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Index
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of charts
Preface
Addenda and corrigenda
I. The Beginnings
1. The Origins of Government
2. The First Civil War and Sect Formation
3. The Umayyads
II. The Waning of the Tribal Tradition, c. 700–900
4. Introduction
5. The Khārijites
6. The MuʿTazilites
7. The Shīʿites of the Umayyad Period
8. The ʿAbbāsids and Shīʿism
9. The Zaydīs
10. The Imamis
11. The Ḥadīth Party
III. Coping with a Fragmented World
12. Introduction
13. The Persian Tradition and Advice Literature
14. The Greek Tradition and ‘Political Science’
15. The Ismailis
16. The Sunnis
IV. Government and Society
17. The Nature of Government
18. The Functions of Government
19. Visions of Freedom
20. The Social Order
21. Muslims and Non-Muslims
22. Epilogue: Religion, Government, and Society Revisited
Charts
Bibliography, abbreviations, and conventions
Index and glossary
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