Characters in The Amulet of Samarkand

Nathaniel

A young magician's apprentice who summons the djinni Bartimaeus to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from Simon Lovelace.

Also in The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate

Bartimaeus

A sarcastic, ancient djinni summoned and bound into Nathaniel's service; one of the book's two narrative voices, his asides running in footnotes.

Also in The Ring of Solomon, The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate

Simon Lovelace

A formidable and ambitious magician who owns the Amulet and plans to seize control of the government.

Rupert Devereaux

The Prime Minister of the magicians' government.

Also in The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate

Jessica Whitwell

The Minister of Security, who interrogates Bartimaeus after the theft.

Also in Ptolemy's Gate

Stanley Hake

Faquarl

A djinni in Lovelace's service who pursues Bartimaeus after the theft.

Arthur Underwood

A mid-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Nathaniel's master.

Martha Underwood

Arthur Underwood's wife, who is kind to the boy apprenticed in her household.

Sholto Pinn

A magician who runs a curio shop and is drawn into the hunt for the Amulet.

Also in The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate

Kathleen "Kitty" Jones

A commoner with a natural resistance to magic, linked to the Resistance.

Also in The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate

Simkin

A foliot, a lesser spirit, among the spirits of the story.