Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Select bibliography; The formation of the Islamic state, Fred M. Donner; The development of the debate around the legitimacy of authority in early Islam, Moshe Sharon; The religious foundation of late Umayyad ideology and practice, Wadad Al-Qadi; New considerations on the nomination of 'Umar II by Sulayman b. 'Abd al-Malik, Tobias Mayer; Raja' ibn Haywa al-Kindi and the Umayyad caliphs, C.E. Bosworth; Elite incomes in the early Islamic state, Hugh Kennedy; Arab and muhajirun in the environment of amsar, Khalil Athamina; Documentary evidence for the early history of the barid, Adam Silverstein; The state archives in the early Islamic era, Meïr M. Bravmann; The content of the papyri on taxation practices, C.H. Becker; The administration of Egypt under the Umayyad khalifs, H.I. Bell; The diwans as registers of the Arab stipendiaries in early Islamic Egypt, Kosei Morimoto; The fiscal rescript of Umar b. Abd al-Aziz: a new evaluation, Azzedine Guessous; The participation of non-Arab elements in the Umayyad army and administration, Falih Husayn; An Arabic inscription from the time of the caliph `Abd al-Malik, Moshe Sharon; The coinage of Syria under the Umayyads, 692-750 AD, Michael L. Bates; The Syrian desert castles: some economic and political perspectives on their genesis, Heinze Gaube; The misr of Ayla: new evidence for the early Islamic city, Donald Whitcomb; Evolution versus revolution: Umayyad elements in the `Abassid regime 133/750-320/932, Irit Bligh-Abramski; Index.

About the Author

Fred M. Donner is Professor of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago, USA Fred M. Donner, Moshe Sharon, Wadad Al-Qadi, Tobias Mayer, C. E. Bosworth, Hugh Kennedy, Khalil Athamina, Adam Silverstein, Meir M. Bravmann, C.H. Becker, H.I. Bell, Kosei Morimoto, Azzedine Guessous, Falih Husayn, Michael L. Bates, Heinze Gaube, Donald Whitcomb, Irit Bligh-Abramski.