Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part 1. On early and mediaeval Islam -- Quran and Quran exegesis -- The Denizens of Paradise -- The Hanbali School and Sufìsm -- Mamluke painting at the time of the 'Lusignan Crusade', 1365-70: A study of the Chester Beatty Nihayat al-Su'l wa'l-Umniya... etc., Ms of 1366 -- 'The Parrot and the Merchant': Adapted from the Persian poem 'Hekayat Tuti va Bazargan' by Rumi (1207-1273) -- Part 2. On modern Islam -- Nag?b Ma?f?? and secular man -- Islam and Christianity: A study of Muhammad Abduh's view of the two religions -- Some new al-Muwaili?? materials or the unpublished ?ad?th `?sa ibn Hish?m -- Glimpses from the life of Mawj?d 'Abd al-Mawj?d -- Part 3. Reflections -- On 'citizenship' in the Near East -- Part 4. Methodology. On history and anthropology in the study of Islam -- Islam as a religion -- Islam and the impact of the French colonial system in Morocco. A study in historical anthropology -- The politics of Islamic egalitarianism -- Religious experience, sacred symbols, and social reality. An illustration from Egypt -- Islam studied as a symbol and signification system -- Notes and comments -- Index -- Backmatter