الاثنينية ::المكتبة

مكتبة الاثنينية

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am greatly indebted to Professor C.E. Bosworth who supervised this thesis from its birth to its completion. My thanks go to him not only because of his constant help during my research, but also on a personal level for his kindness and patience throughout the period of time I have been working with him. I would like also to offer my thanks to colleagues in the Arabic Language Dept. of King Cabd al-CAzīz University in Jeddah who made possible for me this much apreciated opportunity to pursue my studies in England. My special thanks go also to my former academic supervisor Professor Walīd Carafat, and also to Dr. David Wains, of Lancaster University, as well as to Dr. Muhammad Cīsā Sālihiyya of Kuwait University. I am grateful also to the Secretary of the Middle Eastern Studies Dept. of Manchester University, Mrs. E. Mayo, as well as to my colleagues in the Department, especially Fawwāz al-Fawwāz and Jamīl al-Magribī. I acknowledge also the assistance of the Bureau of the Saudi Educational Office in London. Finally, it is my pleasure to acknowledge the considerable help I have received from the staff of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, particularly from my friend Dr. David Brady who kindly typed the thesis and made many invaluable suggestions in the amelioration of my English style.