C. Reviews and notes: bibliographies and works of reference

FIHRIS AL‐KHIZANAH AL‐'ILMIYYA AL‐SUBAYHIYYA BI‐SALA. CATALOG OF SUBAIHEYYA LIBRARY IN SALA. By MUHAMMAD HAJJI. Kuwait, MaTiad al‐Makhtūtat al‐'Arabiyya (Institute of Arab Manuscripts), 1985.722pp., illus. i. FIHRIS MAKHTÜTAT MAKTABAT KÜPRILI. CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE KÖPRÜLÜ LIBRARY. Prepared by RAMAZAN SESEN, CEVAT İZGİ, CEMIL AKPINAR. Istanbul, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture, 1406/1986. 3 vols. 609, 34; 647; 639,22pp. Illus. 4 colour plates. US $60. ii. M AJMÜ'AT MAKHTÜTA FI MAKTABAT ISTANBÜL. A CATALOG OF COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS IN ISTANBUL LIBRARIES. By TAHA MUHSIN. Kuwait, Ma'had al‐Makhtūfat al‐'Arabiyya (Institute of Arab Manuscripts), 1985.186pp. TABLES DE CONCORDANCE DES MANUSCRTTS ARABES CHRÉTIENS DU CAIRE ET DU SINAI. By KHALIL SAMIR S.J. (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, Vol. 482: Subsidia, Tomus 75.) Louvain, Peeters, 1986. 118pp. FB 1200. KATA?OGS TON NEON APABIKON XEIPOGPAFN THS IEPAS MONHS AGIIAS AIKATEPINHS TOY OPOY SINA. KATALUJ AL‐MAKHTUTAT AL‐'ARABIYYA AL‐MUKTASHAFA HADIHan BI‐DAYR SANT KATARIN AL‐MUQADDAS BI‐TUR SINA’. By I.E. MEIMAPHS. Athens, Eθνικoν Iδρπνων Eρϵπνων, 1985. 228pp. (text in Greek and Arabic). 73 pages of illustrations in black and white, 10 pages of illustrations in colour. KASHSHAF IHSA'I ZAMANI LI‐SIJILLAT AL‐MAHAKIM AL‐SHAR'IYYA WA‐L‐AWQAF AL‐ISLAMIYYA FI BILAD AL‐SHAM. Compiled by MUHAMMAD ADNAN AL‐BAKHIT & others. Part I. Amman, Al‐Jämi'a al‐Urdunniyya, Markaz al‐Watha'iq wa‐l‐Makhtūtat, 1405/1984.293pp. RHAZES Y AVICENA EN LA BIBLIOTECA DE LA FACULTAD DE MEDICINA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE. DESCRIPCIÓN DE SU OBRA MÉDICA IMPRESA Y COMENTARIOS. Compiled by RAFAELA GONZÁLEZ CASTRILLO. Madrid, Editorial de la Universidad Complutense, 1984. 337pp. Plates. Ptas. 1660. FIHRIST‐E KITABHA‐YE CHAPI‐YE FARSI‐YE MAWJUD DAR ZHAPUN = UNION CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS IN PERSIAN LANGUAGE FROM SELECTED LIBRARIES OF JAPAN. Edited by THE TOYO BUNKO. Compiled by Hirotoshi Shimo, Makoto Hachioshi, Kozo Itani, Takashi Iwami & Yoshifusa Seki. Tokyo, Kinokuniya, 1983–84, 2 vols, 781; 332pp. MANUSCRIPTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST: A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF HANDWRITTEN MATERIALS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Edited by JAN JUST WITKAM. (Vol.1.) Leiden, Ter Lugt Press, 1986. 124pp with numerous illustrations. Hfl. 110.— ARABIC BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES: A SUMMARY GUIDE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. By PAUL AUCHTERLONIE. (Middle East Libraries Committee Research Guides 2.) Durham, Middle East Libraries Committee, 1987. iv, 60pp. £5.25. BOOKS ON ISLAM AND THE MUSLIM WORLD. Compiled by AL‐HODA PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. London, Al‐Hoda (1987). 