Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Persian Man of Letters(969-1007)

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Scene from The Maqamat of al-Hamadani

Just the Facts:

• Name: Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani
• Birth: Unknown Date, 969, Hamadan, Iran
• Death: Unknown Date, 1007, Herat, Afghanistan
• Language: Persian
• Who he was: Persian man of letters who wrote the Maqamat al-Hamadhani (The Maqamat of al-Hamadani), 52 stories about a rogue named Abu al-Fath al-Iskandari

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