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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- LIST OF MAPS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER 1-THE BACKGROUND -- 1. The background -- 2. Geographical setting -- 3. Arabisation and Islamisation -- 4. The Arab world defined -- 5. The Turkish conquest -- CHAPTER II-A FALSE START -- 1. Mehemed-'Ali in Egypt and the Wahhabi movement -- 2. His conquest of Syria -- 3. His plan for an Arab empire -- 4. Ibrahim Pasha in Syria -- 5. Palmerston's opposition -- 6. National consciousness non-existent -- 7. The plan fails -- CHAPTER III-THE START: 1847-68 -- 1. First missionaries in Syria -- 2. Educational beginnings -- 3. Egyptian system -- 4. American activities -- 5. Catholic activities -- 6. Nasif Yazeji -- 7. Butrus Bustani -- 8. The first literary societies -- 9. The earliest patriotic ode -- 10. Historical retrospect -- CHAPTER IV-THE HAMIDIAN DESPOTISM: 1876-1908 -- 1. Deposition of 'Abdul-'Aziz -- 2. The Constitution of 1876 -- 3. The Sultan's Arab possessions -- 4. Foundations of 'Abdul-Hamid's rule -- 5. His Islamic policy -- 6. The Hejaz Railway -- 7. The growth of German influence -- CHAPTER V-THE INFANT MOVEMENT: 1868-1908 -- 1. The Beirut secret society -- 2. Its proclamations -- 3. Its effect on the movement of ideas -- 4. Its programme -- 5. Its place in the history of the movement -- 6. Repercussions -- 7. The influence of Western education -- 8. Moslem leadership -- 9. 'Abdul-Rahman al-Kawakebi -- 10. Najib 'Azuri -- 11. Egyptian nationalism -- CHAPTER VI-YOUNG ARABS AND YOUNG TURKS: 1908-14 -- 1. The Turco-Arab honeymoon -- 2. The Turco-Arab estrangement -- 3. Four Arab societies -- 4. The Committee of Reform -- 5. The First Arab Congress -- 6. The trial of 'Aziz 'Ali -- 7. The Sultan's Arab empire -- CHAPTER VII-THE WAR AND THE HOLY WAR: 1914 -- 1. The Amir 'Abdullah and Lord Kitchener -- 2. Importance of Amir 'Abdullah and Lord Kitchener's meeting.