Preface
Translator's Foreword
Map: Khurasan and Transoxania in the Early Eighth Century
The Last Years of `Abd al-Malik
The Events of the Year 81 (cont'd) (700/702)
What Led `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. al-Ash`ath to Do What He Did. . .
The Events of the Year 82 (701/702)
[Operations at al-Basrah and al-Kufah]
The Reason for Ibn al-Ash`ath's Progress to Dayr al-Jamajim and [the Battle] between Him and al-Hajjaj
[The Death of al-Mughirah b. al-Muhallab]
The Reason for al-Muhallab's Departure from Kish
The Cause and Place of the Death [of al-Muhallab]
The Events of the Year 83 (702/703)
The Cause of [Ibn al-Ash`ath's] Defeat
The Cause of the Battle [of Maskin], with a Description of It
[The Breakup of Ibn al-Ash`ath's Defeated Army]
[A Second Account of the Battle of Maskin]
[The Reason Why al-Hajjaj Built Wasit]
The Events of the Year 84 (703/704)
The Reason Why [Yazid b. al-Muhallab] Conquered [the Fortress of Nizak]
The Events of the Year 85 (704/705)
What [Ibn al-Ash`ath] Died of and How It Came About
The Reason Why al-Hajjaj Dismissed [Yazid b. al-Muhallab] from Khurasan and Appointed al-Mufaddal
[Al-Mufaddal's Conquest of Badghis]
[Musa b. `Abdallah's] Going to al-Tirmidh [and His Activities] until He Was Killed There
[`Abd al-Malik's Desire to Remove His Brother from the Succession]
The Events of the Year 86 (705)
[The Death of `Abd al-Malik]
Report on His Age When He Died
His Descent and His Teknonym (Kunyah )
His Children and Wives
The Caliphate of al-Walid b. `Abd al-Malik
The Events of the Year 86 (cont'd) (705)
What Happened to Qutaybah in Khurasan in This Year
The Events of the Year 87 (705/706)
[The Appointment of `Umar b. `Abd al-`Aziz as Governor of Medina]
[Qutaybah's Peace Agreement with the People of Badghis]
Report of [Qutaybah's] Campaign [against Paykand]
The Events of the Year 88 (706/707)
[Reconstruction of the Mosque of Medina]
[Qutaybah's] Campaign [against Tumushkath and Ramithanah]
The Events of the Year 89 (707/708)
The Events of the Year 90 (708/709)
[Qutaybah's Conquest of Bukhara]
[Renewed Peace between Qutaybah and the Soghdians]
[Nizak's] Perfidy and Why He Was Vanquished
[Qutaybah's Retribution against the People of al-Talaqan]
The Reason for [the Muhallabids'] Escape from al-Hajjaj's Prison and Their Going to Sulayman
The Events of the Year 91 (709/710)
[Qutaybah's Capture and Killing of Nizak]
[Qutaybah's Campaign in Transoxania]
[Khalid al-Qasri's Strict Governorship of Mecca]
[Al-Walid's Visit to Medina]
The Events of the Year 92 (710/711)
The Events of the Year 93 (711/712)
[The Killing of the King of Kham Jird and Renewed Peace with Khwarazm]
[Qutaybah's Conquest of Samarqand]
[Musa b. Nusayr's Dismissal of Tariq b. Ziyad]
Why al-Walid Dismissed [`Umar b. `Abd al-`Aziz]
The Events of the Year 94 (712/713)
Qutaybah's Campaign [in al-Shash and Farghanah]
[`Uthman b. Hayyan al-Murri's] Governorship
The Report of [Sa`id b. Jubayr's] Death
The Events of the Year 95 (713/714)
The Report of [Qutaybah's] Campaign [in al-Shash]
The Events of the Year 96 (714/715)
[The Death of al-Walid b. `Abd al-Malik]
Report of Some of What He Did
[Al-Walid's Desire to Remove Sulayman from the Succession]
[Qutaybah in Kashghar and China]
Bibliography of Cited Works
Index