Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Abbreviations used xiv
4. Introduction xv
5. Chapter One. The Caliphs 1
6. Chapter Two. Spain 11
7. Chapter Three. North Africa 25
8. Chapter Four. Egypt and Syria 60
9. Chapter Five. Iraq and Jazira before the Seljuqs 85
10. Chapter Six. The Arabian Peninsula 94
11. Chapter Seven. West Africa 122
12. Chapter Eight. East Africa and the Horn of Africa 132
13. Chapter Nine. The Caucasus and the Western Persian Lands before the Seljuqs 140
14. Chapter Ten. The Eastern Persian Lands, Transoxania and Khwarazm before the Seljuqs 168
15. Chapter Eleven. The Seljuqs, Their Dependants and the Atabegs 185
16. Chapter Twelve. The Turks in Anatolia 213
17. Chapter Thirteen. The Mongols and their Central Asian and Eastern European Successors 243
18. Chapter Fourteen. Persia after the Mongols 263
19. Chapter Fifteen. Central Asia after the Mongols 288
20. Chapter Sixteen. Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent 296
21. Chapter Seventeen. South-East Asia and Indonesia 344
22. Indexes: (a) Personal names,- (b) Dynasties, peoples, tribes, etc. (c) Places 357