Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1; A Deistic Revolution in Arabia; 1 Niebuhr: A New Religion in Najd; 2 Grounds for Niebuhr's Impressions and their Early Circulation; 3 Volney: A Great Political and Religious Revolution in Asia; 4 Olivier: Wandering Wahhabis and Persian Pilgrims; 5 Browne: A Najd Rebel; Chapter 2; Literary Disputes and Colonial Aims; 1 Silvestre de Sacy: A Hypothesis of Continuity of the Qarmatians; 2 Rousseau: A Reforming Sheikh of Mohammedanism; 3 Corancez: The Cult of the Koran in its Original Simplicity; 4 Rousseau, Corancez and their Sources
5 Waring: The Fractured Foundation Stone6 Valentia and Other English Voices: The Din of Hostile Arms at Mecca; Chapter 3; Muslim "Puritans"; 1 Seetzen before the Emir of Wuhabisten; 2 Badía y Leblich: A Swarm of Bees Round the Kaaba; 3 European Testimonies of the Redemption of Mecca; 4 Wahhabi Hostages in Cairo: Mengin's "Précis"; 5 Burckhardt: Materials for a History of the Wahhabis; 6 Burckhardt: Arabia from Puritanism to Infidel Indifference; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
In "The Wahhabis seen through European Eyes (1772-1830)" Giovanni Bonacina offers an account of the early reaction in Europe to the rise of the Wahhabi movement in Arabia
