Originally published: 10th ed. London : Macmillan, 1970.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. XII. The Conquest of Syria -- Ch. XIII. Al-Iraq and Persia conquered -- Ch. XIV. Egypt, Tripolis and Barqah Acquired -- Ch. XV. The Administration of the new Possessions -- Ch. XVI. The Struggle between 'Ali and Mu'awiyah for the Caliphate -- Pt. III. The Umayyad and 'Abbasid Empires -- Ch. XVII. The Umayyad Caliphate: Mu'awiyah establishes a Dynasty -- Ch. XVIII. Hostile Relations with the Byzantines -- Ch. XIX. The Zenith of Umayyad Power -- Ch. XX. Political Administration and Social Conditions under the Umayyads -- Ch. XXI. Intellectual Aspects of Life under the Umayyads -- Ch. XXII. Decline and Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty -- Ch. XXIII. The Establishment of the 'Abbasid Dynasty -- Ch. XXIV. The Golden Prime of the 'Abbasids -- Ch. XXV. The 'Abbasid State -- Ch. XXVI. 'Abbasid Society -- Ch. XXVII. Scientific and Literary Progress -- Ch. XXVIII. Education -- Ch. XXIX. The Development of Fine Arts -- Ch. XXX. Moslem Sects -- Ch. XXXI. The Caliphate dismemberd: Petty Dynasties in the West -- Ch. XXXII. Sundry Dynasties in the East -- Ch. XXXIII. The Collapse of the 'Abbasid Caliphate -- Pt. IV. The Arabs in Europe: Spain and Sicily -- Ch. XXXIV. Conquest of Spain -- Ch. XXXV. The Umayyad Amirate in Spain -- Ch. XXXVI. Civil Disturbances -- Ch. XXXVII. The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordova -- Ch. XXXVIII. Political, Economic and Educational Institutions -- Ch. XXXIX. Petty States: Fall of Granada -- Ch. XL. Intellectual Contributions -- Ch. XLI. Art and Architecture -- Ch. XLII. In Sicily -- Pt. V. The Last of the Medieval Moslem States -- Ch. XLIII. A Shi'ite Caliphate in Egypt: The Fatimids -- Ch. XLIV. Life in Fatimid Egypt -- Ch. XLV. Military Contacts between East and West: The Crusades -- Ch. XLVI. Cultural Contacts -- Ch. XLVII. The Mamluks, last Medieval Dynasty of Arab World -- Ch. XLVIII. Intellectual and Artistic Activity -- Ch. XLIX. The End of Mamluk Rule -- Pt. VI. Ottoman Rule and Independence -- Ch. L. The Arab Lands as Turkish Provinces -- Ch. LI. Egypt and the Arab Crescent -- Ch. LII. The Changing Scene: Impact of the West. Pt. I. The Pre-Islamic Age -- Ch. I. The Arabs as Semites: Arabia the Cradle of the Semitic Race -- Ch. II. The Arabian Peninsula -- Ch. III. Bedouin Life -- Ch. IV. Early International Relations -- Ch. V. The Sabaean and other States of South Arabia -- Ch. VI. The Nabataean and other petty Kingdoms of North and Central Arabia -- Ch. VII. Al-Hijaz on the Eve of the Rise of Islam -- Pt. II. The Rise of Islam and the Caliphal State -- Ch. VIII. Muhammad the Prophet of Allah -- Ch. IX. The Koran the Book of Allah -- Ch. X. Islam the Religion of Submission to the Will of Allah -- Ch. XI. Period of Conquest, Expansion and Colonization, A.D. 632-61 -