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Book from Project Gutenberg: A Literary History of the Arabs Preface -- Introduction -- Saba and Ḥimyar -- The history and legends of the pagan Arabs -- Pre-islamic poetry, manners, and religion -- The Prophet and the Koran -- The orthodox caliphate and the Umayyad Dynasty -- The caliphs of Baghdád -- Poetry, literature, and science in the ‘Abbásid period -- Orthodoxy, free-thought, and mysticism -- The Arabs in Europe -- From the Mongol invasion to the present day.