User blog:Rgetar/5189189189189184001 — Marouf's number

I am not aware whether anyone calculated this number before me. I googled "5189189189189184001" and "5189189189189184000", and Google did not find anything.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Marouf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimeh, night 995:

''‘O creature of my Lord,’ asked Marouf, ‘who and what art thou?’ Quoth the other, ‘I am the servant of the ring, abiding in the service of him who possesseth it. Whatsoever he seeketh, that accomplish I unto him, and I have no excuse in that he biddeth me do; for that I am Sultan over two-and-seventy tribes of the Jinn, each two-and-seventy thousand in number, every one of whom ruleth over a thousand Marids, each Marid over a thousand Afrits, each Afrit over a thousand Satans and each Satan over a thousand Jinn: and they are all under my commandment and may not gainsay me. As for me, I am enspelled to this seal-ring and may not gainsay him who possesseth it. Now, behold, thou hast gotten possession of it and I am become thy servant; so ask what thou wilt, for I hearken to thy word and obey thy commandment; and if thou have need of me at any time, by land or by sea, rub the ring and thou wilt find me with thee.''

And from night 996:

‘What is thy name?’ asked Marouf, and the genie answered, ‘Aboussaadat.’

So, list of Marouf's servants:
 * 1 Aboussaadat
 * 72*72000 = 5184000 — tribes
 * 5184000*1000 = 5184000000 Marids
 * 5184000000*1000 = 5184000000000 Afrits
 * 5184000000000*1000 = 5184000000000000 Satans
 * 5184000000000000*1000 = 5184000000000000000 Jinns

Marouf's number is total number of his servants: 1 + 5184000 + 5184000000 + 5184000000000 + 5184000000000000 + 5184000000000000000 = 5189189189189184001 Marouf the Cobbler's servants.

Note: I did not count 800 Aboussaadat's sons (see also night 996):

''‘Who are these beautiful boys?’ asked Marouf, and the genie answered, ‘They are my sons. This affair merited not that I should call together the Marids for it, wherefore my sons have done thine occasion and are honoured by serving thee. So ask what thou wilt beside this.’ Quoth Marouf, ‘Canst thou bring me mules and chests and fill the chests with the treasure and load them on the mules?’ ‘Nothing easier,’ answered Aboussaadat and gave a great cry; whereupon his sons presented themselves before him, to the number of eight hundred, and he said to them, ‘Let some of you take the form of mules and others of muleteers and servants and handsome white slaves, the like of the least of whom is not found with any of the kings.’''

Because they are Aboussaadat's sons, not servants.