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It was with the assistance of demons called Jinns that he built the gorgeous city of Persepolis; while other evil spirits, rebelling, he conquered after a long and fierce struggle and immured in dark depths and caves of the sea.
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The meaning of them is clear, for the Jinns are the winds, derived plainly from the
Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland John Thackray Bunce 1863
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They are another type of beings known as Jinns we cannot see them, but they can see us. en Español
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When he refused to bow down before Adam he and his chiefs were eternally imprisoned but the other Jinns are allowed to range over earth as a security for man’s obedience.
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It is described as a narrow ridge of coralline, broken into pointed masses two to three hundred feet high, whose cliffs and hollows form breeding-places for wild pigeons: the unusually rugged appearance is explained by the fact that here the "Jinns" amuse themselves with hurling rocks at one another.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Jinns may have therefore become convenient scapegoats for humans.
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Jinns are also believed to be able to shape-shift and therefore can appear to humans as snakes, scorpions, cattle, donkeys, birds, and other animals.
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Jinns cannot see human beings clearly but only as blurred images.
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Jinns are believed to have been created before humans and appear to have undergone some form of evolution.
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Jinns are believed to be more numerous than humans on Earth.
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