Maqamat of al-Hariri

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:literature
gptkbp:author gptkb:al-Hariri_of_Basra
gptkbp:contains gptkb:poetry
prose
wordplay
riddles
puns
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:dateWritten 1101
gptkbp:famousManuscript BNF Arabe 5847
gptkbp:firstPublished 1804
gptkbp:genre maqama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maqamat of al-Hariri
gptkbp:illustratedManuscriptsExist true
gptkbp:illustrator Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Arab
gptkb:Persian_literature
European literature
Hebrew literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:mainCharacter Abu Zayd of Saruj
gptkbp:narrator al-Harith ibn Hammam
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:rhetoric
linguistic virtuosity
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 50
gptkbp:period gptkb:Abbasid_era
gptkbp:preservedIn numerous manuscripts
gptkbp:relatedWork Maqamat of al-Hamadhani
gptkbp:setting various cities in the Islamic world
gptkbp:significance masterpiece of Arabic prose
model for later maqamat
gptkbp:studiedIn Arabic literature courses
gptkbp:subject social satire
trickery
eloquence
adventures
gptkbp:theme wit
deception
social mobility
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Persian
English
Reinhart Dozy
Theodore Preston
Thomas Chenery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Literature_(Adab)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7