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Illustration from

Maqāmāt of al-Hariri
(Abou Mohammad al-Qāsim ibn ‛Ali ibn Mohammad ibn ‛Ali al-Hariri al-Basri)
St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies,
manuscript C-23, c. 1225-35
f.68b Abu Zayd and al-Harith boating



Scene from Maqama 22? [Compare with f.61r, Maqamat manuscript BnF Arabe 5847, 1237AD, Abu Zayd and al-Harith boating.]
Abu Zayd and al-Harith boating
Source: AKG

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