8vo. [11], 324 pp, cloth in d/w, title printed in white on spine & upper cover, index, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise copy in very good condition, reprint of 1885 edition, United Publishers, Beirut, 1973.

Synopsis

“The object of the book is to collect and discuss the available evidence as to the genesis of the system of male kingship,and the corresponding laws of marriage and tribal organisation,which prevailed in Arabia at the time of Prophet”. Preface.