Al-Hariri of Basra (Arabic: أبو محمد القاسم بن علي بن محمد بن عثمان الحريري, romanized: Abū Muhammad al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUthmān al-Harīrī;...

al-Ḥarīrī of Basra (1054–1122), a poet and government official of the Seljuk Empire. The text presents a series of tales regarding the adventures of the...

Ali Hariri (1009-1079), Kurdish poet Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122), Arab poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk...

within the genre are Badī' al-Zaman al-Hamadhāni, one of its earliest exponents, and al-Harīrī of Basra, whose maqāmāt are commonly held responsible for the...

Studies, 20 (2020), 53–89 (p. 54, quoting from al-Ibshīhī's Mustaṭraf fī kull fann mustaẓraf. The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian...

exclusively in Arabic. Al-Hallaj was a Sunni Muslim. When he was twenty, al-Hallaj moved to Basra, where he married and received his Sufi habit from 'Amr Makkī,...

responsibilities the Military Governorship of Basra in 1124. In order to counter the ambitions of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustarshid (1118-1135), who wanted to acquire...

such as Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi and Ziryab, whose style later dominated in popularity. He has appeared in the Maqamat of Al-Hariri of Basra and One Thousand...

century later, the writer, Al-Hariri of Basra elevated the maqamat into a major literary art form. Al-Hamadani’s Maqama made use of anecdotes collected in...

Al-Shafi'i (Arabic: ٱلشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-Shāfiʿī; IPA: [a(l) ʃaːfiʕiː] ;767–820 CE) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic...

Apples Nur al-Din Ali and Shams al-Din (and Badr al-Din Hasan) Nur al-Din Ali and Anis al-Jalis Ali Ibn Bakkar and Shams al-Nahar The texts of the Syrian...

famous of whom were: Al-Hariri, Al-Khatib Al-Tabrizi, and the judge of Basra, Abu Al-Faraj Al-Basri. He used to sell reeds, so he was nicknamed Al-Qasabani...

(Arabic: العقاب, al-ʿuqāb); and a flag in black, said to be made from his wife Aisha's head-cloth. This larger flag was known as the "Banner of the Eagle" (Arabic:...

than al-Jammāz. While still in Basra, al-Jāḥiẓ wrote an article about the institution of the Caliphate. This is said to have been the beginning of his...

Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (Arabic: أبو الطيب أحمد بن الحسين المتنبّي الكندي; c. 915 – 23 September 965 AD) from Kufa, Abbasid...

known as al-Farāhīdī, or al-Khalīl, was an Arab philologist, lexicographer and leading grammarian of Basra in Iraq. He made the first dictionary of the Arabic...

founding of Basra (636 AD/15 AH), and was famous for his generosity and hospitality. Al-Farazdaq is considered to be one of the greatest classical poets of the...

around the city of Basra in southern Iraq in the eighth century CE. [...] The commonly accepted birth date of 717 CE and death date of 801 CE come from...

L. (1969). "Al-Hazen: Father of Modern Optics". Al-'Arabi. 8: 12–13. PMID 11634474.[full citation needed] Visser, Reidar (2005). Basra, the Failed Gulf...

as Al-Jahiz and Omar Khayyam. A number of stories in the One Thousand and One Nights feature the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. Al-Hariri of Basra was...

him a copy of the work by Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122) — also famous for his intelligence and power of memory — called Maqamat al-Hariri. Said read...

Alaol (modern-day Bangladeshi) Al-Hallaj (Persian Sufi) Al-Hariri of Basra (Basra, Iraq) Al-Mutanabbi Al-Jahiz (Basra, Iraq) Al Mahmud (Poet, Bangladesh) Alamgir...

Manichaeism. Ibn al-Muqaffa, though a resident of Basra, was originally from the town of Goor (or Gur, Firuzabad, Fars) in the Iranian province of Fars and was...

as Al-Jahiz and Omar Khayyam. A number of stories in the One Thousand and One Nights feature the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. Al-Hariri of Basra was...

ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī (Arabic: علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي ), known as Ibn al-Nafīs (Arabic: ابن النفيس)...

illustrator of al-Hariri's Maqamat dated 1237 CE (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Arabe 5847). Al-Wasiti was probably born in Wasit, south of Baghdad. In...

celebration of the Divine Liturgy. September 2 – Sukjong, ruler of Goryeo (d. 1105) Al-Hariri of Basra, Abbasid poet and scholar (d. 1122) Bohemond I of Antioch...

or the Sessions), a series of anecdotes of social satire written by Al-Hariri of Basra. The narrative concerns the travels of a middle-aged man as he uses...

Abu al-Ala Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Sulayman al-Tanukhi al-Ma'arri (Arabic: أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري, romanized: ʾAbū al-ʿAlāʾ...

Ghiyath ibn Ghawth ibn al-Salt ibn Tariqa al-Taghlibi (Arabic: غياث بن غوث بن الصلت بن طارقة التغلبي) commonly known as al-Akhtal (Arabic: الأخطل) (The...