Maymun

“What aileth his daughter?” asked one, and another answered “She is possessed of a spirit; for Maymun, son of Damdam, is madly in love with her; but, if this pious man knew the remedy, her cure would be as easy as could be.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

May Allah make great our reward and yours for our brother Maymun!

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

For five years, when the family lived in Fez, Maimonides feigned conversion and took the name Abu Imran Musa ibn Maymun.

The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

Hammam-baths inlaid with pearls and jewels and told him that which had befallen Maymun the Sworder, when he bore her off, and how he had slain himself; in fine, she related to him everything she had seen of wonders and marvels and that which she had beheld of all kinds and colours among the Jinn.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Meantime, I will devise me a device for getting at Tohfah and delivering her, what while he is busied with you in battle; and when my messenger cometh to thee and informeth thee that I have gotten possession of Tohfah and that she is with me, return thou upon Maymun forthwith and overthrow him and his hosts, and take him prisoner.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Dukhán, [FN#251] fled like an arrow and stinted not flying till he came to Maymun and found him fighting a sore fight with the Jinn.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Or, an Maymun be gone forth to do battle with the Jinns, we will storm his stronghold and take Tohfah and raze his palace and slay all therein.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

How frightful is this Maymun, with his monocular face!

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

So she flew off with her and alighted in the palace of her sister Shararah, whereupon she sent for her sisters Zalzalah and Wakhimah and acquainted them with the tidings, saying, "Know that Maymun hath snatched up Tohfah and flown off with her swiftlier than the blinding leven."

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Then they charged home upon Maymun's host and wiped them out to the last man; and when they came to Maymun, they found that he had slain himself and was even as we have said.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855