بديع الزمان الهمذاني

بديع الزمان الهمذاني

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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.