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Contributions should be sent to: Professor G. J. van Gelder, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE, UK. Email: gerard.vangelder@orinst.ox.ac.uk.

A copy of each manuscript should be submitted, typed on one side of A4 paper, double spaced. The first page should have the title of the article. The names and institutional affiliation of the author(s) should be given separately. An English abstract of c. 150 words should be included. Please submit a copy of the article on disk as well as on hard-copy, or alternatively, email your article as an attachment to the email address above. After submission, two or more referees will be asked to comment on the extent to which the proposed article meets the aims of the journal and will be of interest to the readers. Comments and any suggestions for amendment of the paper will be passed to the author(s).

Transliteration: Contributors should use, consistently, an acknowledged scholarly system of their choice.If it is necessary to use the original Middle Eastern script, such passages should be provided camera-ready, in one or a few bits rather than numerous separate ones.

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