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p. ii THE MAQÁMÁT OF BADÍ‘ AL-ZAMÁN AL-HAMADHÁNÍ p. iii THE MAQÁMÁT OF BADÍ‘ AL-ZAMÁN AL-HAMADHÁNÍ TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND GRAMMATICAL BY W. J. PRENDERGAST, BḶITT. (OXON.) DEGREE OF HONOUR ARABIC AND PERSIAN; MṚ.AṢ.; FELLOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS; DIRECTOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, NIZAM COLLEGE, HYDERABAD, DECCAN LONDON: LUZAC & Co. MADRAS: S. P. C. K. DEPOSITORY [1915] Scanned at sacred-texts.com, June 2006. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies. Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Verso p. iv PRINTED AT THE S.P.C.K. PRESS, VEPERY, MADRAS 1915 p. v TO HIS HIGHNESS ASAF JAH MUZAFFAR-UL-MÚLK WAL MUMÁLIK, NIZÁM-ÚL-MÚLK, NIZÁM-ÚD-DAULA NAWAB MIR SIR OSMAN ALI KHAN, BAHADUR, FATEḤ JUNG, G.C.S.I., NIZAM OF HYDERABAD THE TRANSLATOR DEDICATES WITH PROFOUND RESPECT AND DEEP GRATITUDE THIS WORK WHICH OWES ITS INCEPTION AND COMPLETION TO THE GENEROUS ENCOURAGEMENT AND GRACIOUS APPRECIATION OF ORIENTAL STUDIES ALWAYS SHOWN BY HIS HIGHNESS AND HIS HIGHNESS’ GOVERNMENT p. vi