Djinns

The Turk firmly believes that certain places, bare hill-sides especially, are haunted by unpleasant bogies which he calls Djinns and Afrits.

On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles

By the Arabs spirits were called Djinns (or genii).

The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley

But what they encounter are half-invisible (or poorly rendered … it isn't exactly clear), mind-controlling beasts known as the "Djinns," who, as one local savant thankfully explains, are "extremely dangerous creatures."

Variety.com 2010

And I'll try to elbow my way into any session featuring William Dalrymple Lit Fest co-director, impresario, and author of such award-winning best-sellers as City of Djinns and White Mughals.

Victoria Lautman: Palaces, Camels, Salman, and Oprah: If It's January, It Must be the Jaipur Literature Festival Victoria Lautman 2012

And I'll try to elbow my way into any session featuring William Dalrymple Lit Fest co-director, impresario, and author of such award-winning best-sellers as City of Djinns and White Mughals.

Victoria Lautman: Palaces, Camels, Salman, and Oprah: If It's January, It Must be the Jaipur Literature Festival Victoria Lautman 2012

Franck's "Les Djinns," inspired by the eponymous poem in "Les Orientales," describes the Djinns, a fearsome horde of vampires and dragons, filling the air with infernal shrieking as the North Wind drives them across the midnight sky.

Go East, Monsieur Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

Though the eerily spinning motives and demonic orchestral gestures in Franck's "Les Djinns" recall Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain," almost every phrase of Delage's "Four Hindu Songs" evokes Raga melodies, instrumental sonorities and articulation of authentic Indian music.

Go East, Monsieur Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

And I'll try to elbow my way into any session featuring William Dalrymple Lit Fest co-director, impresario, and author of such award-winning best-sellers as City of Djinns and White Mughals.

Victoria Lautman: Palaces, Camels, Salman, and Oprah: If It's January, It Must be the Jaipur Literature Festival Victoria Lautman 2012

And I'll try to elbow my way into any session featuring William Dalrymple Lit Fest co-director, impresario, and author of such award-winning best-sellers as City of Djinns and White Mughals.

Victoria Lautman: Palaces, Camels, Salman, and Oprah: If It's January, It Must be the Jaipur Literature Festival Victoria Lautman 2012

And I'll try to elbow my way into any session featuring William Dalrymple Lit Fest co-director, impresario, and author of such award-winning best-sellers as City of Djinns and White Mughals.

Victoria Lautman: Palaces, Camels, Salman, and Oprah: If It's January, It Must be the Jaipur Literature Festival Victoria Lautman 2012