The Maqāmāt of Badiʻ Al-Zamān Al-Hamādhāni

Abú Abú Bakr al-Khwárazmí Abú'l Abú'l-Fath al-Iskanderí Aghání Aḥmad al-Farazdaq al-Hamadhání al-Qais al-Zamán Alí alighted allusion to Qur'án answered appears Arab Proverbs Arabic literature Arabicized art thou asked Badí Baghdad Başra beauty Bedawín Bishr Buwayhid camel century A.D. death desert didst dinar dirhems dost thou edition eloquence excellent Farazdaq Freytag Hamadhání hand Harírí hast thou hath Heavens horse Ibid Ibn Duraid IBN HISHAM related Ibn Khallikan Ibn Qutaiba Imr al-Qais ÍSA Ísá ibn Hishám Islám Islámic Jáḥiz Jarír Khalaf Khalífa Kitáb learned Letters Literally literary Maḍirah maqáma Maqámát meaning Metre Muḥammad mujtath Muslim night Nishapur Persian poet poetry praise prayer Prophet recited rejez replied rhymed prose Sacy Saif al-Daula satire says scholar Shaikh Sijistán Slane's Translation style Text Tha'álibí thee thou art thou hast thou wilt tribe Verily verse Wazír word Yaqút Yatima Zuheir