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Alfred Felix Landon Beeston

Alfred Felix Landon Beeston, FBA was an English Orientalist best known for his studies of Arabic language and literature, and of ancient Yemeni inscriptions, as well as the history of pre-Islamic Arabia. His works were generally published under the name A. F. L. Beeston.

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==
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