The Maq'am'at. Xxiv. The Maqama Of The Asylum : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 100 XXIV. THE MAQAMA OF THE ASYLUM 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I entered the asylum 1 of Bara and there was with me Ab D'd the scholastic divine. 2 And I beheld a madman 3 who was glancing at me. Said he: 'If...
The Maq'am'at. Xvii. The Maq'ama Of Bukh'ara : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 76 XVII. THE MAQAMA OF BUKHARA 1 SAID 'S IBN HISHM: One day, joined to a small company of friends bound together in friendship, like the Pleiades, 2 I alighted 3 in the cathedral mosque of Bukhra. Now, when the mosque w...
The Maq'am'at. Xxx. The Maqama Of Ru'afa : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXX. THE MAQAMA OF RUSAFA 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I sallied forth from Rufa 5 to go to the capital when the fervent summer sultriness 6 boiled in the breast of irritation. Now when I had traversed half the road...
The Maq'am'at. Xxvii. The Maq'ama Of Al Aswad : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXVII. THE MAQAMA OF AL-ASWAD 7 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was suspected on account of some property I had gotten and so I fled, I knew not whither, until I came to a desert, and my wandering led me to the shade...
The Maq'am'at. X. The Maq'am'a Of Isfahan : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] X. THE MAQAMA OF ISFAHAN 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was at Isfahan 6 p. 56 intending to go to Rayy 1 and so I alighted in the city as alights the fleeting shade. I was expecting to see the caravan 2 at every glance...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxix. The Maq'ama Of Nishapur : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXIX. THE MAQAMA OF NISHAPUR 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was at Nishapur 2 on a Friday so I presented myself at the "obligatory". 3 When I had performed it there passed by me a man who had donned a tall hat and turned...
Introduction. Iii. The Word Maq'ama : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] III. THE WORD MAQAMA () MAQAMA, plural Maqmt, from he stood, primarily signifies an occasion of standing, or a place where one stands upright. Standing appear to have been not only the natural, but the conventional positi...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxvii. The Maqama Of The N'ajim : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXVII. THE MAQAMA OF THE NAJIM 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I passed a night with a company 4 of clever men of my friends. We discussed chaste speech, and we had not bidden farewell to the conversation when our door w...
The Maq'am'at. Vii. The Maq'ama Of Ghailan : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] VII. THE MAQAMA OF GHAILAN 6 'S IBN HISHM related to me and said: 'While we were at Jurjn in a meeting-place of ours discussing, there was with us p. 47 that chief scholar and narrator of the Arabs, 'Ismat ibn Badr, the Fazrite'...
The Maq'am'at. Iv. The Maq'ama Of Sijist'an : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] IV. THE MAQAMA OF SIJISTAN 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: A pressing need impelled me to go to Sijistn. 2 So I put my resolution into effect 3 and mounted the necessary camel. I sought God's blessing upon my determinati...
The Maq'am'at. Xxix. The Maq'ama Of Amd'an : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXIX. THE MAQAMA OF HAMDAN 4 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: We were present one day at the court of Saif al-Daula ibn amdn, 5 and they brought before him a horse--'when the eye looks up at him 6 it wants to look down ag...
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The Maq'am'at. Xvi. The Maq'ama Of The Blind : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XVI. THE MAQAMA OF THE BLIND 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was passing through one of the towns of Ahwaz when my supreme object was to capture a stray word, 6 or add to my store an eloquent expression. My journeying led...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxiv. The Maq'ama Of Fresh Butter : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXIV. THE MAQAMA OF FRESH BUTTER 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I turned aside with a few 2 of my friends to the front of a tent to ask hospitality from its occupants, and there came out to us a portly little man 3...
Title Page : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. i p. ii THE MAQMT OF BAD' AL-ZAMN AL-HAMADHN p. iii THE MAQMT OF BAD' AL-ZAMN AL-HAMADHN TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND GRAMMATICAL BY W. J. PRENDERGAST, BITT. (OXON.) DEGREE OF HONOUR...
