Originally published: The concise encyclopedia of Islam. San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1989
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Author's preface -- Introduction / Professor Huston Smith -- Notes -- The encyclopedia -- Appendix A : Reference maps -- Historical synopsis of the Islamic world -- Historical synopsis of the Middle East -- Arabia and its neighbours at the time of the Prophet's birth -- Islam in the modern world -- Appendix B : Mecca and the Ḥajj -- Chart of the Ḥajj -- Map of Mecca -- Plan of the Grand Mosque -- Appendix C : Branches of Islam -- Appendix D : Genealogical tables -- The Quraysh -- The Umayyads -- The ʼAbbāsids -- The ʼAlids -- Chronology -- Bibliography.