Table of Contents
- Frontmatter (page N/A)
- Note on Transliteration and Dates (page viii)
- Introduction (page ix)
- Part I The Patrician City (page 1)
- Chapter 1 Nishapur (page 3)
- Chapter 2 The Patriciate (page 20)
- Chapter 3 Hanafi and Shafi'i (page 28)
- Chapter 4 The Education of a Patrcian (page 47)
- Chapter 5 The Patriciate and the State (page 61)
- Chapter 6 The End of the Patriciate (page 76)
- Part II Patrician Families (page 83)
- Chapter 7 Mahmi-Harashi-Balawi (page 89)
- Chapter 8 Masarjisi (page 106)
- Chapter 9 Bastami-Su'luki-Juwaim (page 115)
- Chapter 10 Sabuni-Furati (page 134)
- Chapter 11 Qushairi-Furaki-Saffar-Farisi-Shahhami-Furawi (page 149)
- Chapter 12 Bahiri (page 192)
- Chapter 13 Saidi-Nasihi-Ismail (page 201)
- Chapter 14 Haskani (page 227)
- Chapter 15 Hasani (page 234)
- Appendices (page 247)
- Bibliography (page 261)
- Index of Names (page 265)
- General Index (page 285)