Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Chapter I-Introduction -- Chapter II-Alî and the First Civil War -- Chapter III-The Sufyânids and the Second Civil War -- Chapter IV-The First Marwânids -- Chapter V-Umar II and the Mawâlî -- Chapter VI-The Later Marwânids -- Chapter VII-Marwân and the Third Civil War -- Chapter VIII-The Arab Tribes in Khurâsân -- Chapter IX-The Fall of the Arab Kingdom -- Index