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{{Book
| image        = Secret of the Djinn cover.jpg
| caption      = The cover of ''Secret of the Djinn''.
| code         = Book 39
| title        = Secret of the Djinn
| author       = [[Jean Rabe]]
| editor       = 
| publisher    = [[TSR, Inc.]]
| volume       = 
| type         = Novel
| languages    = English
| reprinted    = 
| cover_artist = [[Jeff Easley]]
| inter_artist = [[Terry Dykstra]]
| cartography  = 
| realm year   = [[1367 DR]]{{AQ-time}}
| setting      = [[Al-Qadim]]
| game_edition = 2
| edition1     = 
| binding1     = Paperback
| released1    = May 1, 1994
| pages1       = 188
| isbn10-1     = 1-56076-864-9
| isbn13-1     = 978-1-56076-864-7
| cite1        = 
| series       = [[Endless Quest]]<br />Second Series
| preceded_by  = ''Castle of the Undead''
| followed_by  = ''Siege of the Tower''
| source       = 
}}
'''''Secret of the Djinn''''' is a gamebook in the [[Endless Quest]] series that focused on the [[Al-Qadim]] setting.
{{Quote|Enter the [[Land of Fate]]!

You are a young pearl diver who is propelled into an amazing adventure when you uncork an old bottle you discover at the bottom of the sea.

You are whisked far from your home in [[Zakhara]], the Land of Fate, on a magical quest to free the king of the [[marid|sea djinn]]. There are many decisions you must make along the way. You are courageous and clever, but can you hope to overcome the dangers that lie before you? Riches and fame could be yours if you choose the correct path.}}

==Synopsis==
[[Jamil]], a humble seventeen-year-old [[pearl diver]] from [[Jumlat]], the City of Multitudes, was one of the better young divers working for [[Essaf the Hungry]]. One day, Jamil, his friend [[Ubar (person)|Ubar]], and their fellow pearl divers were taken to a new, deeper diving spot in search of rare pink and black [[pearl]]s. Upon his second descent, Jamil noticed a strange glitter in the water. Thinking it was the infamous sea beast that's been killing sails outside of [[Gana]], Jamil took out his [[knife]]. One stab and he could be famous, rich, killing the beast. To his disappointment, the glinting came from an old shipwreck; it was a magic bottle. Running out of air but taken over by curiosity, Jamil heard a female voice in his head, pleading for her freedom. As he uncorked to bottle, a beautiful green-skinned [[marid]] appeared to him and enveloped his head in an air bubble.<ref name="Sec-otD-p1">{{Cite book/Secret of the Djinn|1-11}}</ref>

Her name was [[Tala]], and she claimed to be a queen of the [[Citadel of Ten Thousand Pearls]], imprisoned sixty years prior by an aging [[sha'ir]] who pretended to be a friend. Her bottle was buried with a ship at the bottom of the [[Golden Gulf]], and her husband was imprisoned in a tower of [[Sikak]], the City of Coins. Tala asked for Jamil's help in freeing her beloved. She was not willing to accept "no" for an answer.<ref name="Sec-otD-p1" />

==Index==
{{IndexLink|Click here for page index}}
===Characters===
:{{P|[[Ahmad (pirate)]]|57-61}} • {{P|[[Djuhah]]|32-33,35-36}} • {{P|[[Essaf the Hungry]]|2,4-6,8,10,14,17,21,26-27,40,82}} • {{P|[[Jamil]]|1-8,10-21,23-33,35-78,80-83}} • {{P|[[Mamoon]]|37-42}} • {{P|[[Rashad al-Azzazi II]]|12-13,19,25,29-32,41-42,69-70}} • {{P|[[Sintar]]|57-59}} • {{P|[[Tala]]|8,10-12,15-19,26-27,62-64,68,74}} • {{P|[[Ubar (person)]]|2-3,6,10,17,26-27}}
::{{refonly}}
::<small>{{P|[[Fayiz]]|49}} • {{P|[[Hatim al-Nisr]]|35}} • {{P|[[Kila Odani]]|56}} • {{P|[[Rashad al-Azzazi I]]|29-31,64,74,76}}</small>

===Creatures===
:{{P|[[ape]]|45-46,48}} • {{P|[[crab]]|7}} • {{P|[[cyclops]]|43-48,53,63,67-68,81}} • {{P|[[dao]]|28-31,41,69-70}} • {{P|[[djinni]]|28-29,55,68-70,72,83}} • {{P|[[elephant]]|32-33,35-36,53-54,82-83}} • {{P|[[genie]]|1,10-15,19,21,25,28-32,36,74}} • {{P|[[gull]]|27}} • {{P|[[human]]|12,29,35-36,64}} • {{P|[[lamb]]|75}} • {{P|[[marid]]|8,10-11,15-18,21,26-29,31,37,60,62-64,68,71,74}} • {{P|[[oyster]]|3-4,6-7,27,63}} • {{P|[[parrot]]|66,71-72}} • {{P|[[queen angelfish]]|7}} • {{P|[[yikaria]]|37-42,64}} • {{P|[[zakharan roc]]|32-33,35,43,45-49,51,53-54,61-62,66,73,76-78,80-83}}
::{{refonly}}
::<small>{{P|[[camel]]|21}} • {{P|[[eagle]]|36}} • {{P|[[flea]]|46-48}} • {{P|[[gnome]]|18}}</small>