The Maq'am'at. Xlvii. The Maqama Of Sariah : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XLVII. THE MAQAMA OF SARIAH 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: While we were at Sariah 3 with the governor ther there came before him a youth with the fragrance of saffron upon him. So the assembly stood up for him and, out...
The Maq'am'at. Xl. The Maq'ama Of Knowledge : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XL. THE MAQAMA OF KNOWLEDGE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was crossing one of those parts where exile had thrown me, when behold I met a man who was asking another, 'By what means hast thou acquired knowledge?'...
The Maq'am'at. Ii. The Maq'ama Of The Date : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 31 II. THE MAQAMA OF THE DATE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was in Baghdad at the time of the azaz date harvest, so I went out to select and buy some of the different kinds of it. I proceeded a short distance to a m...
The Maq'am'at. Xxviii. The Maqama Of 'ir'aq : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXVIII. THE MAQAMA OF 'IRAQ 2 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I travelled about the world till I reached 'Irq. I had turned over the pages of the "dwns" of the poets until I thought to myself I had not left in my quiver...
The Maq'am'at. Xlix. The Maq'ama Of Wine : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 178 XLIX. THE MAQAMA OF WINE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: In my early youth I happened to have an equable temperament and accurate judgement, and so I held the balances of my reason even and counterbalanced my...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxviii. The Maq'ama Of Khalaf : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXVIII. THE MAQAMA OF KHALAF 2 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When I was invested with authority over Bara, and was going down thither from the Presence, 3 there accompanied me on the boat a youth, as though he were health...
Introduction. V. Hamadh'an'i And Ar'ir'i Compared : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] V. HAMADHANI AND HARIRI COMPARED WHEN arr undertook to compose his Maqmt 'following the method of Bad' a close imitation was inevitable. A comparison of the two works reveals how closely he followed his model and how largely he...
The Maq'am'at. Xii. The Maq'ama Of Baghdad : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XII. THE MAQAMA OF BAGHDAD 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When I was in Baghdad, 4 I longed for some of the Azaz date, but I had no cash knotted up. So I went out to the shops seeking an opportunity until my desire put me...
The Maq'am'at. Xxii. The Maq'ama Of The Mairah : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXII. THE MAQAMA OF THE MADIRAH 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was in Bara and with me was Ab'l-Fat al-Iskander, the man of eloquence who summons it and it responds to him, the man of rhetoric who commands it and it obeys...
Untitled : A Maqama (plural, Maqamat) is an Arabic rhymed prose literary form, with short poetic passages. "Maqama" is from a root which means 'he stood,' and in this case it means to stand in a literary discussion in order to orate. The two classical exponents of the Maqama were Hamadhani (967-1007)...
The Maq'am'at. Xlvi. The Maqama Of The Yellow : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XLVI. THE MAQAMA OF THE YELLOW 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When I desired to return from the Pilgrimage there carne into my presence a youth and he said: 'I have a young man of yellow origin who invites to unbelief...
The Maq'am'at. Xviii. The Maqama Of Qazw'in : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XVIII. THE MAQAMA OF QAZWIN 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: In the year A.H. 75 3 I took part in a raid, on the frontier of Qazwn, 4 with those that raided it. We crossed not a rugged upland, but we also descended ...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxiii. The Maq'ama Of Ulw'an : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXIII. THE MAQAMA OF HULWAN 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When I was coming back from the Pilgrimage with those who were returning, and I alighted at ulwn 3 with those who alighted, I said to my slave: 'I find my hair is...
Introduction. I. Life Of The Author : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 1 THE MAQMT OF BAD' AL-ZAMN AL-HAMADHN INTRODUCTION I. LIFE OF THE AUTHOR THE fiz Amad ibn al-usain ibn Yaya ibn a'd ibn Bashar Ab'l-Fal al-Hamadhn, surnamed Bad 'al-Zamn (the Wonder of the Age), was born at Hamadhn on the 13th...
The Maq'am'at. Xlii. The Maq'ama Of Aimara : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 156 XLII. THE MAQAMA OF SAIMARA 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: Said Muammad ibn Isq, popularly known as Ab'l-'Anbas of aimara: 1 'Of the things that have come down to me from my brethren whom I chose, selected, and stored...
