The Free Lunch in Baghdad
Adapted Retold for learners from the Maqāmāt of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī.
From the Maqāmāt of al-Hamadhānī: a penniless ʿĪsā ibn Hishām pretends to know a country man, orders roast meat and sweets for them both, and slips away, leaving the man to pay the bill.
الْمَقَامَةُ الْبَغْدَادِيَّةُ
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