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Illustration from

Maqamat of al-Hariri
St.Petersburg manuscript C-23 of c. 1225-35
p.260, A ship bound for Oman, 39th maqāma



Fig. 9. A ship bound for Oman (thirty-ninth maqāma). Al-Hariri, Maqāmāt, thirteenth century. Saint Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ms. S.23, p. 260 (total page dimensions 25 x 19 cm). (Photo: courtesy of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Source: George, A. 2011, 'The Illustrations of the Maqamat and the shadow play', Muqarnas, vol. 28, pp. 1-42

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