A Survey of the Islamic Sites near Aden and in the Abyan District of Yemen.

AuthorWILKINSON, T. J.
PositionReview

A Survey of the Islamic Sires near Aden and in the Abyan District of Yemen. By GEOFFREY KING and CRISTINA TONGHINI. London: SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, 1996. Pp. 96, plates, line drawings.

This ninety-six page volume reports on an archaeological Survey conducted between 4-14 January 1994 in the areas of Aden and Abyan within the Republic of Yemen. The area in question, which was formerly located in the People's Democratic Republic of (South) Yemen, is today a dry and dusty coastal plain. During the Yemeni civil war of 1994 the area formed part of the battlefield between southern and northern troops, and as a result of this conflict many of the sites and areas mentioned in this text have been mined and are now inaccessible. We should therefore be grateful to the authors of this volume who were able to make at least a preliminary record to the Islamic sites of this important region before the war.

The report falls into three parts: first, an introductory section that provides a brief geographical description of the area, notes on classical and Arabic sources, records of early travelers...

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