THE MAQÁMÁT OF BADÍ‘ AL-ZAMÁN AL-HAMADHÁNÍ

The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-Hamadhání, tr. W.J. Prendergast [1915] at sacred-texts.com

p. i

p. ii

THE MAQÁMÁT OF BADÍ‘ AL-ZAMÁN AL-HAMADHÁNÍ

p. iii

TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

AND

NOTES

HISTORICAL AND GRAMMATICAL

BY

DEGREE OF HONOUR ARABIC AND PERSIAN; MṚ.AṢ.; FELLOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS; DIRECTOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, NIZAM COLLEGE, HYDERABAD, DECCAN

LONDON: LUZAC & Co.

MADRAS: S. P. C. K. DEPOSITORY

[1915]

Scanned at sacred-texts.com, June 2006. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.

Click to enlarge
Title Page

Click to enlarge
Verso

p. iv

PRINTED AT THE
S.P.C.K. PRESS, VEPERY, MADRAS
1915

p. v

TO

HIS HIGHNESS

ASAF JAH MUZAFFAR-UL-MÚLK WAL MUMÁLIK,

NIZÁM-ÚL-MÚLK, NIZÁM-ÚD-DAULA NAWAB MIR

SIR OSMAN ALI KHAN, BAHADUR, FATEḤ JUNG, G.C.S.I.,

NIZAM OF HYDERABAD

THE TRANSLATOR DEDICATES WITH PROFOUND
RESPECT AND DEEP GRATITUDE THIS WORK
WHICH OWES ITS INCEPTION AND COMPLETION
TO THE GENEROUS ENCOURAGEMENT
AND GRACIOUS APPRECIATION OF
ORIENTAL STUDIES ALWAYS
SHOWN BY HIS HIGHNESS
AND HIS HIGHNESS’
GOVERNMENT

p. vi