Abū-Muhammad al Qāsim Ibn-‘Alī Ibn-Muhammad al-Harīrī, 1054-1122

Abū-Muhammad al Qāsim Ibn-‘Alī Ibn-Muhammad al-Harīrī (1054-1122) [or Harīrī, 1054-1122] was a medieval Islamic author from Basra, Iraq. He also served as a high government official in the Seljuk Empire. Al-Hariri is best known for writing Maqamat al-Hariri (or, The Assemblies of al-Hariri ), a collection of classical Arabic poetry comprising 50 anecdotes written in stylized rhymed prose and Mulhat al-i'rab fi al-nawh, an extensive poem on grammar.

From the guide to the The Maghamat of Hariri (MS 310), 1282 A.H. [1865 or 1866 C.E.], (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.)