Part of an occasional series of collected papers containing original material dealing with the languages, history, culture and archaeology of the Arabian Gulf area. This work should be of interest to scholars of Arabic and Islamic studies.

Sharif Husayn and developments leading to the Arab revolt, Suleiman Mousa
Musandam - an ethno-archaeological appreciation, Paolo M. Costa
water, risk and environmental management - agriculture and irrigation in South Yemen, Colin Barnes
the cult of saints in Hadramawt - an overview, Alexander Knysh
A Rasulid agricultural almanac for 808/1405-6, Daniel Martin Varisco
the Austrian Imperial Academy's expeditions to South Arabia 1897-1900 - C. de Landberg, D.H. Mueller and G.W. Bury, Eric Macro
Lieutenant Jopp's report on a visit to Hufuf 1257/1841, P.J.L Frankl
sources for the study of Nabataean law, John F. Healey
report on epigraphic work at Mada'in Salih, John F. Healey
the founding of the great mosque (al-Jami al-Kabir) in Sana, Abd Al-Muhsin Al-Madaj
a legal document from Saywun relating to vessels, house and carriages owned by a Saqqaf Sayyid in 19th century Java, Jafar B. Muhammad Al-Saqqaf
the role of rhyme and maxim in Bedouin law - examples from Guaranty (kafala), Clinton Bailey
the pre-metric weights and measures of Oman in the 1970s, W.J. Donaldson
the language situation in Jordan and code-switching - a new interpretation, Yasir Suleiman
Yemenis in mediaeval Quanzhou (Canton), R.B. Serjeant.