Cover ; Half Title; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of Figures ; List of Abbreviations ; Notes on Contributors ; Introduction ; 1 From One Universal Historiography to the Other: The Reorientation of Ancient Historiography in Byzantium and its Reception in Arabic-The Islamic Organization of Written Memory ; 2 Aspects of Craft in the Arabic Book Revolution ; 3 Contexts and Content of Thābit ibn Qurra's (died 288/901) Construction of Knowledge on the Balance ; 4 Monarchs and Minorities: ""Infi del"" Soldiers in Mediterranean Courts
5 The Synonyma Literature in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries6 The Cultural Transfer of Zaydī and non-Zaydī Religious Literature from Northern Iran to Yemen (Sixth/Twelfth Century through Eighth/Fourteenth Century) ; 7 Iskandar the Prophet: Religious Themes in Islamic Versions of the Alexander Legend ; Postface ; Index