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» https://medium.com/@miainsel2/what-does-the-holy-quran-mean-by-and-he-created-jinns-from-smokeless-fire-e8dcbe875feb

» Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp story: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57/57-h/57-h.htm

» The Jinn of Mehmed Siyah Qalam:https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/traveloscope/786-the-jinn-of-mehmed-siyah-qalam

» Haft Paikar vol. 1 Translation: https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.11967

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