A Literary History of the Arabs

PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, I. SABA AND HIMYAR, II. THE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF THE PAGAN ARABS, III. PRE-ISLAMIC POETRY, MANNERS, AND RELIGION, IV. THE PROPHET AND THE KORAN, V. THE ORTHODOX CALIPHATE AND THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY, VI. THE CALIPHS OF BAGHDAD, VII. POETRY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE IN THE 'ABBASID PERIOD, VIII. ORTHODOXY, FREE-THOUGHT, AND MYSTICISM, IX. THE ARABS IN EUROPE, X. FROM THE MONGOL INVASION TO THE PRESENT DAY, APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX