Changes: The Seven Jinn Kings

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Magicians read in their books about these kings, whose names vary depending on the source. According to one version, they were: Mudhhib ("gilder"), Merra, al-Ahmar ("the red"), Borqan ("the gleaming"), Semhuresh, al-Abyad ("the white") and Mimun ("lucky").

Al-Madhab (المذهب; The Golden One)
- Day: Monday
- Planet: The Sun
- Angel: Ruqya'il (روقيائيل)
Al-Abyad (الابيض; The White One)
- Day: The Moon
- Planet: Monday
- Angel: Jibril (جبريل)
Al-Ahmar (الاحمر; The Red One)
- Day: Tuesday
- Planet: Mars
- Angel: Samsama'il (سمسمائيل)
Barqan (بورقان; Two Thunders)
- Day: Wednesday
- Planet: Mercury
- Angel: Mikail (ميكائيل‎)
Šamhureš (شمهورش)
- Day: Thursday
- Planet: Jupiter
- Angel: Sarfya'il (صرفيائيل)
Zawba'ah (زوبعة; Cyclone)
- Day: Friday
- Planet: Venus
- Angel: 'Anya'il (عنيائيل)
Maymun (ميمون; Prosperous)
- Day: Saturday
- Planet: Saturn
- Angel: Kasfa'il (كسفيائيل)

Each of these jinn kings has many tribes of jinn subjects to his rule. All the above given names are Arabic -- except for Shamhurish, whose origin is unclear. Shamhurish is considered by some accounts to have been a jinn companion of the Prophet, and some believe he died long ago -- in the early eighteenth century -- and has been replaced by Mutawakkil. 'Abu Murrah' (Father of Bitterness) is a common alias for Iblis. 'Abu al-Harith' (Father of Plowman) is, for reasons lost in antiquity, an old Arabic term for African lion.

Four of the seven jinn kings qualified as 'archdemons', or leaders of infernal hosts: Mudhib, Maimun, Barqan and al-Ahmar. Each of the four archdemons had for his deputy an ifrit, an evil jinni more powerful than a run-of-the-mill shaitan or devil. Mudhib had the ifrit Damriat (or Tamriat), Maimun had Man'iq (or San'iq), Barqan had Wahdelbadj (or Wahdeliadj) and al-Ahmar had Sughal.

Typology of jnun and Parts of the Body Attacked
Name of jinn	Part of body attacked
Al-ahmar (red)	Head, uterus
Barqan	Back
Shamharush	Belly
Murra	Pelvis
Mimun	Feet
Al-abayad (white)	Whole body

Western

The Seven Kings of the Air

Heptameron

Varcan
Arcan
Samax
Mediat
Suth
Sarabotes
Maymon

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 Magicians read in their books about these kings, whose names vary depending on the source. According to one version, they were: [[Mudhhib]] ("gilder"), [[Merra]], [[al-Ahmar]] ("the red"), [[Borqan]] ("the gleaming"), [[Semhuresh]], [[al-Abyad]] ("the white") and [[Mimun]] ("lucky").
-* [[Al-Mazhab]] (The Golden One)- Sunday - Sun or Shamsh
+*'''[[Al-Madhab]]''' (المذهب; The Golden One)
+**Day: Monday
-* [[Al-Abyad]] (The White One)- Monday - Moon or Kamer
+**Planet: The Sun
-* [[Al-Ahmar]] (The Red One)- Tuesday - Mars or al-Marih
+**Angel: Ruqya'il (روقيائيل)
-* [[Barkan]] (Two Thunders)- Wednesday - Mercur or Utarid
+*'''[[Al-Abyad]]''' (الابيض; The White One)
-* [[Šamhureš]] or Shamhuresh (N/A)- Thursday - Jupiter or al-Mushtari
+**Day: The Moon
-* [[Zawba'a]] (Cyclone)- Friday - Venus or al-Zahra
+**Planet: Monday
-* [[Meymoon]] (Prosperous) - Saturday - Saturn or Zuhal
+**Angel: Jibril (جبريل)
+*'''[[Al-Ahmar]]''' (الاحمر; The Red One)
+**Day: Tuesday
+**Planet: Mars
+**Angel: Samsama'il (سمسمائيل)
+*'''[[Barqan]]''' (بورقان; Two Thunders)
+**Day: Wednesday
+**Planet: Mercury
+**Angel: Mikail (ميكائيل‎)
+*'''[[Šamhureš]]''' (شمهورش)
+**Day: Thursday
+**Planet: Jupiter
+**Angel: Sarfya'il (صرفيائيل)
+*'''[[Zawba'ah]]''' (زوبعة; Cyclone)
+**Day: Friday
+**Planet: Venus
+**Angel: 'Anya'il (عنيائيل)
+*'''[[Maymun]]''' (ميمون; Prosperous)
+**Day: Saturday
+**Planet: Saturn
+**Angel: Kasfa'il (كسفيائيل)
 Each of these jinn kings has many tribes of jinn subjects to his rule. All the above given names are Arabic -- except for Shamhurish, whose origin is unclear. Shamhurish is considered by some accounts to have been a jinn companion of the Prophet, and some believe he died long ago -- in the early eighteenth century -- and has been replaced by [[Mutawakkil]]. 'Abu Murrah' (Father of Bitterness) is a common alias for [[Iblis]]. 'Abu al-Harith' (Father of Plowman) is, for reasons lost in antiquity, an old Arabic term for African lion.
+Four of the seven jinn kings qualified as 'archdemons', or leaders of infernal hosts: Mudhib, Maimun, Barqan and al-Ahmar. Each of the four archdemons had for his deputy an [[ifrit]], an evil jinni more powerful than a run-of-the-mill [[shaitan]] or devil. Mudhib had the ifrit [[Damriat]] (or Tamriat), Maimun had [[Man'iq]] (or San'iq), Barqan had [[Wahdelbadj]] (or Wahdeliadj) and al-Ahmar had [[Sughal]].
-[[Al-Qarinah]] (sometimes called al-Tabi'ah) and Umm al-Subian are well-known demons whose names are also often found on talismans. Al-Ahmar is sometimes called Abu al-Tawabi', or father of the ''[[qarins]]'', the male versions of al-Qarinah.
-Four of the seven jinn kings qualified as 'archdemons', or leaders of infernal hosts: Mudhib, Maimun, Barqan and al-Ahmar. Each of the four archdemons had for his deputy an [[ifrit]], an evil jinn more powerful than a run-of-the-mill [[shaitan]] or devil. Mudhib had the ifrit [[Damriat]] (or Tamriat), Maimun had [[Man'iq]] (or San'iq), Barqan had [[Wahdelbadj]] (or Wahdeliadj) and al-Ahmar had [[Sughal]]. None of these ifrits' names has appeared on a talisman, according to Palestinian folklorist Tewfik Canaan, who published important writings ont he translation of Arabic talismans in 1937-1938.
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