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A Tribal Order

by Shelagh Weir

2007 390 pages eng

"A Tribal Order describes the politico-legal system of Jabal Razih, a remote massif in northern Yemen inhabited by farmers and traders. Contrary to the popular image of Middle Eastern tribes as warlike, lawless and invariably opposed to states, the tribes of Razih have stable structures of governanc…

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