albaytshaytan

[albaytshaytan]

Mulūk al-Arḍīya (Arabic: ملوك الأرضية "Earthly Kings")

Magicians read in their books about these kings, whose names vary depending on the source. According to one version, they were: Mudhhib ("gilder"), Merra, al-Ahmar ("the red"), Borqan ("the gleaming"), Semhuresh, al-Abyad ("the white") and Mimun ("lucky").

Al-Madhab (المذهب; The Golden One)

Day: Sunday

Planet: The Sun

Angel: Ruqya'il (روقيائيل); Raphael (רפאל)

Al-Abyad (الابيض; The White One)

Day: Monday

Planet: The Moon

Angel: Jibril (جبريل); Gabriel (גבריאל)

Al-Ahmar (الاحمر; The Red One)

Day: Tuesday

Planet: Mars

Angel: Samsama'il (سمسمائيل); Samael (סמאל)

Barqan (بورقان; Two Thunders)

Day: Wednesday

Planet: Mercury

Angel: Mikail (ميكائيل‎); Michael (מיכאל)

Šamhureš (شمهورش)

Day: Thursday

Planet: Jupiter

Angel: Sarfya'il (صرفيائيل); Zadkiel (צדקיאל)

Zawba'ah (زوبعة; Cyclone)

Day: Friday

Planet: Venus

Angel: 'Anya'il (عنيائيل); Anael (ענאל)

Maymun (ميمون; Prosperous/Lucky)

Day: Saturday

Planet: Saturn

Angel: Kasfa'il (كسفيائيل); Cassiel (קפציאל‎)

Each of these jinn kings has many tribes of jinn subjects to his rule. All the above given names are Arabic -- except for Shamhurish, whose origin is unclear. Shamhurish is considered by some accounts to have been a jinn companion of the Prophet, and some believe he died long ago -- in the early eighteenth century -- and has been replaced by Mutawakkil. 'Abu Murrah' (Father of Bitterness) is a common alias for Iblis. 'Abu al-Harith' (Father of Plowman) is, for reasons lost in antiquity, an old Arabic term for African lion.

Four of the seven jinn kings qualified as 'archdemons', or leaders of infernal hosts: Mudhib, Maimun, Barqan and al-Ahmar. Each of the four archdemons had for his deputy an ifrit, an evil jinni more powerful than a run-of-the-mill shaitan or devil. Mudhib had the ifrit Damriat (or Tamriat), Maimun had Man'iq (or San'iq), Barqan had Wahdelbadj (or Wahdeliadj) and al-Ahmar had Sughal.