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Iraq: A group of Arab men travelling in a boat. A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti,1237 CE

Yahyâ ibn Mahmûd al-Wâsitî was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit in southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri.<br/><br/>. Maqma (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Bad' al-Zaman al-Hamadhni is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqmt center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator.<br/><br/>. Manuscripts of al-Harr's Maqmt, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.
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Title:
Iraq: A group of Arab men travelling in a boat. A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti,1237 CE
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Yahyâ ibn Mahmûd al-Wâsitî was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit in southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri.

. Maqma (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Bad' al-Zaman al-Hamadhni is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqmt center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator.

. Manuscripts of al-Harr's Maqmt, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.
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4920 x 3554 px | 50.0 MB
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41.7 x 30.1 cm | 16.4 x 11.8 in (300 dpi)
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