The Maq'am'at. Xliv. The Maq'ama Of Poetry : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XLIV. THE MAQAMA OF POETRY 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was in the region of Syria and there joined me a party of travelling companions. Now one day we were assembled together in a circle and we began to discuss poetry...
The Maq'am'at. Xlviii. Maqama Of Tam'in : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XLVIII. MAQAMA OF TAMIN 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was appointed to the governorship of a province in Syria. There arrived there Sa'd ibn Badr 5 of the tribe of Fazra, and he was made wazr. Amad ibn Wald 6 was placed...
The Maq'am'at. V. The Maq'ama Of K'ufa : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] V. THE MAQAMA OF KFA 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When I was in my young days, I rode my mount into every species of blind folly and urged my courser into every kind of error until I had drunk of life a delicious draft...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxii. The Maq'ama Of Shir'az : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXII. THE MAQAMA OF SHIRAZ 4 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When I was returning from Yemen and making for my native land, a fellow-traveller joined me with his baggage and we journeyed together for three days, until...
The Maq'am'at. L. The Maq'ama Of The Quest : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] L. THE MAQAMA OF THE QUEST 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: One day I joined a company like unto the flowers of spring, or the stars of night after the third watch, with bright countenances and agreeable dispositions. They...
The Maq'am'at. Xxi. The Maqama Of Moul : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXI. THE MAQAMA OF MOSUL 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: 'When we were returning from Moul 2 intending to go home, the caravan was captured and our baggage and mount were stolen from us The little life I had left carried me...
The Maq'am'at. Ix. The Maq'ama Of Jurjan : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] IX. THE MAQAMA OF JURJAN 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: While we were at Jurjn discussing in an assembly of ours, and there was none among us who was not of us, there stood before us a thick-bearded man, neither tall...
The Maq'am'at. Xiv. The Maq'ama Of Al Faz'ara : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XIV. THE MAQAMA OF AL-FAZARA 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was in one of the regions of the Fazra 6 tribe riding one noble mount and leading another which in turn coursed along with me. And I was making for my native l...
The Maq'am'at. Xliii. The Maq'ama Of The Dinar : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XLIII. THE MAQAMA OF THE DINAR 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I happened to have made a vow to give a dinar in charity to the greatest mendicant in Baghdad. I enquired for him and I was directed to Ab'l Fat al-Iskander. So I...
The Maq'am'at. Xlv. The Maq'ama Of Kings : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 172 XLV. THE MAQAMA OF KINGS 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was on my way back from Yemen and making for my native land. I was journeying in a night when nothing auspicious save the hyena passed from the left...
The Maq'am'at. Li. The Maq'ama Of Bishr : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] LI. THE MAQAMA OF BISHR 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: Bishr ibn 'Awnah, the 'Abdte, was a robber, and he made a raid upon some riders on camels among whom was a beautiful woman whom he married. And he said: 'I have never...
Introduction. Ii. Rhymed Prose : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] II. RHYMED PROSE RHYMED prose called saj' () because of its evenness or monotony, or from a fancied resemblance between its rhythm and the cooing of a dove, is a highly artificial style of prose, characterized by a kind of rhythm...
Introduction. Iv. Origin And Character : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] IV. ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE MAQAMAT IN the first century of Islm there were scarcely any books and knowledge was handed down orally. In fact there was, till well p. 15 within the second century of the Hijra, a decided...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxv. The Maqama Of Ibl'is : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXV. THE MAQAMA OF IBLIS 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I lost some camels of mine and I went forth in search of them. I alighted in a verdant valley and behold there were running brooks, 3 tall trees, ripe fruits...
The Maq'am'at. Xli. The Maqama Of Advice : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XLI. THE MAQAMA OF ADVICE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When Ab'l-Fat al-Iskander equipped his son for commerce, he made him sit down to admonish him. After he had praised God and re-praised Him, and blessed His...
The Maq'am'at. Vi. The Maq'ama Of The Lion : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] VI. THE MAQAMA OF THE LION 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: There used to reach me of the maqmt and sayings of al-Iskander 4 such as would arrest the fugitive and agitate the sparrow. Poems of his have been recited to us whose...
