Introduction
1. Visions of a lost caliphal capital: Baghdad, 1258 C.E.
2. Recapturing lost glory and legitimacy
3. Conceptualizing the caliphate, 632
1517 C.E.
4. Manifold meanings of loss: Ottoman defeat, early 1920s
5. In international pursuit of a caliphate
6. Debating a modern caliphate
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations and maps.