| | | PAGE |
| Preface | [ix] |
| Introduction | [xv] |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | Saba and Ḥimyar | [1] |
| II. | The History and Legends of the Pagan Arabs | [30] |
| III. | Pre-islamic Poetry, Manners, and Religion | [71] |
| IV. | The Prophet and the Koran | [141] |
| V. | The Orthodox Caliphate and the Umayyad Dynasty | [181] |
| VI. | The Caliphs of Baghdád | [254] |
| VII. | Poetry, Literature, and Science in the ‘Abbásid Period | [285] |
| VIII. | Orthodoxy, Free-thought, and Mysticism | [365] |
| IX. | The Arabs in Europe | [405] |
| X. | From the Mongol Invasion to the Present Day | [442] |
| Appendix | [471] |
| Bibliography | [477] |
| Index | [487] |