I recommend getting him into the hall of fame as quickly as possible... then find a way to kill him with as few battle afflictions as possible... then use Ritual of Rebirth.
He returns as a Giant Mummy has all his magic and no one can steal him away.
If you want to play a really weird (and fun!) game, use a scripted mapfile to make every pretender a djinn. Then see what happens when someone forges the Lamp!
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