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  • Cheheristani is a jinniyah, who is pursued by the King, under the form of a white doe; marries him, and becomes the mother of Balkis, the Queen of

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Anyway, as I my own brief explosion of brilliance had suggested would happen with my own tale, this sort of wish leads to all sorts of freebies, as the jinniyah is anxious to please her loved one in every possible way.

    May 31st, 2008 douglascohen 2008

  • This one is a tale about a scholar who summons a female jinn, or a jinniyah.

    May 31st, 2008 douglascohen 2008

  • At last he bastinadoes him, and throws him into prison, where a jinniyah takes pity on him, and confers unlimited power on him, which he enjoys for a week, and then dies, to the great grief of Harun.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • -- Cheheristani is a jinniyah, who is pursued by the King, under the form of a white doe; marries him, and becomes the mother of Balkis, the Queen of Sheba.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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