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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic literary work
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classical Arabic prose work ⓘ maqama collection ⓘ |
| author | al-Hariri of Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalIn | Arabic literary canon ⓘ |
| contains |
didactic passages
ⓘ
poetic insertions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | early 12th century ⓘ |
| firstLatinTranslator | Thomas Erpenius GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | maqama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedManuscripts | yes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arabic rhetorical theory
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Islamic art of calligraphy and book illustration ⓘ later Arabic prose stylists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Maqamat of al-Hamadhani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
rhymed prose
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sajʿ ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | classical Arabic belles-lettres ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | masterpiece of classical Arabic literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Abu Zayd al-Saruji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | al-Harith ibn Hammam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex wordplay
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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
NERFINISHED
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BnF Arabe 5848 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bodleian Library MS. Arab. e. 25 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 50 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | various cities of the medieval Islamic world ⓘ |
| structure | series of episodic tales ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Arabic philology ⓘ |
| theme |
eloquence and rhetoric
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social satire ⓘ travel and wandering ⓘ trickery and deception ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ Persian ⓘ |
| usedAs |
model for ornate prose
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textbook for Arabic rhetoric ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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