Makamat, or, Rhetorical anecdotes of al Hariri of Basra : translated from the original Arabic with annotations / by Theodore Preston ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122.

Contributor:

Preston, Theodore.

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Maqāmāt. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Physical Description:

xv, 504 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Manufacture:

Cambridge : Printed at the University Press.

Other Title:

Makamat

Rhetorical anecdotes of al Hariri of Basra

Place of Publication:

London : James Madden ... : John W. Parker ... ; Cambridge : J. Deighton, 1850.

Summary:

"The Maqamat recounts in the words of the narrator, al-Harith ibn Hammam, his repeated encounters with Abu Zayd al-Saruji, an unabashed confidence artist and wanderer possessing all the eloquence, grammatical knowledge, and poetic ability of al-Hariri himself. Time and again, al-Harith finds Abu Zayd at the centre of a throng of people in a new city. Abu Zayd brings tears to his listeners' eyes with the vivid description of his pretended hardships and dazzles them with his poetry and then suddenly disappears with their presents."--Cf. "Hariri, al-." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 16 Apr. 2007.

Notes:

Translation of: Maqāmāt.

"Corrigenda" on p. [1] at end.

Includes index.

OCLC:

123125563