Apart from the author's specific observations, two broader themes seem to emerge. First, the modem medical fatwais demonstrate a clear continuity from medieval times. Companions of the prophet Muhammad and classical legal compendia are cited as easily-and as cogently-in the twentieth century as in the tenth, the mode of argument is often identical, and the classical terminology of classical Isl...

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history of the Madras Eye Infirmary and of the work of his predecessors in that institution, some of which may be here reproduced. The first quotation to be made from the old records comes from the Annual Report of the Eye Infirmary in the year of trouble 1857. It is written by Dr. J. Liston Paul, then acting for Dr. Shaw, as Superintendent of the Ej7e Infirmary. Dr. Paul gives a clear account ...

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یتناول هذا البحث سیاسة الاستعمار البریطانی تجاه مشیخات الساحل العُمانی (دبی وأبو ظبی وعجمان والشارقة ورأس الخیمة وأم القیوین والفجیرة) حتى قیام الحرب العالمیة الأولى عام 1914، وهی مدة مهمة من تاریخ الخلیج العربی ومشیخات العمانی تمیزت فیه بالتنافس والصراع الدولی على المنطقة، وسیطرة بریطانیا علیها منذ القرن التاسع عشر، لتصبح القوة الوحیدة القادرة صنع الأحداث فیها، وتحویلها إلى بحیرة بریطانیة بحکم ...

We provide new data on the distribution and biology of three Stenodynerus species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Panama: iolans (Cameron, 1905) is recorded for first time Panama; several localities are added to known in Panama S. farias (Saussure, 1857); otomitus 1857), currently as a ground-nester, was found emerging exposed cells together with Ipsiura pilifrons 1888) Chrysididae).