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Arabic literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

مقامات الحریري Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, 1225 A.H., 1809 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 51
Scope and Contents

This is vol. 1 of Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī. These are the ever popular stories of Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim b. 'Alī al-Harīrī (d. 516 A.H., 1122 C.E.), who was the most famous prose-writer of his time. This is a printed volume.

Dates: 1225 A.H.; 1809 C.E.

نفحة الیمن Nafḥat al-Yaman, 1226 A.H., 1811 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 55
Scope and Contents

An Arabic miscellany of compositions in prose and verse, selected or original, by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamani al-Shirwānī, who compiled it in Calcutta at the desire of Matthew M. Lumsden, and died there, 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.).

Dates: 1226 A.H.; 1811 C.E.