Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 The Islamic revolution in its environment
- 2 The emergence of Abū Bakr
- 3 ‘Umar and the conquests
- 4 The breakdown of the Madīnan regime
- 5 Mu‘āwiya and the second civil war
- 6 The age of Ḥajjāj
- 7 Moderate reform, radical reform and reaction: the reigns of Sulaymān, ‘Umar II and Yazīd II
- 8 Hishām: survival of the empire
- 9 The collapse of the Marwānids
- 10 The end of an era
- Works cited
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 The Islamic revolution in its environment
- 2 The emergence of Abū Bakr
- 3 ‘Umar and the conquests
- 4 The breakdown of the Madīnan regime
- 5 Mu‘āwiya and the second civil war
- 6 The age of Ḥajjāj
- 7 Moderate reform, radical reform and reaction: the reigns of Sulaymān, ‘Umar II and Yazīd II
- 8 Hishām: survival of the empire
- 9 The collapse of the Marwānids
- 10 The end of an era
- Works cited
- Index
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- Islamic HistoryA New Interpretation, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1971