I. Prologue: The Study of Urban Form and The Problem of the Muslim City -- II. The Typical Muslim City: A Historiography of a Concept -- III. Urban Creations of the Early Muslim Arabs: The Garrison town as a Prototype -- IV. Urban Transformations in Early Islam: Arabization or Islamization of Existing Cities -- V. Planned Capital Cities: Ideal Constructs or Imperial Palaces -- VI. Epilogue: The Arab Muslim City and The Genesis of Urban Form: Religious Ideology Versus Caliphal Authority