Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Sources; 1. The political geography of Khurāsān and the East; 2. The Arab conquest of Khurāsān; 3. The central government of the tribesmen; 4. Al-Hajjāj and the East; 5. Sulaymān and 'Umar II, the opposition in power; 6. Victory for the imperialists; 7. The Turgesh threat; 8. The reorganization of Hishām; 9. The Revolution; Bibliography; Index.

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Dr Shaban challenges the view that the 'Abbāsid Revolution was precipitated by the failure of the Arab rulers to treat their Iranian subjects as equals.