Dahish worked against Solomon but was captured by Al-Dimiryat, the king of the Jinn, and imprisoned and chained in the pillar by Solomon.ĭahish tells the group that they can find more Jinns in brass bottles in the sea of Al-Karkar, and that the City of Brass is nearby. Later, they encounter a black stone pillar, in which an Ifrit named Dahish, son of Al-A’amash, is imprisoned. The travellers do so, and the horseman turns to point the way to the City of Brass. On the horseman's lance is an inscription inviting travellers to rub the horseman's hand. On a hill, they find a horseman made of brass. They form a group and set off into the desert in order to try to find the City of Brass. Each time one was opened, a Jinn emerged, shouted to the heavens for forgiveness, and vanished, as they had been imprisoned in their bottles by Solomon and are still seeking forgiveness, not knowing he is dead.Īt the Caliph's request, Talib has his brother write to Musa bin Nusayr, the governor of Morocco. One man, Talib bin Sahl, tells the Caliph about how his grandfather once travelled to an island of Sikiliyah, where fishermen regularly caught copper bottles with the seal of Solomon. Solomon imprisoned and commanded Jinns and Marids with his ring. A Caliph, Abd al-Malik bin Marwan, of Damascus, is speaking with his Sultans, Kings and Grandees and their conversation turn to Solomon, who was lord over all kinds of beings.
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