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Illustrations from

Maqamat of al-Hariri

(Abou Mohammad al-Qāsim ibn ‛Ali ibn Mohammad ibn ‛Ali al-Hariri al-Basri)
Copied and illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasti

Bibliothèque nationale de France, manuscript Arabe 5847, 1237AD

Abû Zayd et al-Hârith f.166r: maqama 50 Abu Zayd and al-Harith	Abû Zayd dans la mosquée de Basra f.164v: maqama 50 Abu Zayd in the mosque of Basra	Abû Zayd mourant et son fils f.162v: maqama 49 Abu Zayd dying and his son	Abû Zayd mourant et son fils f.160v: maqama 49 Abu Zayd dying and his son
Abû Zayd dans la mosquée f.158v: maqama 48 Abu Zayd in the mosque	Abû Zayd réclamant l'argent f.156r: maqama 47 Abu Zayd demanding money	Abû Zayd réclamant l'argent f.155v: maqama 47 Abu Zayd demanding money	Abû Zayd pratiquant la médecine f.154v: maqama 47 Abu Zayd practicing medicine
Abû Zayd enseignant f.152r: maqama 46 Abu Zayd teaching	Abû Zayd enseignant f.148v: maqama 46 Abu Zayd teaching	Abû Zayd devant le cadi f.146r: maqama 45 Abu Zayd before the Kadi	Abû Zayd s'enfuyant f.143r: maqama 44 Abu Zayd fleeing
al-Hârith invité au repas f.140r: maqama 44 al-Harith invited to the meal	al-Hârith invité au repas f.139v: maqama 44 al-Harith invited to the meal	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith arrivant dans un village f.138r: maqama 43 Abu Zayd and al-Harith arriving in a village	Abû Zayd endormi et al-Hârith f.134r: maqama 43 Abu Zayd sleeping and al-Harith
Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.133v: maqama 42 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.131v: maqama 42 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd quittant al-Hârith f.130v: maqama 41 Abu Zayd leaving al-Harith	Abû Zayd reconnu par al-Hârith f.130r: maqama 41 Abu Zayd recognized by al-Harith
Cadi rendant justice f.126r: maqama 40 The Kadi doing justice	Abû Zayd devant le cadi f.125r: maqama 40 Abu Zayd before the Kadi	La reine accouchant f.122v: maqama 39 Queen giving birth	L'île mystérieuse f.121r: maqama 39 The Mysterious Island
Abû Zayd et al-Hârith devant le palais du roi f.120v: maqama 39 Abu Zayd and al-Harith before the king's palace	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith naviguant f.119v: maqama 39 Abu Zayd and al-Harith sailing	Abû Zayd devant le gouverneur f.118r: maqama 38 Abu Zayd before the Governor	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith f.117v: maqama 38 Abu Zayd and al-Harith
Abû Zayd et son fils devant le cadi f.114v: maqama 37 Abu Zayd and his son before the Kadi	Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.110r: maqama 36 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd devant le cadi f.107r: maqama 34 Abu Zayd before the Kadi	al-Hârith au marché aux esclaves f.105r: maqama 34 al-Harith in the slave market
Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.103r: maqama 33 Abu Zayd and his listeners	La chanteuse et le troupeau de chameaux f.101r: maqama 32 The singer and the herd of camels	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith f.100v: maqama 32 Abu Zayd and al-Harith	Abû Zayd et pèlerins f.95r: maqama 31 Abu Zayd and pilgrims
Caravane de pèlerins f.94v: maqama 31 Caravan of pilgrims	Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.92r: maqama 30 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.91v: maqama 30 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zaydr, son fils et al-Hârith f.90r: maqama 29 Abu Zayd, his son and al-Harith
Abû Zayd et marchands endormis f.89r: maqama 29 Abu Zayd and merchants asleep	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith f.86r: maqama 28 Abu Zayd and al-Harith	Abû Zayd prêchant à samarqand f.84v: maqama 28 Abu Zayd preaching in Samarqand	Abû Zayd écrivant f.79r: maqama 26 Abu Zayd writes
Abû Zayd recevant al-Hârith f.77r: maqama 26 Abu Zayd receiving al-Harith	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith f.76r: maqama 25 Abu Zayd and al-Harith	Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.75r: maqama 25 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.74v: maqama 25 Abu Zayd and his listeners
Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.69v: maqama 24 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zaydr, son fils et al-Hârith f.67v: maqama 23 Abu Zayd, his son and al-Harith	Abû Zayd devant le gouverneur f.64r: maqama 23 Abu Zayd before the Governor	Abû Zayd devant le gouverneur f.63v: maqama 23 Abu Zayd before the Governor
Abû Zayd et al-Hârith naviguant f.61r: maqama 22 Abu Zayd and al-Harith boating	Abû Zayd prêchant f.59r: maqama 21 Abu Zayd preaching	Abû Zayd prêchant f.58v: maqama 21 Abu Zayd preaching	Abû Zayd pleurant sur sa virilité déclinante f.57r: maqama 20 Abu Zayd weeping over his declining virility
Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.56r: maqama 20 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.55v: maqama 20 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd malade f.53r: maqama 19 Abu Zayd sick	Abû Zayd malade f.52v: maqama 19 Abu Zayd sick
Abû Zayd voyageant f.51r: maqama 18 Abu Zayd travelling	Abû Zayd quittant le banquet de mariage à Sinjar f.50v: maqama 18 Abu Zayd leaving the wedding banquet in Sinjar	Abû Zayd se plaignant f.48r: maqama 18 Abu Zayd complaining	Abû Zayd assistant au banquet de mariage à Sinjar f.47v: maqama 18 Abu Zayd attending the wedding banquet in Sinjar
Abû Zayd et ses auditeurs f.46v: maqama 17 Abu Zayd and his listeners	Abû Zayd saisissant sa besace f.44r: maqama 16 Abu Zayd grabbing his wallet	Abû Zayd saisissant sa besace f.43v: maqama 16 Abu Zayd grabbing his wallet	Abû Zayd arrivant à la mosquée f.42r: maqama 16 Abu Zayd arrives at the mosque
Abû Zayd quittant al-Hârith f.41r: maqama 15 Abu Zayd leaving al-Harith	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith f.40r: maqama 15 Abu Zayd and al-Harith	Abû Zayd quittant les pèlerins f.38r: maqama 14 Abu Zayd leaving the pilgrims	Abû Zayd et son fils f.37v: maqama 14 Abu Zayd and his son
Abû Zayd déguisé en vieille femme et al-Hârith f.35r: maqama 13 Abu Zayd disguised as an old woman and al-Harith	Abû Zayd à la taverne d'anah f.33r: maqama 12 Abu Zayd at the tavern of Anah	al-Hârith voyageant f.31r: maqama 12 al-Harith travelling	al-Hârith voyageant f.30v: maqama 12 al-Harith travelling
Funérailles f.29v: maqama 11 Funeral	Abû Zaydr, son fils et al-Hârith f.27r: maqama 10 Abu Zayd, his son and al-Harith	Abû Zayd et son fils devant le gouverneur f.26r: maqama 10 Abu Zayd and his son before the Governor	Abû Zayd et son épouse devant le cadi f.25r: maqama 09 Abu Zayd and his wife before the Kadi
Abû Zayd avouant la ruse au cadi f.22r: maqama 08 Abu Zayd admitting the ruse to the Kadi	Abû Zayd et son fils devant le cadi f.21r: maqama 08 Abu Zayd and his son before the Kadi	Procession à la fin du Ramadan f.19r: maqama 07 Procession at the end of Ramadan	Abû Zayd entrant dans la mosquée de Marâgha f.18v: maqama 07 Abu Zayd entering the mosque of Maragha
Abû Zayd dictant une lettre f.16r: maqama 06 Abu Zayd dictating a letter	Abû Zayd avouant son mensonge f.14v: maqama 05 Abu Zayd admitting his lie	Abû Zayd et son fils f.13v: maqama 05 Abu Zayd and his son	Abû Zayd reconnu par al-Hârith f.12v: maqama 05 Abu Zayd recognized by al-Harith
al-Hârith découvrant le message d'Abû Zayd f.11v: maqama 04 al-Harith discovering the message of Abu Zayd	Abû Zayd reconnu par al-Hârith f.10r: maqama 04 Abu Zayd recognized by al-Harith	Caravane au repos f.9v: maqama 04 Caravan at rest	Abû Zayd simulant la claudication f.8v: maqama 03 Abu Zayd simulating lameness
Abû Zayd reconnu par al-Hârith f.7r: maqama 03 Abu Zayd recognized by al-Harith	Abû Zayd reconnu par al-Hârith f.6v: maqama 02 Abu Zayd recognized by al-Harith	Abû Zayd à la bibliothèque de Basra f.5v: maqama 02 Abu Zayd at the library of Basra	Abû Zayd et al-Hârith f.4v: maqama 02 Abu Zayd and al-Harith
Abû Zayd, al-Hârith et son disciple f.3v: maqama 01 Abu Zayd, al-Harith and his disciple	Hamadhânî (al-) ? f.2r: frontispiece al-Hamadhanî?	Harîrî (al-) ? f.1v: frontispiece al-Hariri?

Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 5847

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Referenced as figure 324 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle

324A to 324G. Manuscript, A - 'Spear of the Governor of Rahba,' B - 'Sermon in a mosque,' C - 'Slaughtering a camel,' D - 'Feast in a tent,' E - 'Mace or staff of a lawyer,' F - 'Soldier at a burial scene,' G - 'Guards of a ruler,' Maqāmāt al Harīrī, 1237 AD, Irāq, Bib. Nat., Ms. 5847, ff. 26r, 84v, 140r, 139v, 29v and 59r, Paris (ICC).

Vol 1, p.175:        A certain amount of confusion could surround mail. Its rings were widely referred to in Arabic as zard, zared or zird, which is a term very close to the sard scales of the dirʿ. There does, however, seem to have been a clear distinction between the two terms from the 10th to 14th centuries (see Terminology). The situation in Persian-speaking areas was simpler, for here the term zirih quite clearly referred to mail.⁴³ The pictorial evidence, some of it very stylized and having to be interpreted with caution, shows that mail hauberks of various shapes, long (Figs. 330, 333, 335, 447, 501, 520, 537, 543, 600, and 639) or short (Figs. 134, 196, 246, 267, 292, 294, 305, 392, 515, 522, 541, 598 and 599), with long (Figs.161, 174, 241, 250, 270, 298, 305, 345, 346, 347, 348, 350, 375, 428, 435, 438, 442, 494, 500, 519, 535, 538, 540, 543, 545A-F and H, and 551B) or short sleeves (Figs. 262, 286, 288, 292, 339, 444, 446, 499, 521, 546A, 551, 601, 606, and 661), some opening down the front (Figs. 324F and 641) and others put on over the head (Figs. 157, 316, 377, 422, 517, and 549), were all used in most regions of Islam in most periods.⁴⁴

43. Firdawsī, op. cit., pp. 368-369, 427 and 828.
44. Fries, op. cit., pp. 62-63; Anon., The Song of Roland, verse 79; Ibn Isḥag, op. cit., p. 107; Mutanabbi, in Wormhoudt, op. cit., p. 84; Norris, op. cit., pp. 95-96.