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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
 

 
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.