Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note on Conventions vii
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Acknowledgements x
6. Map: The Near East in the Umayyad Period xii
7. PART I Preliminaries
8. Introduction 3
9. Sources, Genre, Authorship 24
10. Historical Setting 41
11. PART II Early Islamic Historiography and Literary Khārijism
12. 1. Literary Approaches to Islamic Historiography and Khārijite History 59
13. 2. Portraying Khārijism 86
14. 3. Composing Khārijism 114
15. PART III The Portrayal of Khārijite History from Íiffīn to the Death of ʿAbd al-Malik
16. 4. Narratives of Khārijite Origins 135
17. 5. Khārijism during the Reign of Muʿāwiya b. Abī Sufyān 165
18. 6. Khārijism from the Second Fitna until the Death of ʿAbd al-Malik 217
19. PART IV Observations and Conclusions
20. 7. Observations Regarding the Historiographical Tradition on Khārijism 257
21. Conclusion 274
22. Bibliography 279
23. Index 310