al-faraj baʿd al-shiddah

…is an example of the al-faraj baʿd al-shiddah (“escape from hardship”) genre, which involves sequences of anecdotes in which people find release from difficult situations, often at the very last minute and as a result of the generosity of others. A still later work by al-Qalqashandī, the 15th-century Ṣubḥ al-aʿshā…