According to J. Hämeen-Anttila, the typical "maqāmāt" can be schematized 'into “isnād” [the citations or "backings" used to verify the legitimacy of a hadith], “general introduction,” “link,” “episode proper,” “recognition scene,” “envoi,” and “finale.”' Ailin Qian has exemplified this schema with reference to that "Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani": 'after the initial "isnād",' the narrator ʿĪsā 'tells the audience that for a certain reason “I was in such-and-such a city” or “I traveled from here