The Maq'am'at. Xiii. The Maq'ama Of Basra : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XIII. THE MAQAMA OF BASRA 'S IBN HISHM: related to us and said: I entered Bara 6 when, as regards age, I was in the prime of youth; as to attire, I was clad in the variegated striped stuffs of Yemen, and, in the p. 65 matter...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxvi. The Maq'ama Of Armenia : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXVI. THE MAQAMA OF ARMENIA 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When I was returning from trading with Armenia, 3 the desert guided us to its children and we stumbled on them upon the outskirts ther. They made our camels kneel...
The Maq'am'at. Xxiii. The Maqama Of The Amulet : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 98 XXIII. THE MAQAMA OF THE AMULET 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: When exile had taken me as far as Bb al-Abwb 1 I was content with return as a booty, 2 but there intervened between it the bounding main 3 with its lofty...
The Maq'am'at. Viii. The Maqama Of Adharbayj'an : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] VIII. THE MAQAMA OF ADHARBAYJN SAID 'S IBN HISHM: When wealth girded me with its flowing robe, I was suspected of being possessed of property that I had stolen, or of a treasure 5 that I had found, so the darkness of the night...
The Maq'am'at. Xxvi. The Maq'ama Of The Exhortati : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXVI. THE MAQAMA OF THE EXHORTATION 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: when I was in Bara I was going proudly along until my walk led me to an open space in which many people were assembled before a man who was standing...
The Maq'am'at. Xix. The Maqama Of S'as'an : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XIX. THE MAQAMA OF SASAN SAID 'S IBN HISHM: One of my journeys set me down at Damascus. Now one day when I was at the door of my house there suddenly appeared before me a troop of the sons of Ssn. 7 p. 82 They had muffled up their...
The Maq'am'at. Xi. The Maq'ama Of Ahwaz : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 59 XI. THE MAQAMA OF AHWAZ 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was at Ahwaz 1 with some friends--'When the beholder's eye ascends 2 to their heads and then descends to their feet, it is unable at once to take in all their...
Preface : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. vii PREFACE THIS Translation of the Maqmt of Bad 'al-Zamn al-Hamadhn from the original Arabic with an Introduction and Notes was prepared as my thesis for the Research Degree of Bachelor of Letters, Oxford University, during...
The Maq'am'at. Xv. The Maq'ama Of J'aiz : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XV. THE MAQAMA OF JAHIZ 2 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I and a few friends were excited at receiving an invitation to a banquet. 3 I accepted it in accordance with the well-known Tradition of the p. 71 [paragraph...
The Maq'am'at. Xxxi. The Maq'ama Of The Spindle : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXXI. THE MAQAMA OF THE SPINDLE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I entered Bara when I was wide of fame and abundant of reputation, and there came to me two young men. One of them said: 'May God strengthen the Shaikh! this...
The Maq'am'at. Xx. The Maqama Of The Ape : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 84 XX. THE MAQAMA OF THE APE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: While I was in the city of Peace, 1 returning from the Sacred Territory, 2 I was swaggering along, with the swaggering of pedestrians, on the bank of the Tigris...
The Maq'am'at. Xxv. The Maq'ama Of The Famine : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] XXV. THE MAQAMA OF THE FAMINE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: I was in Baghdad in a famine year, 4 and so I approached a company, united 5 like the Pleiades, in order to ask something of them. Now there was among them a youth...
The Maq'am'at. I. The Maq'ama Of Poesie : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] p. 26 THE MAQMT I. THE MAQAMA OF POESIE 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: Separation once hurled me hither and thither until I reached the utmost confines of Jurjn.' 1 Here, to fortify myself against the days, I took some...
The Maq'am'at. Iii. The Maq'ama Of Balkh : * The Maqmt of Bad' al-Zamn al-Hamadhn, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] III. THE MAQAMA OF BALKH 'S IBN HISHM related to us and said: Trade in cotton stuffs took me to Balkh 4 and I arrived there when I was in the first flush 5 of youth, with a mind free from care and a body decked with the ornaments...
