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