===Locations===
:{{P|[[Al-Fatir River]]|18}} • {{P|[[Al-Nuhas River]]|18,63}} • {{P|[[Bountiful Shoals]]|18,63}} • {{P|[[Golden Gulf]]|1,3,5,13,21,26,51,52,70-72}} • {{P|[[Jumlat]]|1-2,6,11,17-18,21,40,43,51,54,57,59,61,63,70-71}} • {{P|[[Mountains of Tears]]|18}} • {{P|[[Sheltered River]]|36,40}} • {{P|[[Sikak]]|11,16,18-19,36,63-64,73,76}} • {{P|[[Zakhara]]|1,4,8,17,36-37,51,54,63,70,82}}
::{{refonly}}
::<small>{{P|[[Burj]]|35}} • {{P|[[Citadel of Ten Thousand Pearls]]|11-13,15,24,26,29,38,64,71}} • {{P|[[Crowded Sea]]|15,44,49,72}} • {{P|[[Dakan]]|35}} • {{P|[[Foreigners' Sea]]|44}} • {{P|[[Gana]]|2,6}} • {{P|[[I'tiraf]]|35}}</small>

===Magic===
:{{P|''[[Cutlass of the Golden Gulf]]''|49-51}} • {{P|''[[flying carpet]]''|1,13-14,20,24-25,31-32,36-37,39-42,51,54,64-65}} • {{P|''[[genie prison]]''|8,11,28,55-56,68,74}}

===Occupations===
:{{P|[[pearl diver]]s|1,3-7,10-12,14,17,19,26,41,51,62,74}} • {{P|[[sha'ir]]|11-12,16,18-20,23-25,28-30,35,41,49-50,54,57,63-64,70,74,76,83}}

===Religion===
:{{P|[[Haku]]|17,20,28,32-33,36,52-53}}

===Miscellaneous===
:;Food & Drink
::{{P|[[cinnamon]]|54}} • {{P|[[coffee]]|54}} • {{P|[[date]]|72-73,75}} • {{P|[[jasmine (plant)]]|35,54}} • {{P|[[orange]]|54}} • {{P|[[vanilla]]|54}}
:;Materials
::{{P|[[brass]]|20}} • {{P|[[coral]]|20}} • {{P|[[ebony]]|60}} • {{P|[[emerald]]|20,31,69}} • {{P|[[gold]]|57,60,69}} • {{P|[[hemp]]|5}} • {{P|[[ivory]]|20}} • {{P|[[jacinth]]|20}} • {{P|[[linen]]|5,31,54,57,73,83}} • {{P|[[marble]]|30}} • {{P|[[pearl]]|1,3-7,10-12,20,28,60,63}} • {{P|[[ruby]]|20}} • {{P|[[sapphire]]|20,35,60}} • {{P|[[satin]]|69}} • {{P|[[silk]]|4,20,69}} • {{P|[[silver]]|69}} • {{P|[[topaz]]|20}} • {{P|[[velvet]]|69}}
::{{refonly}}
::<small>{{P|[[onyx]]|35}}</small>
:;Other
::{{P|[[frankincense]]|69-70}} • {{P|[[loincloth]]|5,45,72-73}} • {{P|[[palm]]|63,72,78}} • {{P|''[[Rahat's Dagger]]''|52,57-61}} • {{P|[[veil (facewear)]]|55}}
::{{refonly}}
::<small>{{P|''[[Al-Nisr]]''|44}} • {{P|[[fern]]|68}}</small>

==Appendix==
{{Incomplete}}
===Notes===
{{Notes}}
===Gallery===
<gallery>
Jamil and Tala.png|''[[Jamil]] the pearl diver and [[Tala]] of the [[Citadel of Ten Thousand Pearls]].''
Jamil and guardian.png|''Jamil facing a hoof-legged sentient construct of a [[sha'ir]]'s hoard.''
Djuhah Jamil and a dead roc.png|''[[Polymorph]]ed [[wizard]] [[Djuhah]], Jamil the [[pearl diver]] and a dead [[roc]].''
Jamil vs giant.png|''Jamil infiltrating a [[giant]]'s lair.''
Jamil and Kila Odani's niece .png|''Jamil and [[Kila Odani]]'s niece in [[Jumlat]].''
Jamil vs Sintar.png|''Jamil battling [[Sintar]], aboard [[Rahat's Dagger]].''
Sha'ir Rashad al-Azzazi II.png|''[[Sha'ir]] [[Rashad al-Azzazi II]] is not amused.''
</gallery>
===References===
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