Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Language And Administration -- Introduction -- Epistles -- The Grammatical Category -- Ibn Qutayba -- Qudāma and the Grammatical Category: I -- al-Nahhās -- Qudāma and the Grammatical Category: II -- The Bureaucratic Category -- al-Baghdādī -- al-Sulī -- Qudāma and the Bureaucratic Category -- The Linguistic Category -- Qudāma and the Linguistic Category -- Qudāma's Category -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three: Geography -- Introduction -- Preface to Section VI -- The Ptolemaic Approach -- The Administrative Approach -- The Descriptive Approach -- The Literary Approach -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four: Fiscal Jurisprudence -- Introduction -- Kitāba-consciousness -- Sharī'a-consciousness -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five: Political Thought -- Introduction -- The Philosophical Strand -- The Administrative Strand -- Fürstenspiegel -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six: Concluding Remarks -- Appendix (Arabic Citations) -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.