Iraq: A caravanserai or caravan halting place with tents for travellers. Miniature painting from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' of Al-Hariri of Basra, c. 1225-1235. Maqāma (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badī' al-Zaman al-Hamadhāni is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century.

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