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Author:   Vitaly Naumkin ,  Leonid Kogan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Edition:   Approx. XXIII, 425 Pp. ed.
Volume:   95
Weight:   1.277kg
ISBN:  

9789004376199

ISBN 10:   9004376194
Pages:   738
Publication Date:   20 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface On This Volume Abbreviations of Lexicographic Tools Introduction The Texts Text 1 The Son of Cowhide | Text 2 How People Make Use of Milk on Soqotra | Text 3 How People Treat Meat on Soqotra | Text 4 A Wife's Betrayal of Her Husband | Text 5 Oh Generation ... | ... Text 6 My Step-Mother Says ... | Text 7 The Cow Named Ditbaht | Text 8 Little Isa | Text 9 How People Plant Palm Trees on Soqotra | Text 10 Drying and Trampling of Dates | Text 11 Kinds of Dates on Soqotra | Text 12 Riddles | Text 13 A Rich Man Who Had Nothing | Text 14 The Devil's Seed | Text 15 A Man's Advice to His Friend | Text 16 A Kind Jinni Woman | Text 17 A Jinni Woman Who Advises Well | Text 18 A Jinni Woman with Nails | Text 19 A Prayer Heard | Text 20 Cinderella | Text 21 When Animals Could Talk | Text 22 The Four Teats | Text 23 The Two Liars | Text 24 A Son Rebukes His Mother | Text 25 The Fairy | Text 26 The Sultan's Assembly | Text 27 How People Built a House in Former Times | Text 28 The Wicked Stepmother | Text 29 A Boy's Wit | Text 30 The Story of the Tribe Eter | Appendices Glossary List of Plates Plates Bibliography

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Vitaly Naumkin, Ph.D. (1972), Dr. Sc. (1981) is the president of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has published books and articles on the Arab and Islamic world in ancient and modern times. He is a fieldwork researcher on Soqotra since 1974. Leonid Kogan, Ph.D. (2001), is head of the Ancient Near Eastern department of the Institute for Oriental and Classical studies, Russian State University for the Humanities, and the vice-director of the Insitute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University-Higher School of Economics. His publications deal with comparative Semitic grammar and etymology. He is fieldwork researcher on Soqotra since 2010. Isa Guman Aldarhi, is a primary school teacher in his native tribal area Darho. Ahmed Isa Aldarhi, has a bachelor in English from the Soqotra branch of the University of Hadramawt. Maysoon Mohammed Aldarhi, is a graduate student of Islamic sciences at the Soqotra branch of the University of Hadramawt. Maria Bulakh, Ph.D. (2005), is a lecturer in Ethiopian languages at the Institute for Oriental and Classical studies, Russian State University for the Humanities and the Insitute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University-Higher School of Economics. She has published numerous articles on grammar and lexicon of Geez, modern Ethiopian languages and Semitic in general. She is field researcher on Soqotra since 2017. Dmitry Cherkashin is a lecturer in Classical Arabic at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University-Higher School of Economics. He is a fieldwork researcher on Soqotra since 2010. Ekaterina Vizirova is a lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern languages at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University-Higher School of Economics. She is a fieldwork researcher on Soqotra since 2012.

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