Al-Muqanna
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Al-Muqanna, born Hashim, was an 8th-century political and military leader who operated in modern Iran. He led a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate and according to various Muslim historians, clai
An illustration from the Chronology of Ancient Nations depicting the siege of Al-Muqanna's fortress
A Universal History of Infamy, or A Universal History of Iniquity, is a collection of short stories by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, first published in 1935, and revised by the author in 1954. M
Al-Muqanna
…1919), also take their names from Thomas Moore's poem. Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges used a fictionalized al-Muqanna‘ as the central character of The Masked Dyer, Hakim of Merv, a 1934 short story, and in another story fifteen years later, The Zahir, as a past avatar of the titular object. Sax Rohmer used the legend of el…
First edition (1935)