 Ten different illustrated editions were known for some time, but with the discovery of a new illustrated edition in 1960, the total now stands at eleven.One of the earliest and most widely known illustrated editions is that by al-Waisiti (1236), now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.The most famous translation of his Maqamat was a German version by the poet and Orientalist Friedrich Rückert as "Die Verwandlungen von Abu Serug" and sought to emulate the rhymes and wordplay of the original.