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History of Hasan Pasha
The Ottoman governor of Yemen known as Hasan Pasha (d. 1607 CE) wrote a history of Yemen, which is available online in Latin translation...
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جائزة عبد العزيز المقالح لطباعة الكتاب في التراث والثقافة اليمنية
لا يزال هناك وقت لتقديم مسودة كتاب للنظر في نشره في برنامج جائزة الكتاب AIYS. There is still time to submit a draft book for...
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Al-Bakrī on Yemen
A page on Yemen from a manuscript of the 11th century CE geographer al-Bakrī. For a copy of the manuscript, click here. This important...
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Yemeni Antiquity Journal Online
The back issues of the Yemeni antiquities journal Raydan, including the most recent issue, are now available online.
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Source for Arabic Manuscripts
The Bibliotheca Arabica's Manuscript Data Lab publishes an online database of Arabic manuscripts, based in Leipzig. It has a number of...
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Book on Yemen's History
حصرياً كتاب : اليمن الوطن الأم. تأليف : علي بن علي صبرة. يبرز المؤلف في الكتاب معالم التكامل القومي والحضاري لليمن عبر التاريخ، حيث تعد...
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Letters of the "Himyarites"
Letters have always held a symbolic and a magical value in past Yemeni texts, especially for attempts to understand the earlier musnad...
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Taking Layla Alawi for a ride...
There is a fascinating article on terms applied as nicknames to cars and weapons in Yemen published on the online site Raṣīf. When the...
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Yemeni Books on Yafi and Poetry
From the Facebook site of د.علي صالح الخلاقي Download links of the books of Dr. Ali Saleh Alkhalaki. An integrated library with dozens...
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Yemeni manuscripts in Leiden
There are several Yemeni manuscripts, including collections of songs and poetry, at Leiden University that are now available to read and...
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Sabaen Inscription on Healing
Congratulations to Mohammed Atbouosh for his new article.
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More Arabic Books on Yemen
There are many Arabic and Western books available on Yemen in the website archive.org. Here is a collection of 68 texts.
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Geography of Yemen and its Tribes
There is an online geographical text on the Arabian Peninsula, published by the King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives...
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Berlin manuscript on Yemeni history
This manuscript is in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and is available for download here: It discusses the pre-Islamic history of Yemen.
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تاج العروس لالزبيدي
To access an online version of this classic lexicon, click here. Below is an article on its importance. من مجلة العربي، #٦٠ ، ١٩٦٣
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Looting Yemen's Antiquities
The Carnegie Endowment has an article on the illegal trade of Yemeni antiquities.
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A Sailor and His Camel Ride
[Illustration: Arabian Camel from George Shaw, Zoology (1801)] [Joseph Osgood was a Black American sailor who visited the Yemeni port of...
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Biography of Shaykh Mujahid Haydar
Congratulations to Marieke Brandt, who has just published a fascinating biography of Shaykh Mujahid Haydar of the Sufyan tribe. Her work...
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