Vol. 8 No. 3 September 2002

Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental manuscript Research

CONTENTS

TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH - 3 M. Gadjiev, A. Shikhsaidov. The Darband-nama on Harun Al-Rashid and a Newly Discovered Arabic Inscription from A. H. 176 - 3 I. Itkin. The Linguistic Features of Tocharian A Manuscript Maitreyavadanavyakarana - 11 E. Rezvan. Qur'anic Manuscripts as Birth, Death, Land and Library Register - 17 M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-bark from Bairam-Ali. II. Avadana and Jataka (Part 8) - 26 Sh. Vahidov. The History of the ‘Ishqiyya Brotherhood's Sacred Relics. II: the Katta Langar Qu'rans (New Fragments) - 34     TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION - 42 S. Klyashtorny. Manichaean Text T II D and Ïrq Bitig XIX - 42     PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS - 46 E. Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. IV: Poetry and Miniatures (Part 2) - 46     CONSERVATION PROBLEMS - 53 A.-G. Rischel. The Danish Collection of Dunhuang Manuscripts: Preliminary Analysis - 53     ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES - 59 V. Jakobson, G. Lezin. Computer Analysis of the Laws of Hammurabi: Basic Concepts - 59      BOOK REVIEWS - 66   IN MEMORIAM - 71 Professor V. N. Goregliad (1932-2002) - 71

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AUTHORS

Prof. Dr. Murtazali S. Gadjiev - Leading Researcher at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Daghestan Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in archeology and history of ancient and early Middle Age Caucasus, author of two monographs and numerous articles in the field.

Dr. Ilia B. Itkin - Junior researcher of the Department of languages of the peoples of Asia at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Moscow), Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the Russian, Veps, and Tocharian languages, with a special eye to the problems of morphology and morphonology of the languages of Eurasia.

Prof. Dr. Vladimir A. Jakobson - Chief researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the history and culture of the Ancient East, author of numerous publications.

Prof. Dr. Sergei G. Klyashtorny - Head of the Turkic and Mongolian Studies Department of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the ancient and medieval history of Turkic peoples, author of several monographs and numerous articles in the field.

Dr. Henry V. Lezin - Senior researcher at the St. Petersburg Economical and Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in computer technologies, author of a numerous articles.

Dr. Marine H. Marandjian - Researcher of the Far East Department of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the intellectual history of Japan, author of articles in the field.

Dr. Valery V. Polosin - Head of the Middle Eastern Studies Department of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the Arab manuscript tradition, author of one monograph and numerous articles.

Prof. Dr. Efim A. Rezvan - Deputy Director of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies, author of a number of monographs and numerous articles dealing with Russian-Arab relations, history of Islam and Oriental studies computing.

Dr. Anna-Grethe Rischel - Paper conservator at the Conservation Department, the Paper-, Textile- and Leather Section at the National Museum of Denmark, specialist in microscopic and macroscopic analysis of early Central Asian paper technology, author of a number of articles in the field.

Prof. Dr. Olimpiada P. Scheglova - Leading researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the field of Persian manuscripts and lithographed books, author of a number of catalogues and numerous articles.

Prof. Dr. Amri R. Shikshsaidov - Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Daghestan Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the history of Islam, Dagestan hand-written and epigraphic heritage, author of several monographs and articles.

Dr. Shodmon Vahidov - Researcher at the Tashkent Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, specialist in Muslim manuscripts tradition, author of a number of works devoted to the study of historical, cultural and religious aspects of Muslim manuscripts held in the Uzbek collections.

Prof. Dr. Margarita I. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya - Chief Keeper of the Manuscript Department at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the history and philology of ancient Central Asia, author of numerous monographs and articles in this field.