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been a jinn companion of the Prophet, and some believe he died long ago -- in the early eighteenth century -- and has been replaced by Mutawakkil.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.
Name of jinn | Part of body attacked |
---|---|
Al-ahmar (red) | Head, uterus |
Barqan | Back |
Shamharush | Belly |
Murra | Pelvis |
Mimun | Feet |
Al-abayad (white) | Whole body |
Western[]
The Seven Kings of the Air
Picatrix (Latinized Ghayat al-Hakim by Maslama al-Majriti (c. 950-1007 CE))[]
- Barchia
- Bethel almoda
- Hamar benabis
- Zobaa marrach
- Fide arrach
- Samores maymon
- Aczabi
Heptameron by Pietro d'Abano (c. 1257-1316 CE)[]
- Varcan
- Arcan
- Samax
- Mediat
- Suth
- Sarabotes
- Maymon
Liber Juratus by Honorius of Thebes[]
- Batthan
- Harthan
- Iammax
- Habaa
- Formione
- Sarabocres
- Maymon
Ghent Manuscript[]
- Hamarth
- Maymon
- Samar
- Barchan
- Samhuris
- Saubaa
- Saday
Leipzig Codex "Salomonis Trismosini Cabala"[]
- N.N.
- Maynam
- Hamar
- Barchum
- Semhuse
- Sambor
- N.N.