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Introduction to the 2005 Edition | p. vii |
From the Translator's Introduction to the 1958 Unabridged Edition | p. xxvii |
Introduction | p. xxxvii |
Invocation | p. 3 |
Foreword | p. 5 |
The Introduction | p. 11 |
Book One of the Kitab Al-`Ibar | p. 33 |
Human civilization in general | p. 45 |
First Prefatory Discussion | p. 45 |
Second Prefatory Discussion | p. 49 |
Third Prefatory Discussion | p. 58 |
Fourth Prefatory Discussion | p. 63 |
Fifth Prefatory Discussion | p. 65 |
Sixth Prefatory Discussion | p. 70 |
Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements | p. 91 |
On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and all that goes with these things. The chapter contains basic and supplementary propositions | p. 123 |
Countries and cities, and all other forms of sedentary civilization. The conditions occurring there. Primary and secondary considerations in this connection | p. 263 |
On the various aspects of making a living, such as profit and the crafts. The conditions that occur in this connection. A number of problems are connected with this subject | p. 297 |
The various kinds of sciences. The methods of instruction. The conditions that obtain in these conditions | p. 333 |
Prefatory Discussion | |
Concluding Remark | p. 459 |
Index | p. 460 |
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