Contents

PAGE

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

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