| Arabs and Young Turks |
| Acknowledgments |
| Note on Sources |
| Note on Transliteration |
| Map |
| Introduction |
| • | Notes |
| 1. Arabs and Arab Provinces in the Evolution of the Young Turk Movement |
| • | Tanzimat Centralization, Arabs, and Ottomanism |
| • | The Constitution, Parliament, and Arab Representation |
| • | The Hamidian Era: Continuity and Change |
| The Young Turk Opposition and the Arabs |
| • | The First Phase (1878–1895) |
| • | The Second Phase (1895–1908) |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 2. The Second Constitutional Experiment, 1908–1909 |
| • | Crisis of Authority in the Capital and the Provinces |
| • | The 1908 Revolution and the CUP in the Arab Provinces |
| • | The 1908 Elections |
| • | The Arab Parliamentary Contingent in the First Legislative Year |
| • | The Counterrevolution |
| • | Reform and Centralization |
| • | Notes |
| 3. The Opposition and the Arabs, 1910 –1911 |
| • | “Turkification” |
| Parliament: Arabs in Opposition Parties and Issues of Arab Concern |
| • | The Lynch Concession |
| • | Jewish Settlement |
| • | Libyan War |
| • | Unrest in the Arab Provinces |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 4. The Decentralist Challenge and a New “Arab Policy,” 1912–1913 |
| • | The 1912 Elections |
| The CUP’s Broken Fortunes and Arabs |
| • | Arab Dissidence and the Egyptian Factor |
| • | The Reform Movement in the Arab Provinces |
| The CUP Comeback |
| • | The Suppression of the Reform Movement |
| • | Compromise |
| • | Conclusion: Islamist Reinterpretation of Ottomanism |
| • | Notes |
| 5. A Case Study in Centralization: The Hijaz under Young Turk Rule, 1908–1914 |
| • | The Young Turk Revolution and the Hijaz |
| The Grand Sharifate of Husayn Ibn ‘Ali |
| • | Circumstances of Husayn’s Appointment |
| • | Husayn in Mecca: Quest for Authority |
| Extension of Ottoman Influence in the Hijaz |
| • | Reform |
| • | The Railway Projects |
| • | Medina: An Ottoman Outpost in the Hijaz |
| • | Sharif Husayn’s Campaigns |
| • | Sharif Husayn’s Struggle to Maintain His Authority |
| • | Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| 6. The War Years, 1914–1918 |
| • | The Elections of 1914 and the Eclipse of the Reform Movement |
| • | The Hijaz on the Eve of War |
| • | The Arab Provinces and the Early Period of the War |
| • | The Sharif Husayn–İstanbul Correspondence |
| • | Syria under Cemal Pasha’s Governorship |
| • | The Arab Uprising and İstanbul’s Response |
| • | War, Politics, and Ideology |
| • | The End of the Empire and Turkish-Arab Relations |
| • | Notes |
| Conclusion |
| • | Notes |
| Bibliography |
| • | Archival Sources |
| • | Newspapers |
| • | Parliamentary Proceedings |
| • | Secondary Sources |