King Solomon's Ring

For the #RamadanReadathon at Twitter, I want to highlight some story collections that people might enjoy reading, featuring free full-text books online; here are all the books I've featured so far, including a 100-word story for each one too.

So, today's book is Ottoman Wonder Tales by Lucy M. Garnett. See details below, and here is a story from that collection:

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King Solomon's Ring

The Djinn Ashmedai tempted King Solomon. "Give me your ring, and I'll make you ruler of the world." Solomon gave him the ring.
"Fool!" shouted Ashmedai; he then hurled Solomon onto a distant mountain, and hurled the ring into a distant sea. Next, Ashmedai transformed into Solomon's double and ruled in his stead.
Solomon wandered in poverty; no one believed he was king. He finally reached the sea. A fisherman pitied the beggar and gave him a fish. Inside the fish was the ring!
Solomon returned to Jerusalem and with the ring's power exposed Ashmedai and reclaimed his throne.

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You can find a longer version of that story, and many other stories besides, in the online book, which is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.