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Sermon being preached from a minbar, miniature from the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī, 1223; in the National Library, Paris (MS Arabe 6094, fol. 93).

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al-Ḥarīrī: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥarīrī
Born	1054 • near Basra • Iraq
Died	1122 (aged 68) • Basra • Iraq
Notable Works	“The Assemblies of al-Ḥarīrī”
Subjects Of Study	Arabic language • grammar

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Ibn Qutaybah

Muslim author

al-Mubarrad

Arab grammarian

Joseph Kimhi

European grammarian

Ibn al-ʿArabī

Muslim mystic

Ameen Rihani

Arab American author and political figure

Imruʾ al-Qays

Arab poet

al-Maʿarrī

Arab poet

al-Farazdaq

Islamic poet

Iliya Abu Madi

Arab writer

Jarīr

Arab poet

Ibn al-Fāriḍ

Arab poet

al-Buḥturī

Arab author

Abū Nuwās

Persian poet

al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī

Arab poet

Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd

Arabian poet

al-Khansāʾ

Arab poet

Bahāʾ al-Dīn Zuhayr

Arab poet

al-Hamdānī

Arab author

al-Akhṭal

Umayyad poet

Abū al-ʿAtāhiyah

Arab poet

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