The Maqamat of al-Hariri

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The Maqamat of al-Hariri is a celebrated 12th-century Arabic collection of rhymed prose tales renowned for its linguistic virtuosity, rhetorical sophistication, and vivid depiction of social life in the medieval Islamic world.

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instanceOf Arabic literary work ⓘ
classical Arabic prose work ⓘ
maqama collection ⓘ
author al-Hariri of Basra ⓘ
linked to: Al-Hariri of Basra
canonicalIn Arabic literary canon ⓘ
contains didactic passages ⓘ
poetic insertions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Iraq ⓘ
dateOfComposition early 12th century ⓘ
firstLatinTranslator Thomas Erpenius ⓘ
genre maqama ⓘ
hasIllustratedManuscripts yes ⓘ
influenced Arabic rhetorical theory ⓘ
Islamic art of calligraphy and book illustration ⓘ
later Arabic prose stylists ⓘ
influencedBy Maqamat of al-Hamadhani ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
literaryForm rhymed prose ⓘ
sajʿ ⓘ
literaryMovement classical Arabic belles-lettres ⓘ
literaryStatus masterpiece of classical Arabic literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Abu Zayd al-Saruji ⓘ
narrator al-Harith ibn Hammam ⓘ
notableFor complex wordplay ⓘ
depiction of social life in the medieval Islamic world ⓘ
linguistic virtuosity ⓘ
puns and riddles ⓘ
rhetorical sophistication ⓘ
use of rare Arabic vocabulary ⓘ
notableManuscript BnF Arabe 5847 ⓘ
BnF Arabe 5848 ⓘ
Bodleian Library MS. Arab. e. 25 ⓘ
numberOfStories 50 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Basra ⓘ
setting various cities of the medieval Islamic world ⓘ
structure series of episodic tales ⓘ
studiedIn Arabic philology ⓘ
theme eloquence and rhetoric ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
travel and wandering ⓘ
trickery and deception ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
usedAs model for ornate prose ⓘ
textbook for Arabic rhetoric ⓘ

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Al-Hariri of Basra → notableWork → The Maqamat of al-Hariri ⓘ
Maqamat al-Hariri → follows → Maqamat al-Hamadhani ⓘ
linked to: The Maqamat of al-Hariri
Maqamat al-Hariri → alternateName → Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī ⓘ
linked to: The Maqamat of al-Hariri