Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iv
3. Preface iii
4. Part I
5. Introductory 9
6. The Political System 26
7. The Early Period
8. Orthodoxy and the Orthodox The Sharp ah as law 56
9. Statesmen and Administrators 81
10. Religious Thought The Shari`ah as a System of Living 97
11. Sufis and Sufism 113
12. Sufis and Sufism (Continued) 137
13. Poets and Writers 168
14. Architecture and the Arts 183
15. Social Life 201
16. The Middle Period
17. Orthodoxy and the Orthodox 236
18. Statesmen and Administrators 253
19. Religious Thought The Shari`ah as a System of Living 271
20. Sufis and Sufism 283
21. Poets and Writers 316
22. Architecture and the Arts 337
23. Social Life 354
24. The Modern Period
25. Orthodoxy and the Orthodox 389
26. Statesmen and Administrators 415
27. Religious Thought 445
28. Poets and Writers 464
29. Social Life 503
30. Social Life 520
31. Conclusion 555
32. Selected Bibliography 563
33. Index 572