Islam
The Maqamat of al-Hamadhani: Contents
The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-Hamadhání, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915]
INTRODUCTION
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| I. | LIFE OF THE AUTHOR | 1 |
| II. | RHYMED PROSE | 8 |
| III. | THE WORD MAQAMA | 11 |
| IV. | ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE MAQAMAT | 14 |
| V. | HAMADHANI AND HARIRI COMPARED | 22 |
THE MAQAMAT
| I. | THE | MAQAMA | OF | POESIE | 26 |
| II. | | DO. | | THE DATE | 31 |
| III. | | DO. | | BALER | 32 |
| IV. | | DO. | | SIJISTAN | 35 |
| V. | | DO. | | KÚFA | 38 |
| VI. | | DO. | | THE LION | 40 |
| VII. | | DO. | | GHAILAN | 46 |
| VIII. | | DO. | | ADHARBAYJÁN | 50 |
| IX. | | DO. | | JURJAN | 53 |
| X. | | DO. | | ISFAHAN | 55 |
| XI. | | DO. | | AHWAZ | 59 |
| XII. | | DO. | | BAGHDAD | 61 |
| XIII. | | DO. | | BASRA | 64 |
| XIV. | | DO. | | AL-FAZARA | 67 |
| XV. | | DO. | | JÁHIZ | 70 |
| XVI. | | DO. | | THE BLIND | 73 |
| XVII. | | DO. | | BUKHARA | 76 |
| XVIII. | | DO. | | QAZWÍN | 78 |
| XIX. | | DO. | | SASAN | 81 |
| XX. | | DO. | | THE APE | 84 |
| XXI. | | DO. | | MOSUL | 85 |
| XXII. | | DO. | | THE MADIRAH | 88 |
| XXIII. | | DO. | | THE AMULET | 98 |
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| XXIV. | THE | MAQAMA | OF | THE ASYLUM | 100 |
| XXV. | | DO. | | THE FAMINE | 103 |
| XXVI. | | DO. | | THE EXHORTATION | 104 |
| XXVII. | | DO. | | AL-ASWAD | 110 |
| XXVIII. | | DO. | | ‘IRAQ | 113 |
| XXIX. | | DO. | | HAMDAN | 119 |
| XXX. | | DO. | | RUSAFA | 122 |
| XXXI. | | DO. | | THE SPINDLE | 128 |
| XXXII. | | DO. | | SHIRAZ | 129 |
| XXXIII. | | DO. | | HULWAN | 131 |
| XXXIV. | | DO. | | FRESH BUTTER | 135 |
| XXXV. | | DO. | | IBLIS | 138 |
| XXXVI. | | DO. | | ARMENIA | 142 |
| XXXVII. | | DO. | | THE NAJIM | 144 |
| XXXVIII. | | DO. | | KHALAF | 148 |
| XXXIX. | | DO. | | NISHAPUR | 150 |
| XL. | | DO. | | KNOWLEDGE | 152 |
| XLI. | | DO. | | ADVICE | 153 |
| XLII. | | DO. | | SAIMARA | 156 |
| XLIII. | | DO. | | THE DINAR | 164 |
| XLIV. | | DO. | | POETRY | 167 |
| XLV. | | DO. | | KINGS | 172 |
| XLVI. | | DO. | | THE YELLOW | 174 |
| XLVII. | | DO. | | SARIAH | 175 |
| XLVIII. | | DO. | | TAMIN | 176 |
| XLIX. | | DO. | | WINE | 178 |
| L. | | DO. | | THE QUEST | 182 |
| LI. | | DO. | | BISHR | 185 |