Abstract
Abstract The article analyses the ways Ḥamīd al-Dīn Balḫī (d. 559/1164) adopted and adapted the technique of earlier Arabic authors, most notably al-Ḥarīrī (d. 516/1122), in his Persian maqāmas. It also emends the traditional dating of his maqāma collection.
Highlights
There have been attempts at reading various other Persian texts as maqāmas, such as Sadī’s (d. 691/1292) Gulistān, or a part of it, but these are rather farfetched and would stretch the boundaries of the genre to breaking point.[4]
I will address the question of language: how does Balḫī see his Persian maqāmas vis-à-vis their Arabic models? Second, I will approach the changes made by Balḫī to the maqāma conventions established before him, especially by the two famous Arabic authors: while Balḫī’s texts are recognizable as being within the limits of the genre and he was well aware of his predecessors, he did not blindly emulate them, but felt free to make innovations in the conventions of the maqāma which were being established at the time
Balḫī’s maqāmas show the distinct influence of both al-Hamaḏānī and al-Ḥarīrī and the author himself refers to these authors in the Preface
Summary
Citation for published version: Hämeen-Anttila, J 2021, 'Between Arabic and Persian traditions: The maqmas of amd al-Dn Bal', Intellectual History of the Islamicate World.
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