That tale of "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv" joins "Man on Pink Corner" and several other stories in his collection A Universal History of Infamy.  
One of this man's stories concerns a false prophet who blinds all the women in his harem so they can't see that he is afflicted with leprosy.  That tale of "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv" joins "Man on Pink Corner" and several other stories in his collection A Universal History of Infamy.  In addition to Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius, this author wrote about a Frenchman who sets out to recreate Cervantes's masterpiece, and a story set in an infinite array of hexagonal rooms lined with bookshelves.  For ten points, name this author whose stories "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" and "The Library of Babel" can be found in the collection Ficciones.
One of this man's stories concerns a false prophet who blinds all the women in his harem so they can't see that he is afflicted with leprosy.  
Jorge Luis {Borges}