218pp. £1.00 KURZBIBLIOGRAPHIE: DIE BEZIEHUNGEN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCH‐LAND UND DER VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON AMERIKA ZU ISRAEL. Hamburg, Dokumentationsdienst Moderner Orient, Deutsches Übersee‐Institut, 1986.44pp. DM 9.‐ A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ISLAMIC BANKING. By AKHTAR H. SIDDIQUI. (Islamic Study, S.) Karachi, Islamic Documentation and Information Centre, 198S. 27pp. ISLAMISCHE WIRTSCHAFT IN THEORIE UND PRAXIS: EINE AUSWAHLBIBLIO‐GRAPHIE / ISLAMIC ECONOMICS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Compiled by INGEBORG OTTO and MARIANNE SCHMIDT‐DUMONT. Hamburg, Deutsches Übersee‐Institut, Dokumentationsdienst Moderner Orient, 1986. 98pp. DM15.— QA'IMA BIBLIYUJRAFIYYA BI‐'L‐KUTUB AL‐'ARABIYYA AL‐MANSHURA FI AL‐KUWAYT KHILAL AL‐A WAM (1977–1982). Kuwait, Al‐Majlis al‐Watani li‐1‐Thaqafa wa‐'l‐Funūn wa‐'l‐AAdab, n.d. 460pp, FRAUENFRAGEN IM MODERNEN ORIENT: KURZBIBLIOGRAPHIE. Hamburg, Deutsches Übersee‐Institut, 1985. IV, 54pp. DM 10. GOLFKRIEG UND REGIONALE SICHERHEITSPOLITIK: KURZBIBLIOGRAPHIE. Hamburg, Deutsches Übersee‐lnstitut, 1985. IV, 42pp. DM 10. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA PENINSULE ARABIQUE: SCIENCES DE L'HOMME. Paris, CNRS, 1980‐. Fascicule 1: TITRES CONCERNANT TOUTE LA PENINSULE. By PAUL BONNENFANT. 1980. 154pp. FF 65.‐ Fascicule 2: LA REPUBLIQUE ARABE DU YEMEN. By PATRICK LABAUNE. 1985. 182pp. FF115.‐ AGRICULTURAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SYRIA, TO 1983: SELECTED, CLASSIFIED AND ANNOTATED. Edited by A.B. ZAHLAN. London, Ithaca Press, 1985. xvi, 121pp. £16.00. JOURNALISMUS BEI DEN ASSYRERN: EIN ÜBERBLICK VON SEINEN ANFÄNGEN BIS ZUR GEGENWART. By GABRIELE YONAN. (Materialien zur Kulturgeschichte der Assyrer im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, I.) Berlin, Zentralverband der Assyrischen Vereinigungen in Deutschland und Mitteleuropa, 1985. vii, 201pp. Illus. DM 14.— KURZBIBLIOGRAPHIE: DIE LIBYSCHE AUSSENPOLITIK SEIT 1969. Compiled by DOKUMENTATIONSDIENST MODERNER ORIENT. Hamburg, Deutsches Übersee‐Institut, Übersee‐Dokumentation, Referat Vorderer Orient, 1986. 32pp. DM 8.‐ LES FONDATEURS: INDEX BIOGRAPHIQUE DES CADRES SYNDICALISTES DE LA TUNISIE COLONIALE, 1920–1956. Compiled by JULIETTE BESSIS. (Histoires et Perspectives Méditerranéennes series.) Paris, Harmattan, 1985.157pp. BIBLIOGRAPHISCHES HANDBUCH DER TURKOLOGIE: EINE BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER BIBLIOGRAPHIEN VOM 18. JAHRHUNDERT BIS 1979. Band I. Compiled by GYÖRGY HAZAI and BARBARA KELLNER‐HEINKELE. (Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica, 30.) Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó; Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 1986. 