C. Reviews and notes: bibliographies and works of reference

KNOW THE MIDDLE EAST. By John Laffin. Gloucester, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1985. 188pp. £3.95. INFORMATION SERVICES IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EXPERT STUDIES AND REPORTS ON LIBRARY, INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE SERVICES. Compiled by Mumtaz A. Anwar. (Libraries and Librarianship in the Muslim World.) London, Mansell, 1985. 146pp. £21.00. MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1960–1984. By Daniel Joly and J⊘rgen Nielsen. Coventry, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, 1985. 35pp. £2.00. A GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS. Compiled by Syed Ali Ashraf. Cambridge, The Islamic Academy, 1985. 27 pp. AL‐TASJIL AL‐QAWMI LI‐L‐INTAJ AL‐FIKRI AL‐ ‘ARABI = NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF ARAB IMPRINTS: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY. By Mustafa Husam al‐Din. Tunis, al‐Ma'had al‐A'la li‐i‐Tawthiq/Institut Supérieur de Documentation, 1984. 241 pp. Tables. ISLAMIC ECONOMICS: ANNOTATED SOURCES IN ENGLISH AND URDU. Compiled by Muhammad Akram Khan. Leicester, The Islamic Foundation, 1983. 221 pp. ABSTRACTS OF RESEARCHES IN ISLAMIC ECONOMICS. Compiled by Muhammad Abdul Mannan. Jeddah, International Centre for Research in Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, 1984. 87 pp. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS ON THE MIDDLE EAST: A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO THE STATISTICAL SOURCES. By C.H.Bleaney. (Middle East Libraries Committee, Research Guides, 1.) Durham, Middle East Libraries Committee (distributed by Ithaca Press, London), 1985. 32pp. £3.50. AN INTRODUCTION TO SHI'I LAW: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY. By Hossein Modarressi Tabataba'i. London, Ithaca Press, 1984. 258pp. £18. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ISMAILISM. By Nagib Tajdin. Delmar, Caravan Books, 1985. 180pp. CATALOGUE OF ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF ISMAILI STUDIES. By Adam Gacek. London: Islamic Publications, 1984–1985. 2 Vols. xvii, 180; xx,254pp. Plates. Vol.I: £13.50 (cloth), £9.00 (paperback); Vol.II: £15.95 (cloth), £11.95 (paperback). A CATALOGUE OF THE ISLAMIC DOCUMENTS FROM AL‐HARAM AŠ‐ŠARIF IN JERUSALEM. By Donald P. Little. (Beiruter Texte und Studien, 29.) Beirut, Orient‐Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1984. xiii, 484 pp. 17 plates. DM 85. FIHRIS AL‐MAKHTUTAT AL‐ ‘ARABIYYA AL‐MUSAWWARA. CATALOGUE OF ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS (ON MICROFILM) (1–2). By Muhammad ‘Adnan al‐Bakhit, Nawfan Raja al‐Hammüd, Falih Husayn Falih. Amman: Centre for Archives and Manuscripts, University of Jordan, 1405/1985. 440pp. MOROCCO. Compiled by Anne M. Findlay, Allan M. Findlay and Richard I. Lawless. (World Bibliographical Series, 47). Oxford & Santa Barbara, Clio Press, 1984. xxx, 314 pp. Map. £37.95. JORDAN. Compiled by Ian J. Seccombe. (World Bibliographical Series, 55.) Oxford & Santa Barbara, Clio Press, 1984. xliii, 278 pp. Map. £35.75. THE PERSIAN GULF AND UNITED STATES POLICY: A GUIDE TO ISSUES AND REFERENCES. By Bruce Kuniholm. (Guides to Contemporary Issues, 3.) Claremont (USA), Regina Books, 1984. 220 pp. ISRAEL. Compiled by Esther Mann Snyder with Eugenia Kreiner. (World Bibliographical Series, 58.) Oxford & Santa Barbara, Clio Press, 1985. xviii + 272 pp. £34.95. A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTHERN CHAD AND FEZZAN IN SOUTHERN LIBYA. General editor: Mohamed A. Alawar. Wisbech, Arab Crescent Press, 1983. xxiv, 229 pp. UNION CATALOGUE OF PERSIAN SERIALS AND NEWSPAPERS IN BRITISH LIBRARIES. Edited by Ursula Sims‐Williams, with an introduction by John Gurney. London, Ithaca Press, 1985. xv, 149 pp. £20.00. DER IRAN‐IRAK‐KONFLIKT. By Ahmad Mahrad. (Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe 31; Band 82.) Frankfurt a.M., Bern, New York. Lang, 1985. 391 pp. DM 60.