Vol. 5 (1994) Arabic prosody and its applications in Muslim poetry eds. L. Johanson & B. Utas 145 p., ISBN 91-86884-06-9, 165 SEK Contents: 1. L. Johanson, Introduction: Formal aspects of 'arud versification 2. B. Brendemoen, Imale in der osmanischen und tschagataischen Dichtung 3. J.T.P. de Bruijn, The individuality of the Persian metre khafîf 4. G. Doerfer, Gedanken zur Entstehung des ruba'i 5. B.H. Flemming, Notes on 'aruz in Turkish collections 6. G. Lazard, Öamètre épique baloutchi et les origines du motaqâreb 7. H. Palva, Quantitative or accentual? Metrical problems of the contemporary Bedouin qasida 8. J. Retsö, The treatment of final syllables in the Classical Arabic metres: The linguistic background 9. W. Stoetzer. Arabic metrics between quantity and stress 10. F. Thiesen, A typical Hafez qazal 11. A. Tietze, The neutralisation of syntactic rules in poetry (exemplified by Ottoman metrical poetry) 12. B. Utas, Arabix and Iranian elements in New Persian prosody