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Muhammad al-Qasim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Hariri (), popularly known as al-Hariri of Basra (1054 1122) was an Arab poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire.[1] Born in Basra in modern-day Iraq, he is best known for writing Maqamat al-Hariri ( , The Assemblies of al-Hariri), a virtuosic display of saj', consisting of 50 anecdotes written in stylized prose, which was once memorized by heart by scholars, and Mulhat al-i'rab fi al-nawh, an extensive poem on grammar.[2] The most famous translation of his maqamat was a German version by the poet and Orientalist Friedrich R ckert as Die Verwandlungen von Abu Serug and sought to emulate the rhymes and wordplay of the original.[3][4] Some of his other works include a book on errors of expression in Arabic, Durrat al-ghaww f awh m al-khawa . The Assemblies of al-Hariri recounts in the words of the narrator, al-Harith ibn Hammam and al-Hariri's several encounters with artist Abu Zayd al-Saruji.[2] See also References External links ar: ca:Al-Harir (poeta) de:Al-Hariri fr:Al-Hariri it:Al-Hariri ja: pl:Al-Hariri ro:Al-Hariri ru: - sv:Al-Kasim ibn Ali al-Hariri
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