wiktionary jinni A jinni or jinn is a supernatural creature which occupies a parallel world to that of mankind. Jinni may also refer to Jinni search engine See also The Fisherman and the Jinni Jinn disambiguation Djinn disambiguation Jini disambiguation ja ... more details
The Fisherman and the Jinni is the second top level story told by Shahrazad in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights . Synopsis There was an old, poor fisherman who cast his net four times a day and only four times. One day he went to the shore and cast his net. When he tried to pull it up, he found it to be heavy. When he dove in and pulled up the net, he found a dead donkey in it. Then he cast his net again and netted a pitcher full of dirt. Then he cast his net for a third time and netted shards of pottery and glass. On his fourth and final try, he called upon the name of God and cast his net. When he pulled it up he found a copper jar with a cap that had the seal of Solomon on it. The fisherman ... powerful genie . The fisherman was frightened, although initially the Jinni did not notice him. The Jinni thought that Solomon had come to kill him. When the fisherman told him that Solomon had been dead for many centuries, the Jinni was overjoyed and granted the fisherman a choice of the manner of his death. The Jinni explained that for the first hundred years of his imprisonment, he swore ..., the Jinni became enraged and swore to grant the person who freed him a choice of deaths. The fisherman pleaded for his life, but the Jinni would not concede. The fisherman decided to trick the Jinni. He asked the Jinni how he managed to fit into the bottle. The Jinni, eager to show off, shrank and placed ... back on and threatened to throw it back to the sea. The Jinni pleaded with the fisherman, who began to tell the story of The Wazir and the Sage Duban as an example of why the Jinni should have spared him. After the story, the Jinni pleaded for mercy, and swore to help him in return for being released. The fisherman accepted the bargain, and released the Jinni. The Jinni then led the fisherman to a pond with many exotic fish, and the fisherman caught four. Before disappearing, the Jinni told the fisherman ... Press External links wikisourcepar The Fisherman and the Jinni DEFAULTSORT Fisherman and the Jinni ... more details
Infobox company company name Jinni company logo File Jinni.com screenshot.png 250px company type Media ... Beta dissolved footnotes products Discovery service for movies , TV shows and short films Jinni is a search .... Description The Jinni service includes semantic search , ref name Semantic movie search engine Jinni cite web title Semantic movie search engine Jinni url http www.pandia.com sew 1495 jinni.html ... dystopia or like Beautiful Girls, funny. ref cite web title Jinni s Semantic Movie Search Now Works With Netflix url http mashable.com 2009 03 16 jinni netflix publisher Mashable accessdate 2009 03 16 ref Jinni also provides recommendations, according to a given user s favorites and ratings of movies and TV shows. ref cite web title Jinni s Genius Way to Recommend Movies url http mashable.com 2009 02 11 jinni publisher Mashable accessdate 2009 02 11 ref The recommendations are based on content and on the user s taste profile. ref cite web title Jinni Recommendation Service Like Pandora for Movies url http lifehacker.com 5152393 jinni recommendation service like pandora for movies publisher Lifehacker accessdate 2009 02 12 ref As well as discovery, the Jinni website includes Internet ..., e.g. via Hulu . Jinni also links to other sites that rent or sell DVDs or offer downloading or streaming ... movie search engine JinniJinni s technology involves a taxonomy created by film professionals ... analyze reviews and metadata . ref name ReadWriteWeb cite web title Jinni Wants to Be Pandora for Movies url http www.readwriteweb.com archives jinni pandora for movies.php publisher ReadWriteWeb accessdate 2009 01 22 ref Jinni s products include the website and APIs for TV operators and Internet content providers. ref name ReadWriteWeb Jinni s partners include SeaChange, ref cite web title SeaChange Incorporates Jinni s Search and Recommendation Engine into its VOD Platform url http www.itvt.com ... ITVT accessdate 2009 09 09 ref NDS, ref cite web title NDS Adds Jinni for Video Recommendations ... more details
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A jinn , anglicized as Genie, is a supernatural being in Islam Jinn may also refer to Jinn band , a Japanese band Qui Gon Jinn , a character in the Star Wars universe Al Jinn , the 72nd surah of the Qur an Jinn film Jinn film , an upcoming film from Exxodus Pictures See also Djinn disambiguation Genie disambiguation Jinni disambiguation disambig ... more details
