やっと出ました！ 論文　オスマン帝国における裁判官職請負制, 1750–1839 Akiba, Jun. "Farming out Judicial Offices in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1750–1839." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 2023, 1-21. bit.ly/48dSLv4

Why are so many Arabic names "diminutive" (فُعَيْل)? My new open-access article, "Diminutive names in Peninsular Arabic" (BSOAS), represents a years-long journey to answer that question and to better understand the origins of Arabic names. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New in BSOAS, from Paul K. Hosle: A cross-cultural archery analogy in Matteo Ricci's Tianzhu shiyi | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/48zN0s8

Mario Kozah on transport terms in a Qatari dialect: Chariots, mail coaches and wagons in the Arabic dialect of Qaṭrāyīth (“in Qatari”) in early Islamic eastern Arabia | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3vFfcew

New in BSOAS: Marijn van Putten explores Berbero-Semitic adjectives bit.ly/3ObLHHG

New in BSOAS: The addition of syllable-final stops in Ganan | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/49h7qWL

'Those who take this book to the classroom are likely to find that Barua’s thoughtful engagement with Hindu philosophical ideas will enrich, deepen, and enliven their discussion – and both their students’ and their own appreciation – of Hindu philosophy'. Bulletin of SOAS

New: The Avestan ī̆šti- in Middle Persian texts | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3T3ECur

🔓 Tanvir Ahmed, “All the world at the palm of the hand”, on an early Afghan saint bit.ly/3PuPzEr

My new paper has been out, Another character for the word “rice plant” in Old Chinese | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/43zuq1r

New in BSOAS: Revisiting the date of Hiḍimbā Devī temple, Manali, Kulu (Himachal Pradesh): a study of epigraphic evidence | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3VYi4Ou

Progressive constructions in different Balochi dialects from a diachronic and an areal linguistic point of view | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3xD9U3Z

New in BSOAS: Methodological issues in Rma etymology | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3KCbHcY

BSOAS 87/2 is now online!

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BSOAS's first gold OA article: Tomas Larsen Høisæter, 'Polities and Nomads', Tarim Basin in prehistory #silkroad cambridge.org/core/journals/…

BSOAS 80/3 now available online via Cambridge Core: cambridge.org/core/journals/…