Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration; Figures and Tables; Photo Credits and Permissions for Reproduction; Introduction; Part I Irrigated Agriculture in Ancient South Arabia: The Oasis of Mārib; Introduction to Part I; Case Study 1 Agricultural Practices in the Controlled Irrigation Network of Ancient Mārib; Part II The City of Zabīd (Founded 820 CE) and its Agricultural Hinterland before the First Ottoman Conquest in 1539; Introduction to Part II; Case Study 2 Sayl Irrigation in the Wādī Zabīd
Case Study 3 The Importance of the Agricultural Hinterland to Pre-Ottoman ZabīdCase Study 4 Engineered Water Systems in the Wādī Zabīd; Case Study 5 Water and Waste in the City of Zabīd; Part III Water and Settlement on the Coastal Plain of Southern Yemen: The Example of Ghayl Bā Wazīr; Introduction to Part III; Case Study 6 Tapping Underground Water: The Maʿyān System of Ghayl Bā Wazīr; Part IV Water-Storage Systems in the Western Highlands of Yemen: The Cisterns of al-Jabīn; Introduction to Part IV; Case Study 7 The Study and Restoration of Birkat ʿĀṭif, a Public Cistern in al-Jabīn
Part V Water and Religious MagicIntroduction to Part V; Case Study 8 Water and Religious Magic; Concluding Remarks; Glossary; Works Cited; Index
