Foreword | p. ix |
Acknowledgements | p. xv |
Notes on Transliteration | p. xvii |
Introduction: The Nature of Jinn | p. 1 |
Origins | p. 7 |
Islam | p. 17 |
Early Legends | p. 24 |
Historical Encounters | p. 48 |
Al-Andalus | p. 48 |
Spirits of the Middle Ages | p. 53 |
Jinn in the Fihrist | p. 58 |
Genius or Jinn-Master? | p. 59 |
By Their Deeds: Jinn Behaviour | p. 64 |
Amid Ancient Ruins | p. 65 |
Human Possession and Exorcism | p. 72 |
Jinn Hauntings | p. 77 |
Jinn and Illness | p. 81 |
'The Condemned System' | p. 82 |
Abductions and Trials | p. 88 |
Shifting Shapes | p. 94 |
Jinn Living | p. 101 |
Sex and Marriage | p. 110 |
Jinn Geography | p. 115 |
Arabia: The Heartland | p. 115 |
Iraq: 'Pandemonium' | p. 127 |
Harran: The 'North' | p. 131 |
Palestine: Underground | p. 135 |
Syria: The Red King's Daughter | p. 143 |
Egypt: Ifrits and Ghouls | p. 148 |
Morocco: The 'Masters' | p. 159 |
Tunisia: Air, Sea and Land | p. 174 |
Turkey: Out of the Forest | p. 181 |
Iran: 'The Holy Jinn' | p. 185 |
Kurds: Children of the Jinn | p. 192 |
South Asia: Coat of Many Colours | p. 194 |
Zanzibar and Beyond: Spreading the Wealth | p. 203 |
Nigeria: 'Children of Jangare' | p. 207 |
Malays: Jinn in the Jungle | p. 210 |
Cultural Echoes | p. 216 |
How I Met the Ghul | p. 216 |
The Arabian Nights | p. 218 |
Southey's Genii | p. 227 |
Hugo's 'jinn' | p. 232 |
The Mystery of Ishmonia | p. 236 |
Arab Folktales | p. 239 |
Appendices | |
Edward Lane's Notes on the Jinn | p. 245 |
Muhammad Asad on the Jinn | p. 256 |
Jinn Physics | p. 259 |
Notes | p. 265 |
References | p. 289 |
Index | p. 297 |
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