Riyadh Book (48)

The forty-eighth edition of the book Al-Riyadh titled "Al-Maqamat" and the first fruits of the stories of the Spanish Shattar. Publication date: December 1997. Author: Dr. Ali Abdul Rauf Al-Bambi. Number of pages: 180 pages. About the book: Al-Maqamat constitute an important phenomenon in the history of Arabic literature as a new literary form that was able to cover some deficiencies in traditional literature. Some studies have uncovered the Arab contribution to Europe in many fields of science, art, and literature, and the precedence of the story in Arabic literature, and they found that Al-Maqama transferred from Muslims to Al-Andalus and the possibility of its influence on the stories of the Shattar, which are considered the true beginning of realistic novel art.