Maqamat al-Hariri
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Maqamat al-Hariri is a celebrated 12th-century Arabic collection of rhymed prose tales renowned for its linguistic virtuosity and vivid depiction of social life through the adventures of a roguish protagonist.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
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literary collection ⓘ maqama literature work ⓘ |
| alternateName | Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | al-Hariri of Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | widely copied in manuscript form ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of markets and urban life
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poetic insertions ⓘ puns and riddles ⓘ sermons and moralizing passages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | early 12th century ⓘ |
| follows | Maqamat al-Hamadhani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
maqama
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rhymed prose ⓘ |
| hasCommentaries | true ⓘ |
| hasIlluminatedManuscripts | true ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Arabic maqama writers
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medieval Islamic prose style ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Badiʿ al-Zaman al-Hamadhani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | sajʿ (rhymed prose) ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | classical Arabic literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of Arabic literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
first-person narration by a companion
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frame narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Abu Zayd al-Saruji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | al-Harith ibn Hammam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex wordplay
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linguistic virtuosity ⓘ use of rare vocabulary ⓘ vivid depiction of social life ⓘ |
| numberOfTales | 50 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistCharacterType | roguish trickster ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | masterpiece of sajʿ ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islamic culture ⓘ |
| setting | various cities of the Islamic world ⓘ |
| structure | series of episodic tales ⓘ |
| studiedIn | traditional madrasas ⓘ |
| theme |
eloquence and rhetoric
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poverty and survival ⓘ social satire ⓘ trickery and deception ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | medieval Islamic society ⓘ |
| usedAs |
model for Arabic grammar study
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textbook for Arabic rhetoric ⓘ |
| workCount | single work in 50 maqamat ⓘ |
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