583pp. DM 168.‐ ACIKLAMALI TÜRK KİMYA ESERLERİ BİBLİYOGRAFYASI (BASMALAR/1830–1928) VE MODERN KİMYA BİLİMİNİN TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİNİN KURULUSUNA KADAR OLAN DURUMU VE GELİSMESİ. By EKMELEDDİN İHSANOGLU. (İlim Tarihi Kaynaklar ve Arastirmalar Serisi, 2.) Istanbul, BETA, 1985. ix, 148pp. THE CULTURAL ATLAS OF ISLAM. By ISMA'IL R. AL‐FARUQI and LOIS LAMYA’ AL‐FARUQI. New York, Macmillan; London, Collier Macmillan, 1986. xv, 512pp. £90. MUSLIM PEOPLES: A WORLD ETHNOGRAPHIC SURVEY. Edited by RICHARD WEEKES. 2nd edition revised and expanded. Westport, Greenwood Press, 1984. 2 volumes, 954pp. £99.50. WHO'S WHO IN THE ARAB WORLD 1986–1987. 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PUBLISHED DATA ON MIDDLE AND FAR EAST MARKETS. London, Industrial Aids Limited, 1985. 209pp. £35.00. UAE: A MEED PRACTICAL GUIDE. Edited by MARY‐ROSE WAKEFIELD. 2nd ed. London, Middle East Economic Digest, 1986. 360pp. Ills., maps. ENCYCLOPEDIE BERBERE. Edited by GABRIEL CAMPS. Volume I, Abadir‐Acridophagie. Aix‐en‐Provence, EDISUD, 1984. 112pp, 32 illustrations, 9 maps and plans. FF. 100. ISLAMISCHE KUNST: VERBORGENE SCHÄTZE. AUSSTELLUNG DES MUSEUMS FÜR ISLAMISCHE KUNST, BERLIN ... 1986–1987. Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1986. 168pp. 22 colour plates, 304 black and white, map and table of dynasties. GLAS, BERLIN STAATLICHE MUSEEN PREUSSISCHER KULTURBESITZ, MUSEUM FOR ISLAMISCHE KUNST, By JENS KRÖGER. (Islamische Kunst: Loseblattkatalog unpublizierter Werke aus deutschen Museen, 1). Mainz, Zabern, 1984. XII, 121pp. 121 plates, 221 photographs and 104 drawings. DM 98.‐ LA CÉRAMIQUE ISLAMIQUE DU MUSÉE ARCHEOLOGIQUE PROVINCIAL DE JAÉN (ESPAGNE). By A. BAZZANA and Y. MONTMESSIN. (Série Études et Documents, I.) Madrid, Casa de Velázquez, 1985. 78pp. 31 figs. 8 pls. Ptas. 1200 / FF. 75. LA CÉRAMICA ESGRAFIADA ANDALUSÍ DE MURCIA. By J. NAVARRO PALAZÓN, with French trans, by A. BAZZANA. (Série Éetudes et Documents, II.) Madrid, Casa de Velázquez, 1986.99pp. 47 figs. Ptas. 1500 / FF. 100. CARSTEN NIEBUHR UND DIE ARABISCHE REISE 1761–1767. AUSSTELLUNG DER KÖNIGLICHEN BIBLIOTHEK KOPENHAGEN IN ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT DEM KULTUSMINISTER DES LANDES SCHLESWIG‐HOLSTEIN, LANDESBIBLIOTHEK KIEL, NOVEMBER 1986‐FEBRUAR 1987. Catalogue by STIG RASMUSSEN. (Schriften der Schleswig‐Holsteinischen Landesbibliothek, Band I.) Heide in Holstein, Westholsteinische Veriags‐anstalt Boyens & Co., 1986. 132pp. 45 illustrations, 2 maps. DM 12.80. ARABIC DICTIONARY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING: ENGLISH‐ARABIC, ARABIC‐ENGLISH. Compiled by MULTI‐LINGUAL INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS LTD. under the general editorship of E. KAY. 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