blair: Islamic Calligraphy. xxxvii, 681 pp. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. £125. ISBN 0 7486 121 2. Yasin Dutton Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 421-423 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000559 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Brannon Wheeler: Mecca and Eden: Ritual, Ethics, and Territory in Islam. xi, 333 pp. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. $25. ISBN 0 226 88804 5. Kathryn Kueny Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 423-424 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000560 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Dieter Weber (ed.): Languages of Iran: Past and Present. Iranian Studies in Memoriam David Neil MacKenzie, (Iranica.) xxvii, 307 pp. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005. € 74. ISBN 3 447 05299 6. Agnes Korn Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 425-426 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000572 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Jürgen Wasim Frembgen: The Friends of God: Sufi Saints in Islam – Popular Poster Art from Pakistan. x, 158 pp. Oxford and Karachi: Oxford University Press in co-operation with the Museum of Ethnology, Munich, 2006. Rs. 1295. ISBN 00 19 547006 0. Nile Green Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 427-428 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000584 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Toby Howarth: The Twelver Shi‘a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears. (Routledge Persian and Shī‘ī Studies.) xxii, 213 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. £65. ISBN 0 415 36234 2. Liyakat Takim Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 429-430 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000596 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Anna S. King and John Brockington (eds): The Intimate Other: Love Divine in Indic Religions. viii, 425 pp. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2005. £18.95. ISBN 81 250 2801 3. Rupert Snell Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 430-432 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000602 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Frank J. Korom: South Asian Folklore: A Handbook. 223 pp. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. £31.99. ISBN 0 313 33193 6. Stuart Blackburn Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 432-434 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000614 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Claudia Ross and Jin-Heng Sheng Ma: Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide, xxvi, 397 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. £18.99. ISBN 0 415 70010 8. Claudia Ross and Jin-Heng Sheng Ma: Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: Workbook. xi, 265 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. £14.99. ISBN 0 415 70011 6. Lianyi Song Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 434-435 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000626 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Mark Csikszentmihalyi (ed.): Readings in Han Chinese Thought. 256 pp. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Co., 2006. £11.90. ISBN 0872207099. Olivia Milburn Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 435-437 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000638 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Jinhua Jia: The Hongzhou School of Chan Buddhism in Eighth- through Tenth-Century China. xvii, 220 pp. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. $65. ISBN 0791468232. T. H. Barrett Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 437-438 doi:10.1017/S0041977X0700064X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Stephen G. Haw: Marco Polo's China. A Venetian in the Realm of Khubilai Khan. (Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia.) vii, 214 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. £65. ISBN 0 415 34850 1. Peter Jackson Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 438-440 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000651 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Anne Behnke Kinney: Representations of Childhood and Youth in Early China. x, 294 pp. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004. $57.95. ISBN 0 8047 47318. Erica Brindley Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 440-442 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000663 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Joanna Waley-Cohen: The Culture of War in China: Empire and the Military under the Qing Dynasty. (International Library of War Studies.) xiii, 160 pp. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006. £47.50. ISBN 1 84511 159 1. Susan Naquin Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 442-443 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000675 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Benjamin Elman: A Cultural History of Modern Science in China. (New Histories of Science, Technology and Medicine.) xii, 308 pp. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2006. £22. ISBN 0 674 02306 4. David Wright Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 443-445 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000687 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Robin Ruizendaal: Marionette Theatre in Quanzhou. (Sinica Leidensia.) x, 470 pp. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. €115. ISBN 90 04 15104 4. Fan Pen Chen Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 445-447 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000699 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Keith Pratt: Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea. 320 pp. London: Reaktion Books, 2006. £19.95. ISBN 1 86189 273 X. Owen Miller Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 447-449 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000717 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Stephen G. Haw: Beijing: A Concise History. xii, 212 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2007. £75. ISBN 0 415 34850 1. T. H. Barrett Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 447-447 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000705 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Keith Howard: Preserving Korean Music: Intangible Cultural Properties as Icons of Identity. Perspectives on Korean Music Volume 1. (SOAS Musicology Series.) xvi, 228 pp. Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2006. £50. ISBN 0 7546 3892 8. Keith Howard: Creating Korean Music: Tradition, Innovation and the Discourse of Identity. Perspectives on Korean Music Volume 2. (SOAS Musicology Series.) xviii, 242 pp. Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2006. £50. ISBN 0 7546 5729 9. Nathan Hesselink Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 449-451 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000729 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
	Greg Fealy and Virginia Hooker: Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia: A Contemporary Sourcebook. li,540 pp. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006. $29.90. ISBN 981 230 367 7. Carool Kersten Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 451-453 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000730 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
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	BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 455-458 doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000742 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007 Preview Abstract Add to Basket £20.00 / $30.00 Request Permissions Abstract HTML Article Structure Figures and Tables References
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Table of Contents - Volume 70 - Issue 02

