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=== In the ''Kitāb al-Bulhān'' === [[File:Red Jinn-King of Tuesday.png|thumb|Al-Ahmar, the Red King of Tuesday. One of the Seven jinn-kings in the late 14th-century ''[[Book of Wonders]]''.]] In the ''[[Book of Wonders]]'' compiled in the 14th century by Abd al-Hasan al-Isfahani, there are illustrations of various supernatural beings (demons, ''ʿafārīt'',<ref>de Lafayette, Maximillien (2017). Early & contemporary spirit artists, psychic artists, and medium painters from 5000 BC to the present day economy. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-365-97802-9.</ref> jinn, the evil eye, devils, [[lilith]], [[Planetary intelligence|celestial spirits]], etc.).<ref name="Taheri, Alireza 2017">Taheri, Alireza. "Comparative Study of «The Book of Felicity» Paintings and Book of «Al-Bulhan» of Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi." Honar-Ha-Ye-Ziba: Honar-Ha-Ye-Tajassomi 22.1 (2017): 15-29.</ref><ref name=Carboni-2013>{{cite journal |last=Carboni |first=Stefano |date=2013 |title=The ''Book of Surprises'' (''Kitab al-Buhlan'') of the Bodleian Library |journal=The La Trobe Journal |volume=91 |pages=27–28}}</ref>{{rp|style=ama|p=27}} Each celestial spirit is referred to as a "King of the Jinn", represented alongside his spiritual helpers and alongside the corresponding [[talismanic object|talismanic symbols]].<ref name=Carboni-2013/>{{rp|style=ama|p=27}} For instance, the 'Red King of Tuesday' was depicted in the ''Book of Wonders'' as a sinister form astride a lion. In the same illustration, he holds a severed head and a sword, because the 'Red King of Tuesday' was aligned with [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], the [[god of war]].<ref name=Carboni-2013/>{{rp|style=ama|p=27}} Alongside that, there were illustrations of the 'Gold King' and the 'White King'.<ref name=Carboni-2013/>{{rp|style=ama|p=27}} Aside from the seven 'Kings of the Jinn', the ''Book of Wonders'' included an illustration of ''Huma'' (Arabic: حمى), or the 'Fever'. ''Huma'' was depicted as three-headed and as embracing the room around him, in order to capture someone and bring on a fever in them.<ref name=Carboni-2013/>{{rp|style=ama|p=28}}
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