Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani
Persian poet (969–1007) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Badi' al-Zamān al-Hamadānī or al-Hamadhānī (Persian: بديعالزمان همدانی; Arabic: بديع الزمان الهمذاني التغلبي; 969 in Hamadan، Iran – 1007) was a medieval poet and man of letters.[1][2] 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 Persian name, Hamedani, translates to "from the city of Hamedan." His Arabic name translates into "The Wonder of the Age".