C P Melville

Biographic Data

ID1404933
NAMEC P Melville
GIVEN NAMESC P
FAMILY NAMEMelville
SIGNATUREMELVILLE C P
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS19
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • A Short History of the Gibb Memorial Trust and its Trustees

    C P Melville, Charles MelvilleBOOKShort History of the Gibb…2023

    Provides an unusual history of an important institution promoting Islamic scholarship in Britain Presents authoritative biographies of leading scholars by those working in the same field Brings together leading scholars of Middle Eastern history, literature, Islamic mysticism and religious studies to discuss their influential predecessors in these fields Draws on the unpublished archives of the Gibb Memorial Trust and first-hand memoirs Reveals h…

  • Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea

    R D Adams, C P Melville et al.BOOKSeismicity of Egypt, Arabia and…2009

  • The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea

    Open AccessN N Ambraseys, C P Melville et al.BOOKSeismicity of Egypt, Arabia and…1994

    A careful and intensive study of historical sources and a review of the instrumental data of this century have led to this detailed catalogue of earthquakes. Egypt, Arabia, the Red Sea region and the surrounding areas of Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia are studied from the earliest times to the present day. Each earthquake is described as fully as possible from the available data, and is analysed in a geographical and historical context. The completene…

  • The Cambridge History of Iran

    Open AccessC P Melville, Stanley I Grossman et al.BOOKThe Cambridge history of Iran.1991

    This final volume of The Cambridge History of Iran covers the period from 1722 to 1979. Part I sets out the political framework. Beginning in the reign of Nadir Shah, it traces the establishment of the Qajar dynasty and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi autocracy. Part II discusses relations with the Ottoman Empire, Russia, European countries, Britain and British India. Part III covers economic and social developments, including systems of land te…

  • A note on the distribution of newspapers in England and Wales

    Open AccessC P Melville, Charles MelvilleARTICLEDisasters1986References: 1

  • The Manchester earthquake of 14th September 1111

    Open AccessC P Melville, Charles MelvilleARTICLEDisasters1985References: 3

    In September 1777 a strong shock of earthquake was widely experienced in the Manchester area. Thanks largely to the density of population in this area and to the fact that the shock occurred on a Sunday morning when many people were in church, the earthquake attracted considerable attention; despite its modest size, it is one of the best documented earthquakes recorded before the 19th century. Analysis of contemporary literature of the event reve…

  • Reflections on the late earthquake in North Wales on 19th July 1984

    Open AccessC P Melville, Charles MelvilleARTICLEDisasters1984Cited by: 2

  • A History of Persian Earthquakes

    N L Falcon, N N Ambraseys et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1983Cited by: 17

    Macroseismic data from historical sources 2. Macroseismic data from field studies 3. Case histories 4. Instrumental data 5. Earthquake history of Persia Notes References Index

  • The Seismicity of Kuhistan, Iran

    N N Ambraseys, C P Melville et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1977References: 2

    For some remote areas of Iran, as for other parts of the world, accurate and reliable details of the occurrence of earthquakes have only been available for events of the past 25 years. This paper provides a new approach to the problem of establishing the seismicity of eastern Iran, by examining not only the instrumental data, but also the literary and historical sources of information. Despite the fact that the data concerning Kuhistan is poor in…