Preface
Abbreviations
Translator's Foreword
The Events of the Year 64 (cont'd) (683/684)
The Caliphate of Mu'awiyah b. Yazid
'Ubaydallah b. Ziyad and the People of al-Basrah Following the Death of Yazid
The Deposition of 'Amir b. Hurayth by the People of al-Kufah and Their Appointment of Amir b. Mas'ud as Governor over Them
The Rendering of Allegiance to Marwan b. al-Hakam in Syria
The Battle at Marj Rahit between al-Dahhak v. Qays and Marwan b. al-Hakam and Its Immediate Consequences
The Disturbances in Khurasan Associated with 'Abdallah b. Khazim
The Beginnings of the Movement of the Penitents (al-Tawwabun) in al-Kufah
The End of the Kharijites' Support for Abdallah b. al-Zubayr in Mecca and the Dissensions among Them
The Arrival of al-Mukhtar in al-Kufah
Ibn al-Zubayr's Demolition of the Ka'bah
The Events of the Year 65 (684/685)
The Departure of the Penitents from al-Kufah and Their Destruction by the Syrian Army at the Battle of 'Ayn al-Wardah
Marwan's Designation of His Two Sons 'Abd al-Malik and 'Abd al-Aziz as Heir Apparent
The Death of Marwan
The Failure of the Syrian Expedition against Medina
The Plague of al-Jarif in al-Basrah
The Threat to al-Basrah from Nafi' b. al-Azraq and the Kharijites and al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufrah's Victory over Them
Ibn al-Zubayr's Dismissal and Appointment of Governors in al-Kufah and Medina
Ibn al-Zubayr's Rebuilding of the Ka'bah
The Continuation of Tribal Warfare in Khurasan under 'Abdallah b. Khazim
The Events of the Year 66 (685/686)
Al-Mukhtar's Revolutionary Movement in al-Kufar and His Appeal to the Shi'ah There
Bibliography of Cited Works
Index