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Illustration from

Maqamat of al-Hariri

Bibliothèque nationale de France, manuscript Arabe 3929, 2nd quarter of 13th century

Folio 104 Recto: maqama 27: Abu Zayd, al-Harith and thief

Abû Zayd, al-hârith et voleur

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25a-b. Two illuminations from a 13th-Century Maqāmāt manuscript. The first shows Abū Zayd in an unusual short-sleeved jacket; the second a youth in a long-sleeved one (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, ms arabe 3929, folios 104 and 68 verso).
Source: Fig. 25, Arab Dress. From the dawn of Islam to Modern times by Smirna Si