Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 54 2025

• Guidelines and TransliterationEditor’s ForewordIn Memoriam. Walter Wilhelm Müller (1933–2024), Khaldūn Hazzāʿ ʿAbduh Nuʿmān (1967–2024)Interconnected buildings in the Old Town of AlUla and their social significance – Aljohara AlModarra, Marek Z. Barański & Apolline VernetPreliminary report on the epigraphic survey in Yanbuʿ, Saudi Arabia: first season (2023) – Ajab Alotibi, Risa Tokunaga, Majed Dahash & Muzhira AlqahtaniThe Yemeni mummies: a brief report and comprehensive bibliography – Mohammed A. Atbuosh & Amgad E.M. AbdulmughniThe ‘cupola’ of the Ṣanʿāʾ cathedral: it still exists – Werner DaumThe nature of post-Bronze Age human occupation at Tell Abraq (Umm al‑Quwain): archaeological insights from the 2023 field season – Michele Degli Esposti, Maria Paola Pellegrino, Federico Borgi, Francesca Barchiesi & Rania Hussein KannoumaDating early narratives of the Hijra – Adrien de JarmyThe first excavation season at Shokur: a multi-period fortified settlement between desert and mountains – Francesco Genchi, Nunzia Larosa, Giampiero Tursi, Guido Antinori, Francesco Caputo & Valentina MiliPiecing together the evidence: architecture, inscriptions, and sherds from an early to middle Islamic funerary context in Qurḥ/al‑Mabiyāt – Stefanie Janke, Friedrich W. Weigel, Mustafa Ahmad & Arnulf HausleiterExploring the diversity of tomb typology with accompanied burial practices in its socio-economic contexts in the Wadi Suq period (c.2000–1600 BC), south-east Arabia – Taichi KuronumaThe emergence of South Arabian urban societies: the material culture from abroad in context – Romolo LoretoFunerary rituals on Qurayyah’s painted pottery – Marta LucianiCan community-based participatory research enhance our understanding of Arabian archaeology?               – Selin Nugent, Jennifer Swerida, Nora al‑Aati, Reilly Jensen & Cindy SrnkaA rural perspective on the Umm an-Nar and Wadi Suq periods from Burj Huraiz (northern Oman) – Eric Olijdam, Bleda Düring, Michel de Vreeze & Zoë van LitsenburgThe onomasticon of the Himaitic and Ancient South Arabian inscriptions from Ḥimā: a comparative overview and insights into their cultural and linguistic layers – Alessia PriolettaMuʿtariḍ Community Mall: more insights into the development of the hydraulic, agricultural, and funerary landscapes of al‑‘Ayn (UAE) – Peter Sheehan, Nour Al Marzooqi, Mohammed Khalifa & Malak Al AjouAn Iron Age artefact hoard discovered at Saruq as-Hadid-53 archaeological site, Dubai, UAE: a preliminary study – Mariam A. Al Suwaidi, Joseph W. Lehner & Bader M. Al AliThe production of Bahlā Ware in the context of late Islamic Oman – Jelena Živković, José Cristobal Carvajal López, Irini Biezeveld & Stephanie DöpperFocus session ‘Zaydi governance in Yemen between legal theory and political practice’IntroductionDhimma governance and the Zaydī madhhab spectrum: the forced conversion of Jewish orphans, its Islamic legal background, and political relevance – Kerstin HünefeldThe Yemeni Zaydi school of law: a brief history of its textual tradition (third/tenth–tenth/sixteenth century) – Ebrahim MansoorTransfer of power in the Sharaf al‑Dīn imamate (912–980/1506–1573): theory and practice – Ekaterina PukhovaiaTitles of papers read at the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris, 27–29 June 2024

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