Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. The Wazirate
2. The Law and Its Administration
3. The iqta': State Land and Crown Land
4. Landed Property and Its Administration: idrarat and auqaf
5. Agriculture and Irrigation: The Hinterland of the Cities
6. The Tax Administration: Land Taxes, Additional Cesses and Dues
7. The Constitution of Society
(1) Elements of Change: the Ruling Family and the "Men of the Sword"
8. The Constitution of Society
(2) Women of the Ruling House
9. The Constitution of Society
(3) Elements of Continuity: the "Men of the Pen"
10. The Constitution of Society
(4) "Men of Affairs"
Epilogue
Glossary