Contents
1. Spain before the advent of the islamic rule
2. Arab conquest of spain: 711 - 714
3. Umayyad governors of muslim spain: 714 - 756
4. Administration and society under the umayyad governors
5. Abd ar-rahman i ad-dakhil
6. Hisham bin abd ar-rahman
7. Al-hakam i
8. Abd ar-rahman ii
9. Muhammad i and manzir
10. Abdullah: umayyad emirate in doldrums
11. Abd ar-rahman iii an-nasir
12. Al-hakam ii
13. Hisham ii and hajib al-mansur
14. The fall of the amirids
15. Civil war and the fall of the umayyad caliphate
16. Causes of the downfall of the umayyad caliphate
17. Government and administration in umayyad spain
18. Social life under the spanish umayyads
19. The taifa kingdoms: their rise and fall

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