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CONTENTS

 

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INTRODUCTION

3

 

PART I

 

CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

 

CHAPTER I

 

FROM DEATH OF MUHAMMAD TO RISE OF ABBASIDS

7

 

CHAPTER II

 

TO RISE OF AYYUBIDS

34

 

CHAPTER III

 

TO PRESENT SITUATION

50

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PART II

 

DEVELOPMENT OF JURISPRUDENCE

 

 

CHAPTER I

 

TO CLOSE OF UMAYYAD PERIOD

65

 

CHAPTER II

 

TO PRESENT SITUATION

91

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PART III

 

DEVELOPMENT OF THEOLOGY

 

 

CHAPTER I

 

 

PAGE

TO CLOSE OF UMAYYAD PERIOD

119

 

CHAPTER II

 

TO FOUNDATION OF FATIMID KHALIFATE

153

 

CHAPTER III

 

TO TRIUMPH OF ASH‘ARITES IN EAST

186

 

CHAPTER IV

 

AL-GHAZZALI

215

 

CHAPTER V

 

TO IBN SAB‘IN AND END OF MUWAHHIDS

243

 

CHAPTER VI

 

TO PRESENT SITUATION

266

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APPENDICES

 

I. ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS IN TRANSLATION

291

II. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

358

III. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

368


INDEX

373

 


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