knocked on the head with the jinni s lamp instead. Since she was raised in a comfortably middle class family before being orphaned, she treats the jinni with politeness and sympathy, eventually earning .... She schemes with the captain of her guard, Saladin, to assassinate Aladdin and use the jinni to seize ... by looking only for beggar girls, especially ones with too much money. Jinni the jinni of Aladdin ... and with her help, Jinni discovers he was once a ruthless landlord named Gindar who loved only his sister. When Aminah offers to go back in time and stop him from becoming a jinni, he declines, fearing ... on Aminah. After being rescued with a wish, Jinni sends him ahead to Tyre inside his special ... to Jinni, though she wants to have nothing to do with demons or magic. Aminah wishes for Barra to live ... s throat. Rules of Magic The jinni and magic objects have some peculiar effects, especially when used in ways they were not intended. When his magic is used for unselfish purposes, Jinni is often out ..., the Jinni has a set of peculiar rules he must follow. It is implied that there are more ... the lamp, or make wishes on behalf of the jinni. A jinni may transport a homogeneous group of people or things with a single wish. A jinni may not transport a mixed group of objects, but he may transport ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image EN Musa crater.jpg thumb right Voyager 2 view of Musa Crater Musa is a Impact crater crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn s moon Enceladus moon Enceladus . Musa was first seen in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 73.8 North Latitude , 6.5 West Longitude and is 22 kilometers across. A large, dome like structure occupies the interior of the crater, suggesting the crater has undergone significant viscous relaxation. From Voyager 2 images, it also appears that Musa is superimposed on an older crater that formed just to the south. Musa is named after a character from Arabian Nights . He goes to get the vessels that contain Jinni in City of Brass The City of Brass . DEFAULTSORT Musa Crater Category Impact craters on Enceladus Crater stub ... more details
Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image caption comic color background ff8080 character name Mogul of the Mystic Mountain real name Mogul species publisher Marvel Comics debut Thor Marvel Comics Thor 137 Feb 1967 creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby alliance color background c0c0ff alliances Ruler of Zanadu aliases powers teleportation, matter rearrangement and illusion casting Mogul of the Mystic Mountain is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe . Publication history Mogul of the Mystic Mountain first appeared in Thor Marvel Comics Thor 137 February 1967 , and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . The character subsequently appears in Thor 138 145 March October 1967 , and 474 May 1994 . Fictional character biography Mogul of the Mystic Mountain is the evil ruler of Zanadu the Mystic Mountain in Skornheim, a land in the Asgard Marvel Comics Asgardian dimension. Mogul commands a powerful Jinni Devil and other mystical beings. Mogul long ago conquered the land that was home to Hogun the Grim. Thousands perished in his coup and under his tyranny, as Mogul laid waste to the land. Hogun escaped with his fathers and brothers, who dedicated their lives to finding the Mystic Mountain, Mogul s home Hogun s relatives perished seeking the Mountain. When Hogun, alongside Thor Marvel Comics Thor , Fandral , and Volstagg , saw Mogul s handiwork, Hogun challenged him. Mogul appeared, taunting them with his sorcerous powers, but was carried off to the Mystic Mountain by his Jinni Devil before the warriors could attack him. Issue date April 2010 As the warriors approached Zanadu, Mogul watched them through his magical crystal, and sent the Jinni to fight them. The Jinni was no match for the quartet of gods, who stormed Zanadu. As they fought their way through Mogul s defenses, Mogul prepared to infect Hogun s remaining countrymen with a horrible plague. Before he could release the plague, the heroes broke into his throne room, and the thief Alibar cast a spell that unl ... more details
saved book title One Thousand and One Nights subtitle cover image Sultan Pardons Scheherazade.jpg cover color One Thousand and One Nights Overview One Thousand and One Nights New Arabian Nights Arabian Nights and Days Stories and characters List of stories within One Thousand and One Nights Stories List of One Thousand and One Nights characters Characters Scheherazade Abu Nuwas Aladdin Ali Baba Az Zahir caliph Al Mustazi Badoura Harun al Rashid Ja far ibn Yahya Ja far Khosrau II Khosrau Al Mustansir Mustensir Billah Old Man of the Sea Shirin Shirin the Armenian Sinbad the Sailor Widow Twankey The Fisherman and the Jinni Famous translators Antoine Galland Richard Francis Burton Edward William Lane J. C. Mardrus Joseph Charles Mardrus John Payne poet John Payne Gustav Weil Category Wikipedia books on mythology ... more details
