medievalists.net/2026/10/demons-djinns-devils-medieval-islamic-world Demons, Djinns, and Devils of the Medieval Islamic World
A 14th-century Baghdad manuscript holds full-page paintings of demons and djinn that come with no text at all, only a title in large letters, so readers must already know the iconography to decode them. They sit alongside al-Qazwini's 13th-century guide to monsters, the King of Thursday and the Ghul.
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