M. Al-Taher

Dual Crisis and Narrative Form in the Maqāmāt of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Ḥamadhānī

This study reexamines the Maqāmāt of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Ḥamadhānī as a sophisticated narrative response to the multilayered crises of Abbasid society in the fourth century AH (tenth century CE). Moving beyond formalist readings that limit the maqāmah to linguistic virtuosity or entertainment, the article argues that the...