1- An introduction – History of the Caliphate 2- The beginnings of political thought and its development to the end of the Umayyad period (al-Suuna , Al- Shia; The Khawarij) 3- Political Thought in The Abbasid Period to the 4th century. (Ahl al- Suuna; Al- Shia; The Khawarij) The Theory of the Imama with: Ahl al-Sunna; Al-Shia; The Khawarij)