The Satanic Verses
The Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie
Characters in The Satanic Verses
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Gibreel Farishta
A Bollywood star who survives the fall and takes on the aura of an archangel, tormented by prophetic dreams.
Saladin Chamcha
An anglicized voice actor who survives the fall transformed into a devil-like figure.
Supporting characters
Mahound
The Messenger of Gibreel's dream chapters, a prophet-figure who founds a new faith in the desert city of Jahilia.
Allie Cone
An English mountaineer and Gibreel Farishta's former love.
S. S. Sisodia
A film producer who proposes a plan to revive Gibreel's career.
Ayesha (The Satanic Verses)
A village girl at the centre of one of Gibreel's dream sequences.