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MaqamateHamidi is a good example of a text, which has emerged out of the previous culture and literature. This book has turned into a broad site in which various texts have been mixed in such a way that it represents an extensive array of genres. The main purpose of this study is the discovery and analysis of the intertexual relations in Maqamate Hamidi. To achieve this aim, we investigated twenty three Maqams in this this book in the light of Gerard Jeant’s Transtexuality Theory. The results indicated that MaqamateHamidi is a good example of intertexuality in a sense that different allusions to the Holy Quran are made, and also Arabaic poetry is extravagantly is used. Moreover, Hamidi’s book is greatly modeled on Hamadani and Harriri’s works, which attest to the intertextual nature and diversity of voices within this book. This intertexuality reinforces the coherence of meaning in this text, which is in line with Gerard Jeant’s Intertexuality Theory.  

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In spite of their apparent diversity and variety, Arabic and Persian maqamas are unified, which is the result of a common narrative structure. The main purpose of this study is to uncover this common structure. To this end, 124 maqamas including those of Hamadani, Hariri and Hamidi were analyzed based on Vladimir Propp’s morphology theory. The results indicated that Arabic and Persian maqamas are similar to each other in terms of character types and functioning. Moreover, in 31 functions and seven areas, they are in line with Propp’s theory. Such an approach allowed us to investigate all of these 124 maqamas within a single model and to conclude that narrative structure of these maqamas is the result of a single and primary plan, which has been effective in creation of this genre.

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A Study of the Textual Potentialities of Maqamat al- Hariri in its Manuscripts' Illustrations Certain Arabic classical manuscripts were accompanied by illustrations to contribute to more objectively representing them. To do so, illustrators, by taking advantage of the pictorial potentialities of literary manuscripts, attempted to depict them in a more concrete manner. As such potentialities vary, the aforementioned manner(s) would differ, accordingly. The present paper makes an analogy between the narrative elements of Maqamat al- Hariri and the technical features of the illustrations. Our main question is thus, whether Maqama , with its peculiar stylistic features, calls for a specific type of illustration, and, further, how these features could influence the type of the illustrations. In answering the question, having made the analogy, we come to two major categories in the illustrations: 1. similar drawings for different maqamas 2. Dissimilar drawings for different maqamas. The result of the research reveals a peculiar style of illustration in Maqamat al- Hariri which can be introduced as the genre's pattern of depiction. Key words: Maqamat al- Hariri, illustration, miniature, Maqama, illustrated manuscripts