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I. SABA AND ḤIMYAR 1

II. THE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF THE PAGAN ARABS 30

III. PRE-ISLAMIC POETRY, MANNERS, AND RELIGION 71

IV. THE PROPHET AND THE KORAN 141

V. THE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE AND THE UMAYYAD
DYNASTY 181

VI. THE CALIPHS OF BAGHDÁD 254

VII. POETRY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE IN THE ‘ABBÁSID
PERIOD 285

VIII. ORTHODOXY, FREE-THOUGHT, AND MYSTICISM 365

IX. THE ARABS IN EUROPE 405

X. FROM THE MONGOL INVASION TO THE PRESENT DAY 442