""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EDITOR'S PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS""; ""EDITIONS OF BOOKS QUOTED TO BY THE EDITOR""; ""ERRATA""; ""LIST OF THE IMAMS, SEYYIDS, ETC. WITH REFERENCES TO THE PAGES WHERE THEY ARE TREATED OF""; ""AUTHOR'S TITLE AND PREFACE""; ""BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY""; ""APPENDIX (A) ON THE TITLE OF ""IMAM""""; ""APPENDIX (B)THE IBADHIYAH""; ""APPENDIX (C) MURDER OF THE KHALIFAH ' ALY-IBN-ABI-TALIB""; ""APPENDIX (D) DYNASTY OF THE AL-BU-SA'ID""; ""POSTSCRIPT: ON THE ISLANDS OF EL-KAIS AND EL-KISHM, AND THE SITUATION OF SIRAF IN THE PERSIAN GULF""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""