Editing Djinn (section)

==Publication History==
Alongside their hated rivals, the [[Efreet]], djinn are the oldest of the four genie races in D&D metalore, having debuted in the original "white box" for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] back in 1974. They were converted to [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1e in the original [[Monster Manual]], and to BECMI in the Expert Set. [[Tracy Hickman]] mooted a caliph for them in [[I3-4-5: Desert of Desolation | I4: Oasis of the White Palm]].

AD&D 2e brought the djinn under the "genie" heading into the Monstrous Compendium Volume One, which was in 1993 reprinted for the Monstrous Manual. The noble djinn and their Great Caliph appeared for the [[Al-Qadim]] setting in the Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix. The djinn also appeared in this setting under the header "Genie of Zakhara" in the Land of Fate boxed set.

Like all genies, it appeared in the [[Monster Manual]] for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]].

In [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], however, it lost that spot, and wouldn't appear until the [[Monster Manual]] 2. The race's lore would be fleshed out in the [[Elemental Chaos]] [[splatbook]] "Secrets of the Plane Below".

It reappeared alongside its fellow [[genie]]s in the [[Monster Manual]] for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]].

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