Structuralism  mostly  investigates narrative  elements in  stories. A structural  narratologist  basically intends to  compile  a  coherent  structure  among  other  different  aspects of a story. The  present  study   investigates  the  structure  of  AmirArsalan  story, the last  important  fragment  of  Persian  folksy  long  story  generation, according  to  some  structuralist  theories. According to  Grard Genette,  we  can  analyze  AmirArsalan  story  at  two  levels  of  recite  and  narration. At  “recite” level,  it  has  been  discussed  based  on  narrative  perspective. At  “narration”  level,  the  narrative  structure  has  been  investigated and  then  the  similarities  and  differences  have  been  mentioned  compared to  other  folksy  long  stories.  In  the  second  part  of  narration  level,  its syntactic  structure  has  been  pointed  out  and  we have tried to  summarize  the story  characters,  their  acts,  and  manners  in  the  most  compact  way.

Governmental systems and administrative organizations in Iran have been always in change throughout history. A position which was necessary in some centuries and was counted as an important governmental position was “Amirdadi”. The person who held this post was called Amir-e dad or Mirdad. Lexicographers have mentioned several different tasks for Amir-e dad. Some believe they are the same as chief judges. Some have considered them as the executers of the King’s commands in Mazalem (justice) days. And some others have assumed they are the administrators who were responsible for public affairs. Some also have mentioned them as ministers or administrators of the Ministry of Justice. In this article the researcher attempts to answer this essential question: What position did Amir-e dad have in old administrative organization and for which tasks he was responsible? This article consists of four sections: in section one, the word structure of Amir-e dad is studied. Section two analyzes the era in which this term was prevalent. Section three describes the tasks and positions of Amir-e dad in governmental systems in which this post had been officially recognized, on the basis of some available literary and historical evidences. Finally, in section four, some points are mentioned on the ceremony of Amirdadi empowering.