List of Illustrations

Preface: Making History in Hadhramawt

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE. Aspects of Social Indentity in Hadhramawt and Abroad

1. Identity in Hadhrami Society

2. Hadhrami Emigration and the Mahjar

PART TWO. The Ordering of Life in Town and Country

3. Urban and Rural Life in the Interior

4. Urban and Rural Life on the Coast and Its Hinterland

PART THREE. Social Institutions and the Emergence of Social Criticism

5. Rites of Passage, Ceremonies, and Social Critique

6. Religious Belief, Practice, and Education: Tradition, Revival, and Critique

PART FOUR. Politics, Power, and Conflict

7. The Two Sultanates: Rivals from Inception to Union (1880s to 1918)

8. The Sultanates: Challengers and Reformers (1918 to 1936)

Conclusion

Appendix A
Rulers of Hadhramawt, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Appendix B
Qu'ayti-Kathiri Agreement of 1918 (the Aden Agreement)

Notes

Selected Bibliography, English and European Languages

Selected Bibliography, Arabic Language

Index

Linda Boxberger is an independent scholar, with extensive experience teaching and conducting research in Yemen. She received her Ph.D. in history from The University of Texas at Austin.