A history of Palestine, 634-1099

Preface Abbreviations Glossary of Hebrew and Arabic terms Introduction 1. The conquest 2. Islam strikes roots 3. The local population and the Muslims 4. The economy 5. Palestine from the beginning of Abbasid rule to the Fatimids 6. The Fatimid conquest: the war of sixty years and other events during the eleventh century 7. The Christians 8. The Jewish population and its leadership 9. Karaites and Samaritans 10. The Crusaders' conquest and the fate of Palestinian Jewry Chronology Indexes.