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Two Tribal Law Cases (Documents): (Wāḥidī Sultanate, South-West Arabia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

R. B. Serjeant
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During a year in Ḥaḍramawt I was able to collect a number of legal documents which contain valuable material for a study of the social structure of the country. Amongst these are two groups of deeds relating to the Ḥawṭahs of al-Ḥāwī and Thibī, typical examples of the sacred enclaves of this part of Arabia. Another set of documents defines the rights of the townsmen of the Sūḳ quarter of Tarim, with some references to the ceremonies connected with hunting the ibex, and I have various other documents relating to tribal cases, a house-sale deed, etc.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 83 , Issue 1-2 , April 1951 , pp. 33 - 47
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1951

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page 33 note 1 For the Yemen, see Rossi, E., II diritto consuetudinario delle tribù arabe del Yemen, Rivista degli Studi Orientali (Roma, 1948), xxiii, 36 ppGoogle Scholar.

page 33 note 2 Several travellers have described Wāḥidī country. A small literature exists on the Vienna Expedition at the beginning of the century. von Landberg's, C. Die Hunde von 'Azzān und ihre Bestrafung durch die Engländer, Eine Errinerung an die Südarabische Expedition (Mũnchen, 1903). might be consulted. For photographs, Freya Stark's books are usefulGoogle Scholar.

page 34 note 1 The term sãs (asās) seems to be used in Iraq, though its actual technical application may vary a little from that in Wāḥidī territory. See al-Muzhir, Farīḳ, Al-Ḳaḍā' al-'Ashā'irī, edited with notes by al-Dīn, Nūrī Shams (Baghdad, 1941), pp. 23 and 135Google Scholar.