Al-Gabali Book on Yemeni Tribal Customary Law
The first book published in the ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Maqaleh Book Award of AIYS was Aḥmad al-Gabalī Qāmūs al-‘urf al-qabalī fī al-Yaman (2018)...
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Introducing Yemen Update Redux
In 1991 the AIYS Newsletter was renamed Yemen Update and reached 32 pages. The last few print issues, before the print edition ended in...
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Yemeni Fellows 2021
A meeting was held in the AIYS premises for the Yemeni researchers who received the fellowship grant of 2021. The researchers were...
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Al-Hamdānī's Iklīl, vol. 10 Online
To upload this pdf, click here: https://wadod.net/bookshelf/book/3138
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Books and Manuscripts on Yemen
A major resource for pdfs of books and manuscripts can be found on the website of https://ketabpedia.com. For the Yemeni books, click...
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Imagine if the British chose Socotra over Aden
Captain Haines of the Royal British Navy purchased the port of Aden from the sultan of Lahj in 1837, returning in January 1839 with 700...
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Library of Dr. C. G. Brouwer
The Dutch scholar C. G. Brouwer. who has made a major contribution to our knowledge of Mocha and the Dutch experience in Yemen, has...
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Yemeni Books Online
There are several online sources with pdfs of Arabic books on Yemen. One of these is Al-Yaman al-Maymūn with a variety of searchable...
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A Tahirid Sultana
AIYS member Lily Filson has written about a Tahirid sultana and the account of the traveler Ludovico de Varthema. Check it out here.
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Lecture on Ottoman Yemen
For details on this talk and how to join, go here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/isa/detail/event-detail/template-event-isa-international-gue...
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The Battle for Hodeidah in 1924
The recent battle for Hodeidah is not the first time it has been the target of foreign intervention. In October, 1924 the young Idrissi...
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Zooming Ludovico di Varthema in Yemen
Please mark this talk on your calendars. Tomorrow, April 22nd at 12:25 PM (Central time), Dr. Lily Filson presents Ludovico de Varthema's...
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World Heritage Day, April 18
Sanaa On World Heritage Day we celebrate the incredibly rich heritage, tangible and intangible, of Yemen through the ages and through the...
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Weights in 19th century Mocha
The 19th century book of W. A. Browne lists weights around the world at the time. The weights used in Mocha are recorded on pp. 242-243....
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Queen Elizabeth in Aden, 1954
In 1954 Britain's young Queen Elizabeth visited the port of Aden, then a British protectorate. There is a short Pathe newsreel available...
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British bombing near Aden in 1937
رسمه تاريخيه من الصحافة الايطالية توثق قصف الطائرات البريطانية لاحدى القبائل خارج عدن لاعتراضها على شق طريق في اراضيها 2 مايو 1937م from...
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Tahirids in German Prints
AIYS member Lily Filson (Tulane University) has received a fellowship from the Renaissance Society of America for a project entitled:...
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