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Maqamat of al-Hariri
Bibliothèque nationale de France, manuscript Arabe 3929, 2nd quarter of 13th century
Folio 134 Recto: maqama 40: Abu Zayd before the Kadi
![Folio 134 Recto: maqama 40: Abu Zayd before the Kadi, from Maqamat of al-Hariri BnF manuscript Arabe 3929, 2nd quarter of 13th century](http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8422962f/f279.highres)
Abû Zayd devant le cadi
54. Courtroom scene from a Maqāmāt manuscript from ca. 1240.
One of the two women before the qādī wearing a bukhnuq-wimple and an izār draped toga-fashion is barefaced.
The other holds her ridāʾ mantle across her face as a veil (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, ms arabe 3929, folio 134).
Source: Fig. 54, Arab Dress. From the dawn of Islam to Modern times by Smirna Si
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