THE MAQÁMÁT OF BADÍ AL-ZAMÁN

AL-HAMADHÁNÍ

MAQÁMÁT OF BADÍ' AL-ZAMÁN
AL-HAMADHÁNÍ

TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC

WITH AN INTRODUCTION'

AND

NOTES

HISTORICAL AND GRAMMATICAL

BY

W. J. PRENDERGAST, B.LITT. (OXON.)

DEGREE OF HONOUR ARABIC AND PERSIAN; M.R.A.S.; FELLOW
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS; DIRECTOR OF ORIENTAL
LANGUAGES, NIZAM COllege, hydERABAD, DECCAN

LONDON: LUZAC & Co.
MADRAS: S. P. C. K. DEPOSITORY

1915

@July 19, 925EM

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HIS HIGHNESS

ASAF JAH MUZAFFAR-UL-MÚLK WAL MUMÁLIK,
NIZÁM-ÚL-MÚLK, NIZÁM-ÚD-DAULA NAWAB MIR

SIR OSMAN ALI KHAN, BAHADUR, FATEH JUNG, G.C.S.I.,
NIZAM OF HYDERABAD

THE TRANSLATOR DEDICATES WITH PROFOUND
RESPECT AND DEEP GRATITUDE THIS WORK

WHICH OWES ITS INCEPTION AND COMPLE

TION TO THE GENEROUS ENCOURAGEMENT

AND GRACIOUS APPRECIATION OF

ORIENTAL STUDIES ALWAYS

SHOWN BY HIS HIGHNESS

AND HIS HIGHNESS'

GOVERNMENT