October 23, 2026

Demon lovers

Names of [books about] people who fell in love with jinns, and jinns who fell in love with people:

       The Book of Da‘d and al-Rabab
       The Book of Rifa‘a al-‘Absi and "Sugar"
       The Book of Sa‘sa‘ and Qam‘
       The Book of Na‘im ibn Darim, Rahima, and the
           Demon of the Archway
       The Book of al-Aghlab and al-Rabab
       The Book of al-Dirgham, Jawdhar, and Quss
       The Book of ‘Amr and Duqanus
       The Book of al-Shammakh and Rama‘
       The Book of the Wily Khazraji and Asma
       The Book of Hisn ibn al-Nabhan and the Jinness
       The Book of al-Dalfa’, her Sisters, and the Jinn
       The Book of Da‘d al-Fazariyya, the Jinn, and ‘Amr
       The Book of ‘Umar ibn Sufyan al-Sulami and the Jinness
       The Book of ‘Amr ibn Makshuh and the Jinness
       The Book of Rabi‘a ibn Qidam and the Jinness
       The Book of Sa‘d ibn ‘Umayr and al-Nawwar

Muhammad ibn Ishaq said: Yarns and tales of fancy were much in demand during the heyday of the Abbasid caliphs, particularly al-Muqtadir's era (908–929 CE). The stationers produced falsehood [after falsehood]. Especially prolific was a guy called Ibn Dallan, by name Ahmad ibn Muhammad, and Ibn al-‘Attar was the byname of another. There were a bunch of them.

Muhammad ibn Ishaq (ibn) al-Nadim, Fihrist VIII.1. (Ibid: 1, 2)