Abū Muammad al-arīrī (English spelling)

Japanese: ハリーリー - はりーりー(英語表記)Abū Muammad al-arīrī
Abū Muammad al-arīrī (English spelling)

A medieval Iraqi storyteller. Born in Masha'n, near Basra in southern Iraq. Educated at a school in Basra, he worked as a clerk in the Caliphate. He later devoted himself to literature, and rose to fame when he published the Maqāmāt, a collection of 50 stories written in rhymed prose in the maqāma style. Each story has a common protagonist, Abu Zayd of Salūj, whose anecdotes are told by Hammam's son, Harith, as stories he heard. The protagonist is a clown who teases people and entertains with his wit, and the stories are often accompanied by poems, making them a kind of song story. He was heavily influenced by Hamazani, a maqāma writer from about half a century earlier. His works are said to be masterpieces, and have long been used as school materials.

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[Reference] | Makama

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Japanese:

中世イラクの物語作者。南イラクのバスラ近郊マシャーンで生まれる。バスラの学校で教育を受け、カリフ庁で書記の職についた。のち文学に専念して、マカーマ形式の有韻散文による物語集『マカーマート』maqāmāt50編を発表するに及び、一躍名をなした。各編に共通の主人公であるサルージュのアブー・ザイドが登場し、その逸話をハンマームの息子ハーリスが聞いた話として語るという形式をとっている。主人公は人をからかったり機知をもって楽しませる道化であり、また、しばしば詩歌が配されていて一種の歌物語をなしている。彼より約半世紀以前のマカーマ作者、ハマザーニーの影響が色濃い。その作品は名文といわれ、長期間にわたって学校の教材とされてきた。

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