بديع الزمان الهمذاني
بديع الزمان الهمذاني
c. August 1008 CE · 11 Jumada II 398 AH
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, inventor of the maqama — his letters are proverbial ('a guest's company palls when his stay runs long'); he died at Herat in 398, poisoned or, as trustworthy men told, buried too hastily after apoplexy and found in his grave clutching his beard 1.
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At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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موجز
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 158-159
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.158-159
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