Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti

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 Iraqi-Arab[1][2][3] painter and calligrapher, noted for being the scribe and illustrator of al-Hariri's Maqamat dated 1237 CE (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Arabe 5847).[4]

  1. ^ Makiya, Kanan (1991). The Monument: Art, Vulgarity, and Responsibility in Iraq. University of California Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780520073760. Arab painter al wasiti.
  2. ^ Ankori, Gannit (2013). Palestinian Art. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781780232416.
  3. ^ Explorers: Tales of Endurance and Exploration. Penguin. 2010. ISBN 9780756675110.
  4. ^ Grabar, Oleg. The Illustrations of the Maqamat (PDF). University of Chicago Press. p. 10.