Ifrit

Djinn

The class of supernatural beings created from smokeless fire in Islamic cosmology — a parallel civilization to humanity, capable of belief or unbelief, with their own prophets, society, and judgment before God.

Jann

The weakest class of djinn in Islamic tradition, associated with desert winds and taking the form of snakes or whirlwinds, dwelling in empty wilderness and posing little threat to those who know the proper invocations.

Shaitan

A class of corrupted djinn who follow Iblis and dedicate themselves to leading humans astray — distinct from Iblis himself, the Shayatin are a species of evil djinn who whisper doubts and temptations into the minds of the living.

Sila

The master shapeshifters among the djinn — female trickster beings of great power who can assume any form with perfect fidelity and are regarded as the most treacherous class because their disguises are impossible to detect.

Nasnas

A half-human djinn creature of Arab folklore — possessing only half a face, one arm, one leg, and half a torso — descended from the union of a shaitan and a human, moving by leaping and highly dangerous to encounter.

Marid

The most powerful class of jinn in Islamic tradition — beings of the sea, associated with the deep ocean, storms, and the granting of wishes at terrible cost. The classic genie of the Arabian Nights.

Agrasen Ki Baoli

A 14th-century stepwell in central Delhi, built during the Tughlaq or Lodi period. Local accounts name a djinn in the lower chambers, and legend holds that the black water that once filled the well compelled anyone who looked into it to leap to their death.

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