While the tenth-century author Badī' al-Zaman al-Hamadhāni is generally credited as the originator of the originator of the genre with his "Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani", some scholars credit Ahmad Ibn al-Farsi (d. 383/1004) as the originator of the "maqamat" genre, even before al-Hamadhani.