Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti

an illustration of the Maqam of al-Hariri

A 13th-century book illustration produced in Baghdad by al-Wasiti showing a slave-market in the town of Zabid in Yemen.

Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti (Arabic: يحيى بن محمود الواسطي‎) was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit واسط southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri.

References

• Yaḥyā ibn Maḥmūd al-Wāsiṭī. (2010). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 15, 2010, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/651229/Yahya-ibn-Mahmud-al-Wasiti

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