Multi-disciplinary articles of interest to those specialising in the study of the Arabian peninsula.

1. A beekeeping project in the Yemen Arab Republic Elbert R. Jaycox and Jan Karpowicz; 2. The carving of the rhino jambiyyah hilt in North Yemen Jan Chapman; 3. The arrest of the British Vice-Consul in al-Hudaydah and the subsequent protection of British interests in Yemen, 1914-18 John Baldry; 4. The indigo industry of the Yemen Jenny Balfour-Paul; 5. Guaranty of the market at Huth Paul Dresch; 6. Omani-Ottoman relations during the reign of Imam Ahmad ibn Sa'id, 1741-83, in the light of a recently discovered exchange of letters between the Imam and the Ottoman Sultan Mohammed Al-Zulfa; 7. The Blunts' road to the Mu'allaqat Riad Atef Nourallah; 8. Anglo-Ottoman confrontation in the Yemen, 1840-9 Caesar E. Farah; 9. Notes on mystical healers in the Hugariyyah Cynthia Myntti; 10. Weights and measures in Mecca during the late Ayyubid and Mamluk periods Richard T. Mortel; 11. Visitors to San`a' Robin Bidwell.