An Arabic collection of short rhymed-prose stories, written in the 9th (traditionally cited as 10th) century by Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani. It is credited with founding the maqama genre, a distinctive Arabic literary form combining picaresque narrative with ornate rhyming prose (saj) and verse, later developed further by al-Hariri of Basra and imitated across the wider Islamic literary world. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Composed, From (Year)Sources place composition variously in the 9th or 10th century; al-Hamadhani lived 967-1007, so a precise composition year is not firmly attested. Classification
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Maqamat Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani are an Arabic collection of stories from the 9th century, written by Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani.
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An Arabic collection of short rhymed-prose stories, written in the 9th (traditionally cited as 10th) century by Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani.
Authored By: Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, Lead section, authorship
Maqamat Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani are an Arabic collection of stories from the 9th century, written by Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani.
In Genre: Maqama, Lead section, maqama genre
It is credited with founding the maqama genre, a distinctive Arabic literary form combining picaresque narrative with ornate rhyming prose (saj) and verse, later developed further by al-Hariri of Basra.
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