Note 17 — MA’ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE FATIMAH.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “’Ámir” lit. = one who inhabiteth, a peopler; here used in technical sense. As has been seen, ruins and impure places such as privies and Hammám-baths are the favourite homes of the Jinn. The fire-drake in the text was summoned by the Cobbler’s exclamation and even Marids at times do a kindly action.