Why did contacts disappear after backup

I backed up the ipad, and after that, all of the contacts were gone.  They are still there, because if you start to type a name in mail, the address automatically completes.  But you cannot see the contacts in the contact list.
How can they be restored to be viewable?

CindyVigs wrote:
I backed up the ipad, and after that, all of the contacts were gone.  They are still there, because if you start to type a name in mail, the address automatically completes. 
This is the mail app remembering addresses and it has nothing to do with your contacts in the contacts app. This works independently of the contacts app.
If you backed up the iPad and the contacts disappeared, that's not a good thing because the way that you retrieve the contacts is to restore from a backup.
How to backup and restore from a backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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