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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. The Caliphate and the Holy Roman Empire 9
II. Origin of the Caliphate. The titles of the Caliph 19
III. Theological Sanction for the Caliphate in the Qurʾān and the Traditions 42
IV. Historical survey of the Abbasid dynasty 55
V. The exposition of the jurists 70
VI. Recognition of the Abbasid Caliphate from the eleventh to the thirteenth century 77
VII. Establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in Cairo 80
VIII. Relations of the Abbasid Caliphs in Cairo with other princes in the Muslim world 99
IX. Assumption of the title Khalīfah by independent Muslim princes 107
X. The exposition of philosophical and ethical writers 121
XI. The Ottomans and the Caliphate 129