I. The beginnings -- The origins of government -- The first civil war and sect formation -- The Umayyads -- -- II. The waning of the tribal tradition, c. 700-900 -- Introduction -- The Khārijites -- The Muʻtazilites -- The Shīʻites of the Umayyad period -- The ʻAbbāsids and Shīʻism -- The Zaydīs -- The Imamis -- The Ḥadīth party -- -- III. Coping with a fragmented world -- Introduction -- The Persian tradition and advice literature -- The Greek tradition and "Political science" -- The Ismailis -- The Sunnis -- -- IV. Government and society -- The nature of government -- The functions of government -- Visions of freedom -- The social order -- Muslims and non-Muslims -- Epilogue: religion, government, and society revisited.
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Islam and politics-- History-- To 1500.
Political culture-- Islamic countries-- History-- To 1500.
Political science-- Islamic countries-- History-- To 1500.