Preface to the English-Language Edition ........................ ix
Acknowledgments .............................................. xvii
Prologue: The End of the World Draws Near ..................... xix
PART ONE. TRUE AND FALSE MESSIAHS OF ISLAM
1 Archeology of the End of the World ........................... 3
2 Grand Masters of the Medieval Apocalypse .................... 30
3 Avatars of the Mahdi ........................................ 49
PART TWO. APOCALYPSE NOW
4 Dawn of the Fifteenth Century of Islam ...................... 69
5 Pioneers of the Contemporary Apocalypse ..................... 80
6 The Horsemen of Apocalyptic Jihad .......................... 104
7 The Beginning of the End in Iraq ........................... 121
8 The Grand Return of the Shi'i Mahdi ........................ 141
9 Diasporas of the Apocalypse ................................ 165
10 The Armageddon of Jihad .................................... 184
Epilogue: Through the Looking Glass—and Beyond ................ 195
Notes ......................................................... 201
A Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Bibliography ................ 241
Index ......................................................... 251
Plates follow ......... ........................................120
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