Spain : 'Bayad plays the oud to the lady'. Illustration from the Tale of Bayad and Riyad, Al-Andaluz (Islamic Andalucia), late 13th century. Hadith Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ (The Story of Bayad and Riyad) or Qissat Bayad wa Riyad is a 13th century Arabic love story. The main characters of the tale are Bayad, a merchant's son and a foreigner from Damascus, and Riyad, a well educated girl in the court of an unnamed Hajib (vizier or minister) of Iraq (Mesopotamia) and a 'Lady' (al-sayyida).

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