10th-century introductions

official script of Serbian language

footwear that raises the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes, long unisex but now predominently associated with women's fashion

right|thumb|200px|The 7th Maqāma of Al-Hariri of Basra|Al-Hariri, illustration by [[Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti from the 1237 manuscript (BNF ms. arabe 5847).]]The maqāma (Arabic: مقامة [maˈqaːma], literally "assembly"; plural maqāmāt, مقامات [maqaːˈmaːt]) is an (originally) Arabic prosimetric literary genre of picaresque short stories originating in the tenth century C.E. The maqāmāt are anecdotes told by a fictitious narrator which typically follow the escapades of a roguish protagonist as the two repeatedly encounter each other in their travels. The genre is known for its literary and rhetor