Guiding Notes to the Contributors (*) Papers should range between 3000/5000 words. (*) Typing should be clear, double spaced and on one side of paper. (*) A margin of 1 1/4 inches should be left on the right in case of Araic, on the left. in the case of papers in either English or French. (*) Sources and footnotes should be typed on separate sheets at the end of the paper, but reference to them should be indicated by numerical figures throughout the paper, the figures must also be between brackets. (*) Authors are requested to indicate their qualifications, their present occupation, address etc. (*) The author should enclose with his paper a signed letter to certify that the paper has not been published in part or whole before. He should also under-take not to pass it to any other publisher before the journal decides on it. On the other hand the editors will decide whether or not the paper is accepted to publication not more than three months after it has been received. (*) The author will receive 20 of prints of his published paper. Documentation work such as bibliographies will be treated as reviews if they includes less than 3000 words but will be considered full paper if they contain 3000 words or more. (*) All papers, reviews & documentary material should be mailed to the Editorin-Chief of Dirasat Ifriqiyya " the I. U. A., P. O. Box 2469. Khartoum. Sudan. (*) In trasliteration, it is preferable to follow the system of the Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) (*) The journal is under no obligation to return unpublished papers.

Dr. Abd al-Rahman Ahmed Osman