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Zarbustibal is a fictitious magician mentioned in the Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud. Unlike many of the other magicians mentioned, Zarbustibal of Yemen is entirely fictional, as opposed to an alternate version of a real person, changed by the events of the Trilogy's alternate history. He is most notable for being, at one time, the djinni Bartimaeus' master. It is said in Ptolemy's Gate that he was extremely ugly and that spirits wishing to terrify others sometimes used his guise. It is also said in The Ring of Solomon that the Dismal Flame was refined by Zarbustibal and then became known as the Shriveling Fire.