i-vi -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND BRIEF CITATIONS -- LIST OF MAPS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. THE LITERARY SOURCES -- 1. DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS -- 2. CHRONOLOGY -- 3. RELIGION AND THE SARBAD?RS -- PART II. THE NUMISMATIC SOURCE -- 4. THE EPIGRAPHIC REMAINS; DESCRIPTION -- 5. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION -- PART III. A HISTORY OF THE SARBAD?R DYNASTY -- 6. BACKGROUND -- 7. THE EARLY PERIOD -- 8. THE MIDDLE PERIOD -- 9. THE LATE PERIOD -- PART IV. ASPECTS OF THE SARBAD?R PERIOD -- 10. GEOGRAPHY -- 11. PHILOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX