A social and economic history of the Near East in the Middle Ages

The Kingdom Of The Arabs -- Agricultural Conditions In The Moslem Empire -- The Heyday Of The Moslem Empire -- Disintegration Of The Caliphate -- The Beginnings Of Feudalism -- Feudal Knights And Bourgeois -- Irak Under Mongol And Turcoman Feudal Lords -- Mamluk Feudalism. E. Ashtor. -- Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contents Preface 7 I The Kingdom of the Arabs 9 II Agricultural Conditions in the Moslem Empire 36 III The Heyday of the Moslem Empire 71 IV Disintegration of the Caliphate 115 V The Beginnings of Feudalism 168 VI Feudal Knights and Bourgeois 209 VII Irak Under Mongol and Turcoman Feudal Lords 249 VIII Mamluk Feudalism 280 Abbreviations 333 Notes 335 Subject Index 373 Geographical Index 377