CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction[3]
[PART I]
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER I
From Death of Muhammad to Rise of Abbasids[7]
CHAPTER II
To Rise of Ayyubids[34]
CHAPTER III
To Present Situation[50]
[PART II]
DEVELOPMENT OF JURISPRUDENCE
CHAPTER I
To Close of Umayyad Period[65]
CHAPTER II
To Present Situation[91]
[PART III]
DEVELOPMENT OF THEOLOGY
CHAPTER I
To Close of Umayyad Period[119]
CHAPTER II
To Foundation of Fatimid Khalifate[153]
CHAPTER III
To Triumph of Ash‘arites in East[186]
CHAPTER IV
Al-Ghazzali[215]
CHAPTER V
To Ibn Sab‘in and End of Muwahhids[243]
CHAPTER VI
To Present Situation[266]
[APPENDICES]
I. Illustrative Documents in Translation[291]
II. Selected Bibliography[358]
III. Chronological Table[368]
INDEX[373]

ERRATA

Page30,line 5,for al-Mukanna read al-Muqanna.
”86,l. 19,for first Khalifa read second Khalifa.
”201,l. 26,for tasalsal read tasalsul.
”237,for Mansell read Mansel.
”267,l. 30,for Haqqari read Hakkari.
”299,l. 10,for Mushriqs read Mushriks.
”300,l. 4,for kalimatan ash-shahada read kalimata-sh-shabada.
”325,l. 23,for wihdaniya read wahdaniya.
”339,l. 11,for ihtiyaz read ihtiyaj.

Transcriber’s Note: The errata have been corrected.