| | PAGE |
| 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 |
| _______ PART II | |
| DEVELOPMENT OF JURISPRUDENCE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| TO CLOSE OF UMAYYAD PERIOD | 65 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| TO PRESENT SITUATION | 91 |
| p. xii | |
| 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 |
| _________ APPENDICES | |
| I. ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS IN TRANSLATION | 291 |
| II. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 358 |
| III. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | 368 |
| INDEX | 373 |