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Medieval Islamic History | |
An Interpretation of Islamic History | p. 3 |
The Evolution of Government in Early Islam | p. 34 |
Arab-Byzantine Relations under the Umayyad Caliphate | p. 47 |
The Social Significance of the Shuubiya | p. 62 |
The Armies of Saladin | p. 74 |
The Egyptian Army | p. 74 |
The Syrian and Mesopotamian Contingents | p. 78 |
The Auxiliary Forces | p. 81 |
Equipment and Supplies | p. 84 |
The Achievement of Saladin | p. 89 |
Tarikh | p. 108 |
From the Origins to the Third Century of the Hijra | p. 108 |
From the Third to the Sixth Centuries | p. 119 |
From the Tenth to the Thirteenth Centuries | p. 134 |
Islamic Institutions, Philosophy and Religion | |
Some Considerations on the Sunni Theory of the Caliphate | p. 141 |
Al-Mawardi's Theory of the Caliphate | p. 151 |
The Reasons for the Composition of Al-Ahkam as Sultaniyah | p. 151 |
Analysis of Al-Mawardi's Doctrine | p. 154 |
The Significance of the "Amirate by Seizure" | p. 162 |
The Islamic Background of Ibn Khaldun's Political Theory | p. 166 |
The Structure of Religious Thought in Islam | p. 176 |
The Animistic Substrate | p. 176 |
Muhammad and the Koran | p. 187 |
Law and Theology | p. 196 |
Sufism | p. 208 |
Khawatir 61-Adab al-Arabi (Reflections on Arabic Literature) | p. 219 |
Bad at-Talif al-Nashri (The Beginnings of Prose Composition) | p. 220 |
Nashet al-Insha (The Development of Literary Style) | p. 231 |
Contemporary Intellectual Currents | |
Studies in Contemporary Arabic Literature | p. 245 |
The Nineteenth Century | p. 245 |
Manfaluti and the "New Style" | p. 258 |
Egyptian Modernists | p. 268 |
The Egyptian Novel | p. 286 |
The Reaction in the Middle East Against Western Culture | p. 320 |
Problems of Modern Middle Eastern History | p. 336 |
Bibliography | p. 345 |
Index | p. 358 |
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