Evaluation of ECMWF ERA-40 temperature and wind in the lower tropical stratosphere since 1988 from past long-duration balloon measurements T. Christensen, B. M. Knudsen, J.-P. Pommereau, G. Letrenne, A. Hertzog, F. Vial, J. Ovarlez, and M. Piot Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark Service d’Aéronomie, IPSL/CNRS, Verrières-Le-Buisson, France Centre National d’Études Spatiales, To...

A representative selection of glazed ceramics recovered from medieval Islamic contexts excavated in the former Roman port Utica (North Tunisia) (23 99 pieces) has revealed new data about glaze technologies central Mediterranean. Stratified sequences pottery have established four main phases occupation which span mid-tenth to mid-eleventh centuries. Significant changes range wares are found Ziri...

Patients with undiagnosed haemostatic defects seen at The Aga Khan Hospital and Fatimid Blood Transfusion Centre during the period of 7 years (1985-1992) were screened with routine tests including bleeding time (BT), whole blood clotting time (CT), platelet count, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), prothrombin time (PT) and 5 molar urea test. Nine patients had a positive 5 molar urea...

Abstract The 177-verse Arabic Poem of the Intellect ( Qaṣīdat al-ʿAql ) composed by Indian Fatimid-Ṭayyibī Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq Sayyidna Taher Saifuddin (d. 1385/1965) breaks new ground in substance and form. In form, poem creatively amalgamates genres qaṣīdah (poem), risālah (treatise), waṣiyyah (testament) to produce an eloquent innovative hybrid text. content, it uniquely combines a philosophical ...

This paper deals with the study of impact Shiism on Arabic literature in general, and Fatimid particular. It treats issue of)al-Zahir al-Batin(in Holy Qur’an or what is called esoteric interpretation. The writers exerted more attention paid their effort employing Qur’anic verses through interpretation, goal that was to get Imamate Caliphate, it utmost motivation for right Ali bin Abi Talib his ...