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The Maqamat of al-Hamadhani: The Maqámát

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Contents

• I. The Maqáma of Poesie
• II. The Maqáma of the Date
• III. The Maqáma of Balkh
• IV. The Maqáma of Sijistán
• V. The Maqáma of Kúfa
• VI. The Maqáma of the Lion
• VII. The Maqáma of Ghailan
• VIII. The Maqama of Adharbayján
• IX. The Maqáma of Jurjan
• X. The Maqámá of Isfahan
• XI. The Maqáma of Ahwaz
• XII. The Maqáma of Baghdad
• XIII. The Maqáma of Basra
• XIV. The Maqáma of Al-Fazára
• XV. The Maqáma of Jáḥiz
• XVI. The Maqáma of the Blind
• XVII. The Maqáma of Bukhára
• XVIII. The Maqama of Qazwín
• XIX. The Maqama of Sásán
• XX. The Maqama of the Ape
• XXI. The Maqama of Moṣul
• XXII. The Maqáma of the Maḍirah
• XXIII. The Maqama of the Amulet
• XXIV. The Maqama of the Asylum
• XXV. The Maqáma of the Famine
• XXVI. The Maqáma of the Exhortation
• XXVII. The Maqáma of Al-Aswad
• XXVIII. The Maqama of ‘Iráq
• XXIX. The Maqáma of Ḥamdán
• XXX. The Maqama of Ruṣáfa
• XXXI. The Maqáma of the Spindle
• XXXII. The Maqáma of Shiráz
• XXXIII. The Maqáma of Ḥulwán
• XXXIV. The Maqáma of Fresh Butter
• XXXV. The Maqama of Iblís
• XXXVI. The Maqáma of Armenia
• XXXVII. The Maqama of the Nájim
• XXXVIII. The Maqáma of Khalaf
• XXXIX. The Maqáma of Nishapur
• XL. The Maqáma of Knowledge
• XLI. The Maqama of Advice
• XLII. The Maqáma of Ṣaimara
• XLIII. The Maqáma of the Dinar
• XLIV. The Maqáma of Poetry
• XLV. The Maqáma of Kings
• XLVI. The Maqama of the Yellow
• XLVII. The Maqama of Sariah
• XLVIII. Maqama of Tamín
• XLIX. The Maqáma of Wine
• L. The Maqáma of the Quest
• LI. The Maqáma of Bishr

Front matter

• Title Page
• Preface
• Errata
• Introduction: I. Life of the Author
• Introduction: II. Rhymed Prose
• Introduction: III. The Word Maqáma
• Introduction: IV. Origin And Character of the Maqamat
• Introduction: V. Hamadhání and Ḥarírí Compared

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