Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani

Maqamat Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani

Maqamat Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, (Arabic مقامات بديع الزمان الهمذاني), an Arabic[1] collection from the 9th century of 400 episodic stories, roughly 52 of which have survived. A century later, these maqamat inspired the maqamat of Al-Hariri of Basra, which in turn inspired the Hebrew Tahkemoni.

See also

• Arabic literature

External links

• The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-Hamadhání The original version In Arabic (Wikisource)
• The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-Hamadhání English translation at sacred-texts.com