Dragon Rider , a novel by Cornelia Funke , features a jinni named Asif who is huge, omnipotent, and has ... of Babylon , the second book of the series, Edwiges, a jinni dedicated to breaking casinos, makes note of the rule that no jinni shall be allowed to make money for him or herself. Jinn can only use ... the Eighth gains unwanted immortality when he opens a gift decanter and releases the female jinni ... and Spice is a jinni queen and one of the leaders of the jinn army. Alura s Wish , by Elizabeth ... been entered by a jinni which caused seizures. Comics In the anime and manga series Dragon Ball Z , the character List of supernatural beings in Dragon Ball Deities Mr. Popo is a jinni who protects Kami ... comic Fables Vertigo Fables , a jinni is released from a bottle by a malicious vizier who hopes ... in the Marvel Universe, children of a human and a female jinni. Comic fiction author Tom Holt titled ... of a jinni from the fifth dimension named Thunderbolt. Genies in the DCU are summoned by their masters ... like say you . Disgraced superhero Triumph comics Triumph was later manipulated by an evil jinni ... featured an evil jinni who is unleashed in a museum and hunts down the teens who let it out. The original ... called Curse of the Djini and Return of the Djini featured an evil jinni trapped in a skull who could read peoples mind s and make them state their wishes. If the jinni died, the wishes would be undone ... Should Never Be featured Dean Winchester Dean hunting a jinni who did not actually grant wishes. Instead, it caused the victim to enter a dream in which their greatest wish was granted meanwhile, the jinni ... s game show Nick Arcade , one of Mikey s enemies is a jinni who turns him into a chicken. The jinni can be found in the Forgotten Desert. The same jinni appears in the Video Zone in the level ... jinni. In Pee Wee s Playhouse , Jambi was a blue faced genie who lived in a jeweled box ... named Solmyr is a major protagonist in the series. In the 1980s video game Archon , the jinni is the champion ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2009 Sayf ibn dh Yazan Arabic was a Yemen i Himyarite king who lived between 516 and 574 CE, known for ending Aksum ite rule over Southern Arabia . Hisham Ibn Al Kalbi al Kalbi states that he was the son of dh Yazan, the son of fir, the son of Aslam bin Zayd. Sayf entered Arab folklore by means of his widely known biography Sirat Sayf ibn dh Yazan , where much fruit of imagination, including claiming his mother to be a jinni , has been blended with historical facts. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan Category Rulers of Yemen Category 6th century monarchs in the Middle East MEast hist stub yemen bio stub ar fa fr Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan ... more details
Orphan date July 2010 refimprove date July 2010 Prostho Plus is a science fiction novel by Piers Anthony , published in 1971. It is a humorous space opera which follows the adventures of a prosthodontics prosthodontist , Dr. Dillingham who is picked up by Extraterrestrial life in popular culture alien s who are in need of dental work. Complications develop when he makes a diplomatic blunder and it results in his being exiled to the Galactic University of Dentistry. He graduates and tackles the problems of several unusual clients. His assistant is also kidnapped to be with him. As well, he acquires the protection of a robot who will kill him in 80 years for awakening it ref See The Fisherman and the Jinni ref . References Reflist External links isfdb title id 12764 title Prostho Plus http www.amazon.com Prostho Plus Piers Anthony dp 0812531167 Average review 4.5 5 stars on Amazon.com Category 1971 novels Category Novels by Piers Anthony Category 1970s science fiction novels Category Comic science fiction novels 1970s sf novel stub ... more details
Infobox animanga Header name Appleseed XIII image File Appleseed XIII Artwork.jpg 230px caption A promotional graphic for the series. ja kanji XIII ja romaji Appurush do XIII genre Science fiction Infobox animanga Video type ona director Takayuki Hamana producer writer Junichi Fujisaku music studio Jinni s Animation Studios br Production I.G released 2011 first last runtime 22 minutes episodes 24 episode list Infobox animanga Footer nihongo Appleseed XIII XIII Appurush do XIII is an 2011 Japanese Computer animation CGI anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow s science fiction manga series Appleseed manga Appleseed . Composed of 24 episodes, the series is a retelling of the exploits of ES.W.A.T. member Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos. The series is produced by Jinni s Animation Studios in association with Production I.G and under the direction of Takayuki Hamana with Junichi Fujisaku as script supervisor. ref cite web url http www.animenewsnetwork.com news 2010 10 24 appleseed xiii cg anime series green lit for next spring title Appleseed XIII CG Anime Series Green Lit for Next Spring publisher Anime News Network date October 24, 2010 accessdate February 26, 2010 ref All 24 episodes will be compiled into two feature length films. ref cite web url http www.animenewsnetwork.com news 2010 10 26 appleseed xiii anime series image details released title Appleseed XIII Anime Series Image, Details Released publisher Anime News Network date October 26, 2010 accessdate February 26, 2010 ref Plot Characters nihongo Deunan Knute Dyunan Nattsu voiced by Maaya Sakamoto nihongo Briareos Hecatonchires Buriareosu Hekatonkeiresu voiced by Kouichi Yamadera Reception References reflist External links Official website http www.appleseed13.jp ann anime 12105 Appleseed Category Appleseed manga Category Anime of 2011 Category Anime films Category Anime ONAs Category Science fiction anime and manga ... more details
