Zarbustibal is a fictitious magician mentioned in the Bartimaeus Trilogy

Bartimaeus Trilogy

Bartimaeus is a fantasy series by Jonathan Stroud consisting of a trilogy published from 2003 to 2005 and a prequel novel published in 2010. The titular character, Bartimaeus, is a five-thousand-year-old djinni, a spirit of approximately mid-level power...

by Jonathan Stroud

Jonathan Stroud

Jonathan Anthony Stroud is an author of fantasy books, mainly for children and young adults.-Biography:Born in 1970 in Bedford, England, Stroud began to write stories at a very young age. He grew up in St Albans where he enjoyed reading books, drawing pictures, and writing stories...

. Unlike many of the other magicians mentioned, Zarbustibal 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.