Selected works
In addition to scores of scholarly articles, Dr. Beeston produced the following major works. • Sabaean Inscriptions, Oxford, VIII+152 pp. 1937. • Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindustani and Pushtu Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Part III. Additional Persian Manuscripts, Oxford University Press, 1955. • A Descriptive Grammar of Epigraphic South Arabian, London : Luzac, VII+80 pp. 1962. • Baiḍawiʼs Commentary on Surah 12 of the Qurʾan: Text, Accompanied by an Interpretative Rendering and Notes, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963. • Written Arabic, an Approach to the Basic Structures, Cambridge University Press, 1968. • The Arabic Language Today, Coll. Modern Languages, London : Hutchinson, 1970. • The Epistle on Singing-Girls of Jahiż, Warminster : Aris and Phillips, 1980. • ''Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic) /Dictionnaire sabéen (anglais-français-arabe) /al-Mu'gam as-saba'i (bi-al-ingliziyya wa-al-firansiyya wa al-'arabiyya)'', Publication of the University of Sanaa, YAR, Louvain-la-Neuve (Editions Peeters) et Beyrouth (Librairie du Liban), XLI+173+IVpp., in collaboration with M.A. Ghul, W.W. Müller et J. Ryckmans. 1982. • ''Mukhtarat min al-nuqush al-yamaniyyah al-qadimah, Tunis (al-Munazzamah al-'arabiyyah li-l-Tarbiya wa-l-thaqafa wa-al-'Ulum)'', 478 pp. and two maps, in collaboration with Muhammad Bafaqih, Christian Robin, and Mahmud al-Ghul. 1985 (in Arabic). ==References==