![]() Fortunately, Aladdin is still wearing a magic ring the sorcerer has lent him. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave. The sorcerer's real motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. He is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father Mustapha the tailor, convincing Aladdin and his mother of his good will by pretending to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. It is one of the tales in One Thousand and One Nights ("The Arabian Nights"), and one of the best known-though it was actually added to the collection in the 18th century by Frenchman Antoine Galland.Īladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well dwelling in "one of the cities of China". ![]() ![]() " Aladdin" (Arabic: علاء الدين, ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn), also known as " Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp" is a Middle Eastern folk tale. ![]()
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