... From the very beginning, one of the most important factors that led to the political instability of the Islamic empire was the inexperience of the Arab people in organized government on a large scale. In pre-Islamic times the Arabian peninsula was a desert backwater, largely ignored by the rulers ... breaks upon their conversion to Islam which had never been delivered to them. Many of the Muwali joined forces with the Khariji and became Shiite Muslims. Even among the Arabs there was factional fighting. The main division was between two factions called the Qays and Yemenis. The Yemeni's ....

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