CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. PART I: INTRODUCTION
5. ḤAYYIM ḤABSHŪSH AND THE EUROPEAN EXPLORERS 3
6. THE PEOPLE AND POLITICS OF YEMEN 39
7. A NOTE ON THE TEXT AND TRANSLATION 57
8. PART II: A VISION OF YEMEN BY ḤAYYIM ḤABSHŪSH
9. AUTHOR’S NOTE 63
10. CHAPTER 1. ARRIVAL IN YEMEN 65
11. CHAPTER 2. EXCAVATIONS IN GHAYMĀN 70
12. CHAPTER 3. JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND FOREIGNERS IN ṢANʿĀʾ 80
13. CHAPTER 4. STRANGERS AMONG THE TRIBES 87
14. CHAPTER 5. CLIENTS AND PATRONS 96
15. CHAPTER 6. DEATH AND RUINS 128
16. CHAPTER 7. JEWS BEARING ARMS 155
17. CHAPTER 8. AN ORDEAL IN THE DESERT 158
18. CHAPTER 9. THE HONOR CODE OF THE N AJRĀNĪ JEWS 168
19. CHAPTER 10. PERSECUTION 177
20. CHAPTER 11. THE BEDOUIN 190
21. CHAPTER 12. THE CITY OF MĀRIB AND RETURN TO ṢANʿĀʾ 199
22. GLOSSARY 213
23. NOTES 215
24. INDEX 249