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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...


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...


Sabaen Inscription on Healing
Congratulations to Mohammed Atbouosh for his new article.


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.


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...


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.


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


Looting Yemen's Antiquities
The Carnegie Endowment has an article on the illegal trade of Yemeni antiquities.


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...


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...


Rules of Barat Online
The classic study of tribal law in the Barat region of Dhū Muḥammad by Paul Dresch is available online. This is written in English


Rasulid Astronomical Manuscript Online
Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Abū al-‘Uqūl was a court astronomer for al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dāwūd and flourished around 1300 CE. His masterful set of...


Book by the Yemeni Poet al-Baradduni
One of the major Yemeni poets of the last generation was ‘Abd Allāh al-Baraddūnī. Many of his books are available online, and here is one...


Late 19th Century Yemeni Gabili from Ibb
Eduard Glaser visited Yemen four times between October, 1882 and Spring, 1894. His writing on the late Ottoman era in Yemen, written in...


New Article on Agriculture in Rasulid Zabid
Yemen Update Online has just published an article in Arabic by Afrāḥ ‘Alī Jubrān Nājī on a legal issue regarding irrigation and...


Shāfi‘ī School in Yemen
كتاب : المذهب الشافعي في اليمن من القرن الرابع إلى السابع الهجري. تأليف : جمال عبد الحبيب الكلدي اليافعي. اهتمت الدراسة التي بين أيدينا...


Isma‘il al-Akwa‘ on the Zaydis
A pdf of this study of Zaydi Islam in Yemen by Qāḍī Ismā‘īl al-Akwa‘ is available online.


Damage to Hadrami Dates
Here is an interesting article on insect pests affecting the date harvest in the Ḥaḍramawt. The first paragraph of the article is copied...


Customs around Aden
This book can be downloaded here.


Yemeni Tafsir Texts
كتاب : التفسير في اليمن . " عرض ودراسة " تأليف : د. علي بن حسان. ازدهرت المكتبة الإسلامية بعدد من العلماء والمؤلفات في مجال التفسير ،...
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