Abū Zayd the trickster
Adapted Retold for learners from al-Ḥarīrī's first maqāma, al-Maqāma al-Ṣanʿāniyya.
In Ṣanʿāʾ a ragged preacher moves a crowd to tears, and al-Ḥārith follows him to see where the money goes: al-Ḥarīrī's first maqāma, retold.
أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْمُحْتَالُ
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