附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: ANTICIPATING THIS WORK; NOTE ON CONVENTION; PART ONE: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE 'ABBASID CONNECTION; PART TWO: THE DEMOGRAPHIC BALANCE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY PROVINCE; PART THREE: A COLLECTIVE PROFILE OF THE ORGANIZATION -- A QUANTITATIVE STUDY; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX ONE: PROSOPOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX; APPENDIX TWO: SPECIAL APPENDIX: INDEX OF STATISTICAL TABLES IN AGHA, "AGENTS"; GLOSSARY OF TERMS DEFINED; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
摘要:This work re-examines the so-called Abbasid revolution, the ethnic character of whose effective constituency has been contested for over eight decades. It also brings to question the authenticity of the Abbasid dynastic claim.