sabbatical leave in 1971, during which I was able to undertake the necessary
research for this study.

My grateful thanks go to Dr. John Wevers, of the Near Eastern Studies
Department at the University of Toronto, for a careful reading of the initial
manuscript and for valuable suggestions. I must not hold him responsible,
however, for the views expressed in this study. I am indebted to Dr.
Ronald J. Williams and Professor John van Seters, also of the Near Eastern
Studies Department at the University of Toronto, for helpful conversations and
wise counsel.

Finally, I wish to record my thanks to the late Dr. John Henderson,
Librarian of Huron College, for assistance in obtaining books, and to
Catherine E. Pell, for accurate typing and secretarial competence.

The book has been published with the help of a grant from the Humanities
Research Council of Canada, using funds provided by the Canada Council. I am
most grateful for this assistance.

G. H. Parke-Taylor
January, 1975

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