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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Translator's Introduction -- Muqaddima to Ithaf Ahl al-Zaman bi Akhbar Muluk Tunis wa cAhd al-Aman by Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf -- Chapter One: Invocation and Introduction -- Chapter Two: On Governance and Its Varieties -- Chapter Three: Absolute Rule -- Chapter Four: Republican Rule -- Chapter Five: Government Limited by Law (Qanun) -- Chapter Six: Conclusion -- Chapter Seven: The 1857 Fundamental Pact (cAhd al-Aman) -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.