Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 390 p., [8] p. of plates)
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ill. (some col.), maps
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24 cm
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0292714238
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9780292714236
Series Statement:
Modern Middle East series no. 23
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Currency -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: THE TRIBAL SYSTEM -- Chapter One: Environment and Economy -- Chapter Two: Social and Political Inequality -- Chapter Three: The Tribes of Razih -- Chapter Four: Tribal Leadership -- Chapter Five: Wider Structures and Relations -- PART II: TRIBAL GOVERNANCE -- Chapter Six: Principles, Rules, and Sanctions -- Chapter Seven: Enforcing the Law -- Chapter Eight: Conflict and Violence -- PART III: THE STATE-TRIBE RELATIONSHIP -- Chapter Nine: The Qasimi Period -- Chapter Ten: The Hamid al-Dın Period -- Chapter Eleven: The Republican Period -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Chronology of Events Affecting Razih: 1530s-1990s -- Appendix 2: Catalogue of Razihi Documents -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of Figures -- Figure 0.1. Map of west and north Yemen -- Figure 1.1. Map of Khawlan ibn 'Amir -- Figure 1.2. Administrative divisions of the Province of Sa'dah -- Figure 1.3. Cross-section through the northern highlands -- Figure 1.4. The market of al-Nazır -- Figure 1.5. Donkeys climbing through Razih -- Figure 1.6. Plan of madınat al-Nazır -- Figure 1.7. View of madınat al-Nazır -- Figure 1.8. Ploughing in al-Nazır -- Figure 2.1. A dagger dance -- Figure 2.2. A circumcision ceremony -- Figure 2.3. Graduates of a Quran school -- Figure 2.4. Cafe woman making bread -- Figure 2.5. A Quran teacher -- Figure 2.6. Marriage according to status category -- Figure 3.1. Diagram of tribal structures -- Figure 3.2. Shaykh and elder conversing -- Figure 3.3. Tribal map of Razih and 'Uqarib -- Figure 3.4. Guard tower -- Figure 4.1. Genealogy the shaykhs of al-Nazır -- Figure 4.2. A shaykh of al-Nazır and sons -- Figure 4.3. A shaykh serving food to guests -- Figure 4.4. Procession to welcome a shaykh home.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-374) and index
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Environment and economySocial and political inequality -- The tribes of Raz̄iḥ -- Tribal leadership -- Wider structures and relations -- Principles, rules, and sanctions -- Enforcing the law -- Conflict and violence -- The Qāsimī period -- The Ḥamīd al-Dīn period -- The Republican period.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780292714236
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Tribal order
Language:
English
