jinni
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(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
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Later, she also runs into the Jinni, a being made of fire but who takes on human likeness and was transplanted from the Syrian desert to New York after being trapped in a flask for one thousand years.
In yet another tale Scheherazade narrates, " The Fisherman and the Jinni ", the "Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban " is narrated within it, and within that there are three more tales narrated.