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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

3

PART I

CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER I

FROM DEATH OF MUHAMMAD TO RISE OF ABBASIDS

7

CHAPTER II

TO RISE OF AYYUBIDS

34

CHAPTER III

TO PRESENT SITUATION

50

PART I

DEVELOPMENT OF JURISPRUDENCE

CHAPTER I

TO CLOSE OF UMAYYAD PERIOD

65

CHAPTER II

TO PRESENT SITUATION

91