Submitted: 24 November 1996 Marianne Engle Cameron PhD candidate (University of Chicago) Mailing address: 560 Riverside Drive, 14K New York, NY 10027 USA Phones: (212) 666-8543 (Home) FAX: Email: mcameron@ellis.uchicago.edu Early Arabic historiography. Classical & Medieval Islamic history. Medieval Arabic literature. Geographic areas: Levant, North Africa, Iran.