About the short story collection n dimensional space and n Space Infobox book name N Space title orig translator image Image Larry Niven N Space.gif 200px prefer 1st edition image caption author Larry Niven cover artist Jaye Zimet country United States language English language English series genre Science fiction short story collection publisher Tor Books release date 1990 media type Print Hardcover and Paperback pages 527 pp hardcover edition isbn 0 8125 1001 1 oclc 24426024 preceded by followed by N Space is a short story collection collection of short stories by United States American science fiction author Larry Niven released in 1990 in literature 1990 . Some of the stories are set in Niven s Known Space universe. Also included are various essays, articles and anecdotes by Niven and others, excerpts from some of his novels, and an introduction by Tom Clancy . Its sequel is Playgrounds of the Mind . Contents Introduction The Maker of Worlds by Tom Clancy On Niven by David Brin , Gregory Benford , Wendy All , John Hertz fan John Hertz , Steven Barnes , and Frederik Pohl Dramatis Personae Foreword Playgrounds for the Mind From World of Ptavvs Bordered in Black Convergent Series All the Myriad Ways From A Gift From Earth For a Foggy Night The Meddler Passerby Down in Flames From Ringworld The Fourth Profession Shall We Indulge in Rishathra ? with cartoons by William Rotsler Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex Inconstant Moon What Can You Say about Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? Cloak of Anarchy From Protector novel Protector The Hole Man Night on Mispec Moor Flare Time The Locusts with Steven Barnes From The Mote in God s Eye with Jerry Pournelle Building The Mote in God s Eye with Jerry Pournelle Brenda The Return of William Proxmire The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters Madness Has its Place Niven s Laws The Kiteman The Alien in Our Minds Space Bibliography of Larry Niven External links http www.larryniven.net LarryNiven.net Category 1990 books Category 1990 short ... more details
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riding a train, Ellis encounters Jinni Owens Judith Humphreys , a young woman who admires his poetry. Noticing her interest in him, Ellis asks for Jinni s address and sends her a letter. Soon the two ... with Jinni, Ellis encounters two hideously disfigured war veterans. Despite his sympathy for their plight, the soldiers accuse Ellis of cowardice for remaining a civilian. As he and Jinni depart ... more details
Image Pakistaner Rashtra Bhasha Bangla Na Urdu.JPG thumb Right 200px Cover page of Pakistaner Rashtra Bhasha Bangla Na Urdu? Pakistaner Rashtra Bhasha Bangla Na Urdu? Bengali language Bengali ? is a small book that published on September 15, 1947 by Bengali language movement pioneer Principal Abul Kashem on behalf of Tamaddun Majlish . Within one month of Pakistan s Independent by publishing this book, it demanded introduction of Bengali language Bengali as one of the state language of whole Pakistan. This book also strongly advocated for Bengali as the medium of education, court language and for its use in the offices in East Pakistan . ref Mukul, M.R. Aktar, Vhasa Andoloner jinni suchona kore chilan. Daily Bangla, March 10, 1993 ref About the Booklet Tamaddun Majlish was founded by Prof Abul Kashem , a teacher, Dept. of Physics, Dhaka University , along with some other teachers and students of Dhaka University on 1 September 1947. This organization published a booklet entitled Pakistaner Rashtra Bhasha Bangla Na Urdu? State Language of Pakistan Bengali or Urdu? on 15 September 1947. The booklet contained three articles contributed by Prof Qazi Motahar Hossain , an eminent litterateur and Professor of Dhaka University , Abul Mansur Ahmed , politician, litterateur and Editor, Daily Ittehad, Calcutta , and Prof Abul Kashem , the founder of Tamaddun Majlish . Prof Qazi Motahar Hossain in his article entitled Rastra Bhasha O Purba Pakistaner Bhasha Samasya, State language and the language problem of East Pakistan , while trying to remove apathy towards Bengali language Bengali from the minds of some people, pointed out that it was the Muslim rulers who gave liberal patronage to develop Bengali language and asserted that Bengali was very much a language of the Muslims too. Abul Mansur Ahmed in his article entitled Bangla Bhashai Hoibe Amader Rastra Bhasha Bengali must be made our state language dealt mainly on the economic importance of ... more details
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