Contents

pp v-vi

List of Box Text

pp vii-vii

List of Illustrations

pp viii-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xii

Note on Dates, Transliteration and Names

pp xiii-xiii

Acknowledgements

pp xiv-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-26

Part I - The Formation of the Umayyad Empire

pp 27-28

Introduction

pp 29-30

1 - The Origins of Arabian Empire

pp 31-46

2 - The Seventh-century ‘World Crisis’

pp 47-63

3 - The ‘Conquest Society’ and the Defeat of Rome and Iran

pp 64-77

4 - The Emergence of the Umayyad Empire

pp 78-100

5 - The Succession to Mu‘awiya and the Second Civil War

pp 101-116

Part II - The Marwanid Umayyad Empire, 692–750

pp 117-118

Introduction

pp 119-126

6 - The Imperial Marwanid Caliphate

pp 127-161

7 - The Siege of Constantinople and the Short Caliphates of Sulayman, ‘Umar II and Yazid II

pp 162-175

8 - Hisham b. ‘Abd al-Malik: Renewal and Defeat

pp 176-191

9 - The Collapse of Umayyad Power

pp 192-208

Part III - Ecology, Economy and Society in Umayyad Times

pp 209-210

Introduction

pp 211-212

10 - Resources, Settlement Patterns and Commerce

pp 213-256

11 - Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews and Others in the Umayyad Empire

pp 257-293

12 - The Provinces, Government and Taxation

pp 294-327

Afterword

pp 328-331

Bibliography

pp 332-359

Index

pp 360-385