Research Articles

Heavenly cords and prophetic authority in the Quran and its Late Antique context

Kevin van Bladel

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 223-246

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000419 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

The safe-conduct for the Abbasid ‘Abd Allāh b. ‘Alī (d. 764)

A Marsham and C. F. Robinson

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 247-281

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000420 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Looking at the French Revolution through Ottoman eyes: Ebubekir Ratib Efendi's observations

Fatih Yeşil

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 283-304

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000432 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Shang ritual animals: colour and meaning (part 1)

Wang Tao

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 305-372

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000444 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Comparative perspectives on the emergence of jindō and Shinto

Mark Teeuwen

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 373-402

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000456 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Obituaries

Obituary: William Gerald Beasley

Richard Sims

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 403-407

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000468 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Book Reviews

Emmanouela Grypeou Mark N. Swanson and David Thomas (eds): The Encounter of Eastern Christianity with Early Islam. (The History of Christian–Muslim Relations.) vi, 338 pp. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. €118. ISBN 90 04 14938 4.

Sebastian Brock

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 409-410

doi:10.1017/S0041977X0700047X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

John C. Lamoreaux: Theodore Abū Qurrah. (Library of the Christian East.) xxxvii, 278 pp. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2005. $29.95. ISBN 0 934893 00 4.

David Thomas

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 410-412

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000481 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Marwan Nader: Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099–1325). xii, 225 pp. Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006. £55. ISBN 0754 65687 X.

Peter Edbury

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 412-413

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000493 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

John H. Pryor (ed.): Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Sydney, 30 September to 4 October 2002. xxxii, 365 pp. Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006. £55. ISBN 0 7546 5197 5

Peter Edbury

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 413-415

doi:10.1017/S0041977X0700050X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

William Gervase Clarence-Smith: Islam and the Abolition of Slavery. xxvi, 293 pp. London: Hurst and Company, 2006. £40. ISBN 1 85065 708 4.

Amira K. Bennison

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 415-416

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000511 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Colette Sirat: Writing as Handwork: A History of Handwriting in Mediterranean and Western Culture. (Bibliologia – BIB 24.) 575 pp. Turnhout: Brepols, 2006. €75. ISBN 2 503 52116 9.

Sheila S. Blair

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 416-418

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000523 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Gerald De Gaury (ed. Bruce Ingham): Review of the ‘Anizah Tribe. xvii, 92 pp. Beirut: Kutub, 2005. $40. ISBN 9953 417 97 0.

Nancy Lindisfarne

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 418-419

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000535 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Elisabeth Kendall: Literature, Journalism and the Avant-Garde: Intersection in Egypt. (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures.) viii, 279 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. £65. ISBN 0 415 38561 X.

Andrew Hammond

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 419-421

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000547 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Sheila Blair: Islamic Calligraphy. xxxvii, 681 pp. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. £125. ISBN 0 7486 121 2.

Yasin Dutton

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 421-423

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000559 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Brannon Wheeler: Mecca and Eden: Ritual, Ethics, and Territory in Islam. xi, 333 pp. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. $25. ISBN 0 226 88804 5.

Kathryn Kueny

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 423-424

doi:10.1017/S0041977X07000560 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Jul 2007

Dieter Weber (ed.): Languages of Iran: Past and Present. Iranian Studies in Memoriam David Neil MacKenzie, (Iranica.) xxvii, 307 pp. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005. € 74. ISBN 3 447 05299 6.

Agnes Korn