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Updated: May 31, 2025
I am a Marid of the Jinn and came to thee because of thy poor estate; but today thou knowest not the amount of thy wealth; and now I have need of thee and if thou do my will, it shall be well for thee. I asked, 'What is it? and he answered, 'I have a mind to marry thee to a girl like the full moon. Quoth I, 'How so?; and quoth he, 'Tomorrow don thou thy richest dress and mount thy mule, with the saddle of gold and ride to the Haymarket.
And now, thou hast released me, and I give thee thy choice of deaths. When the fisherman heard this, he exclaimed, 'O God, the pity of it that I should not have come to release thee till now! Then he said to the Afrit, 'Spare me, that God may spare thee, and do not destroy me, lest God set over thee one who will destroy thee. But he answered, 'There is no help for it, I must kill thee: so choose what death thou wilt die. The fisherman again returned to the charge, saying, 'Spare me for that I set thee free. 'Did I not tell thee, replied the Marid, 'that is why I kill thee? 'O head of the Afrits, said the fisherman, 'I did thee a kindness, and thou repayest me with evil: indeed the proverb lieth not that saith: "We did them good, and they the contrary returned: And this, upon my life, is what the wicked do!
So I went out and returned to my own house, where I made search for the ape, but could find no trace of him; whereby I knew that he was the Marid, who had taken my wife and had tricked me into destroying the talisman that hindered him from taking her, and repented, rending my clothes and buffeting my face; and there was no land but was straitened upon me.
And she continued: It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when the Fisherman said to the Ifrit, "If thou hadst spared me I would have spared thee, but nothing would satisfy thee save my death; so now I will do thee die by jailing thee in this jar and I will hurl thee into this sea." Then the Marid roared aloud and cried, "Allah upon thee, O Fisher man, don't!
Then he took him up and flew with him sky- high out of sight of earth, till Gharib heard the angels glorifying God in Heaven, and a flaming shaft issued from amongst them and made for the Marid, who fled from it towards the earth.
Janshah was terrified at his sight, but returned his salam, and the Marid asked, 'What is thy name? and he answered, 'My name is Janshah, and I have fallen madly in love with a Jinniyah known as Princess Shamsah, who captivated me by her beauty and loveliness; but despite my dear love she fled from the palace wherein I placed her and behold, I am here in quest of her. Herewith he wept with bitter weeping.
When they saw Judar and Salim slain, they raised their hands from the food and fear get hold of them and they said to the Marid, "Who hath dealt thus with the Sultan and the Wazir Replied the Jinni, "Their brother Salim."
She continued, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that Gharib after killing the Marid fared on into the valley and found himself in a great island in mid-ocean, full of all fruits that lips and tongue could desire.
Whereupon the shining One smote the Marid with his javelin and he melted away and became ashes; whilst I was thrown from his back and fell headlong towards the earth, till I dropped into the midst of a dashing sea, swollen with clashing surge.
The Marid gazed long and fixedly upon them, marvelling at their beauty, and repeated the following verses: Cleave fast to her thou lov'st and let the envious rail amain, For calumny and envy ne'er to favour love were fain.
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