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Translation, 



The Destruction of the Jinni* 



In order to convert the infidels dwelling in Maldive Island, and also 

 to remove the danger in that country (Hazrat Miran Sahib performed 

 the following miracle) : — 



Passing one day down the street, attended by a few Fakirs, (the 

 Shaikh) observed in a house the soldiers of the King of that country 

 and the inhabitants together going to bind a maiden with ropes, and 

 the mother of the girl sad of heart crying piteously in her distress. 

 Seeing this, Hazrat called to those persons, "What meaneth this?" 

 They replied, "In this country there is a monstrous Jinni-f who once 



* For the legendary account of the conversion of the Maldive Islanders 

 to Muhammadanisni by Abu'l Barakat, the JBarbar, see references under 

 % ante p. 127. 



f The Muslims in general believe in three different species of created 

 intelligent beings, viz : — Angels (MdldikaK) who are created of light; Genii 

 (Jinn), who are created of fire ; and men (Ins), created of earth. Some 

 hold that the Devils (Shaitdns) are distinct from Angels and Jinn. The 

 species of Jinn (said to have been created some thousand years before 

 Adam) consists, according to tradition, of five orders: — 1. Jann ; 2. Jinn; 

 3. Shaiidn; 4. 'Ifrit; 5. Mdrid — the most powerful. There are good and 

 evil Genii. If good, they are exceedingly handsome: if evil, horribly 

 hideous. At pleasure they become invisible, or disappear in earth or air ; 

 and appear to mankind commonly in the shapes of serpents, dogs, cats, or 

 giants. Their chief abode is said to be in the mountains of Kaf, which 

 encirele the earth. (See the full Note 21, Lane's Arabian Nights, Vol. L, 

 pp. 26-33. 



