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PUBLICATIONS IN NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
 
JOHN S. BADEAU
 
JACOB C. HUREWITZ
 
ALEX WAYMAN
 
Editorial Board
 
JOHN S. BADEAU
 
DOUGLAS M. DUNLOP
JACOB C. HUREWITZ
 
CHARLES P. ISSA WI
 
KARL MENGES
 
EHSAN YAR-SHATER (Chairman)
 
Series A
 
XVI
 
This work was approved and edited for publication in this series in 1966
by the Editorial Board consisting at that time of:
 
CHARLES P. ISSA WI
 
TIBOR HALASI-KUN
 
JOSEPH SCHACHT
 
EHSAN YAR-SHATER
 
This series, published under the auspices of the Department of Near and
Middle East Languages and of the Near and Middle East Institute of
Columbia University, consists of monographs, readers and other studies
designed to promote systematic research on the Near and Middle East
and to further public understanding of the problems of the area. The
opinions expressed are those of the individual authors and do not neces-
sarily reflect those of the Department or the Institute.