Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani


Badi' al-ZamÄn al-HamadÄni or al-HamadhÄni (Arabic: بديع الزمان الهمذاني‎; 969 CE – 1007 CE) was a medieval Arab[1] man of letters born in Hamadan, Iran. He is best known for his work the Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani, a collection of 52 episodic stories of a rogue, Abu al-Fath al-Iskandari, as recounted by a narrator, 'Isa b. Hisham. His Arabic name translates into "The Wonder of the Age".
Hamadani was born and educated in Hamedan, Iran. In 990 he went to Gorgan, where he remained two years; then passing to Nishapur, where he rivalled and surpassed the learned Khwarizmi. After journeying through Khorasan and Sistan, he finally settled in Herat under the protection of Abu'l-Hasan Isfaraini, who was the vizier of Mahmud of Ghazni, the sultan of the Ghaznavid dynasty. There he died at the age of forty. He was renowned for a remarkable memory and for fluency of speech, as well as for the purity of his language.
His letters were first published at Constantinople (1881), and with commentary at Beirut (1890); his maqamas at Constantinople, and with commentary at Beirut (1889). A good idea of the latter may be obtained from Silvestre de Sacys edition of six of the maqamas with French translation and notes in his Chrestomathie arabe, vol. iii. (2nd ed., Paris, 1827). A specimen of the letters is translated into German in A. von Kremers Culturgeschichte des Orients, ii. 470 sqq.
See also
References
- The Maqámát of BadÑ al-Zamán al-HamadhánÃ.
- BADĪʿ-AL-ZAMĀN HAMADĀNĪ, Encyclopedia Iranica
References
- ↑ In a letter to the vizier of Mahmud of Ghazni, Badi' al-Zaman traced his descent back to the tribes of Taghlib and Mudar:
"... يقول ÙÙŠ رسالة إلى Ø§Ù„ÙØ¶Ù„ بن Ø£ØÙ…د وزير السلطان Ù…ØÙ…ود، (إني عبد الشيخ واسمي Ø£ØÙ…د، وهمذان المولد، وتغلب المورد، ومضر Ø§Ù„Ù…ØØªØ¯ØŒ) وكأنه يريد أن يقول إنه مضري الأصل، ولكن أسرته عاشت ÙÙŠ تغلب. ÙˆÙÙŠ رسالة إلى الشيخ أبي القاسم يعتذر عن التخل٠عن Ø§Ù„ØØ¶ÙˆØ± بالزكام، ويقول عن رجل أسمه أبو Ø§Ù„ØØ³Ù† يظهر أن اسمه سقط من الرسالة: (وما أشد استظهاري Ø¨Ø®Ù„Ø§ÙØªÙ‡ وإن لم يكن من ولد العباس والله يبقيه علما Ù„Ù„ÙØ¶Ù„) Ùيقول أبو القاسم ÙÙŠ الجواب. (والشيخ أبو Ø§Ù„ØØ³Ù† Ùوق شروط Ø§Ù„Ø®Ù„Ø§ÙØ©ØŒ ÙØ§Ù† كان المستخل٠تغلبيا، جاز أن يكون الخال٠كسرويا) ÙØ§Ù„تغلبي هو الهمذاني Ù†ÙØ³Ù‡. ودليل آخر أنه كتب إلى القاضي أبا Ø§Ù„ØØ³ÙŠÙ† علي بن علي: (أنا أمت إلى القاضي أطال الله بقاءه بقرابة، إن لم يكن عربياً ÙØ£Ø¨ÙŠ ÙˆØ£Ø¨ÙˆÙ‡ إسماعيل، وعمي وعمه إسرائيل، الخ)"
مجلة الرسالة/العدد 38/بديع الزمان الهمذاني
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