A collection of studies in religious and ethnic aspects of medieval Islam, including subjects such as Al-Hamdani's description of Northern Yemen in the light of chronicles of the 4th-10th and 5th-11th centuries, land tax and ownership in Northern Yemen and Najran, the origins of the Yemenite Hijra.

Abd Allah b.al-Zubayr and the Madhi
apocalyptic prophecies in hims in the Umayyad age
the Sufyani between tradition and history
"Has the Hijra come to an end?
the Hashimiyyat of al-Kumayt and Hashimi Shi'ism
new documents concerning al-Ma'mun, al-Fadl b. Sahl and "Ali al-Rida
Abu Ishaq al-Sabi on the Alids of Tabaristan and Gilan
the assumption of the title Shahanshah by the Buyids and "the Reign of the Daylam (Dawlat al-daylam)"
the identity of the two Yemenite historical manuscripts
Al-Hamdani's description of Northern Yemen in the light of chronicles of the 4th-10th and 5th-11th centuries - land ownershp and land tax in the Northern Yemen and Najran - 3rd-4th and 9th-10th centuries
the Sirat al-Amiraynm and al-Sharifayn al-Fadilayn al-Qasim wa-Muhammad ibnay Ja'far ibn al-Imam al-Qasim b
the origins of the Yemenite Hijra.