The Early Islamic Conquests

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATIONS......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 16
LIST OF MAPS......Page 20
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE......Page 21
INTRODUCTION......Page 24
1 . ARABIA VARIATA......Page 32
2. A TRIBAL SOCIETY......Page 41
3. POLITICAL LIFE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARABIA......Page 49
4. TRIBE AND STATE IN ARABIA: FIRST ESSAY......Page 58
1 . MUHAMMAD AND THE ISLAMIC STATE......Page 72
2. MUHAMMAD\'S TEACHINGS......Page 76
3. MUHAMMAD\'S CONSOLIDATION......Page 83
4. THE NEW RULING ELITE......Page 96
5. ABU BAKR AND THE RIDDA WARS......Page 103
1 . THE LAND BETWEEN TWO SEAS......Page 112
2. THE MUSLIMS\' ASPIRATIONS IN SYRIA......Page 117
3. EARLY CONTACTS WITH SYRIA ANDTHE NORTHERN HIJAZ......Page 122
4. THE COURSE OF CONQUEST IN SYRIA......Page 132
5. PHASE I: THE INVASION OF SYRIA......Page 133
6. KHALID B. AL-WALID\'S MARCH TO SYRIA AND THE CHRONOLOGY OFTHE EARLY CAMPAIGNS......Page 140
7. PHASE II: THE DEFEAT OF THE BYZANTINES......Page 149
8. PHASE III: THE OCCUPATION OF SYRIA......Page 169
1 . LOWLANDS......Page 178
2. ARAB AND NON-ARAB IN IRAQ......Page 188
3. THE COURSE OF THE CONQUEST IN IRAQ......Page 194
4. PHASE I: KHALID B. AL-WALID\'S CAMPAIGN......Page 197
5. PHASE II: FIRST OFFENSIVES IN CENTRAL IRAQ......Page 211
6. TRANSITIONAL PHASE: REINFORCEMENTS AND RAIDS IN CENTRAL IRAQ......Page 216
7. PHASE III: THE CONQUEST AND OCCUPATION OF CENTRAL IRAQ......Page 223
8. THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN IRAQ......Page 233
9. CONCLUSIONS......Page 238
1. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ARMIES OF CONQUEST......Page 242
2. FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN IRAQ......Page 247
3. MIGRATIONS TO IRAQ UP TO THE FIRST CIVIL WAR......Page 252
4. EARLY ADMINISTRATION IN IRAQ......Page 258
5. SETTLEMENT IN IRAQ......Page 260
6. MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT IN SYRIA......Page 266
1. TRIBE AND STATE IN ARABIA: SECOND ESSAY......Page 272
2. THE CAUSES OF THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST......Page 288
EPILOGUE......Page 294
INTRODUCTION......Page 300
CHAPTER I......Page 301
CHAPTER II......Page 314
CHAPTER III......Page 322
CHAPTER IV......Page 344
CHAPTER V......Page 364
CHAPTER VI......Page 370
EPILOGUE......Page 374
APPENDICES......Page 376
TRADITIONAL SOURCES (ARABIC)......Page 460
STUDIES......Page 463
INDEX OF TRADITIONISTS MENTIONED IN NOTES AND APPENDICES......Page 480
GENERAL INDEX......Page 490
ISBN 0-691-05327-8......Page 512