Illustration from

Maqamat of al-Hariri

Vienna manuscript of 1334

Abu Zayd argues before the Kadi of Ma'arra (Maqamat 8)


A larger image of Abu Zayd argues before the Kadi of Ma'arra, from Maqamat of al-Hariri, Vienna manuscript of 1334.


Source. Held by the Austrian National Library



7. Seated qāḍī with a long while ṭarḥa drawn over his turban and shoulders in a 14th century manuscript of the Maqāmāt (Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, A. F. 9, fol. 30 verso).
Source: Fig. 7, Arab Dress. From the dawn of Islam to Modern times by Smirna Si


Back to the Maqamat, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, manuscript AF 9, 1334AD








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