Introduction
The Arabian background
The tribe and the state
Tribes and states in the Middle East
The first-century concept of hiǧra
The later evolution
Were the Qays and Yemen of the Umayyad period political parties?
A note on Muqātil b. Ḥayyan and Muqātil b. Sulaymān
The significance of wooden weapons in al-Mukhtār's revolt and the ʿAbbāsid revolution
On the meaning of the ʿAbbāsid call to al-Riḍā
The ʿAbbāsid Abnāʾ and Sāsānid cavalrymen
The early Islamic world
The pay of client soldiers in the Umayyad period
Mawālī and the prophet's family : an early Shīʿite view
Imperial trauma : the case of the Arabs.
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From Arabian tribes to Islamic empire : army, state and society in the Near East c.600-850 by Patricia Crone. ISBN 9780754659259. Published by Ashgate in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
