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Al-Zamakhshari
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (; 1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah' (God's Neighbor). He was a Mu'tazilite theologian, linguist, poet and interpreter of the Quran. He is best known for his book Al-Kashshaf, which interprets and linguistically analyzes Quranic expressions and the use of figurative speech for conveying meaning. This work is a primary source for all major linguists.
Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi
Arab Muslim preacher and scholar (c.1116–1201)
Abu al-Hariri
Arab poet and scholar (1054–1122)
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani
Arab poet

maqāma
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
Yehuda Alharizi
Rabbi, translator, and poet
Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani
Ibn Charaf
Zirid writer and poet
Ibn Naqiya al-Baghdadi
Iraqi poet