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This trope can be a form of [[Cultural Blending]], as the "Islamic world" was home to various different cultures and languages, such as Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and many others.
 
A popular trope for this setting is [[Genie in Aa Bottle]], traditionally a [[Literal Genie]]. [[Flying Carpet|Flying Carpets]] are popular too. The look and feel of a [[Bazaar of the Bizarre]] often draws heavily on this period as well. Expect at least one reference to the "sands of time."
 
In fiction set in modern times, the same region inevitably becomes [[Qurac]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (Film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]''
* The Sultan's court in [[Terry Gilliam (Creator)|Terry Gilliam]]'s ''The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen''.
** The last three examples are actually set in the 18-19 century Ottoman Empire. Though it was usually depicted in Western media using this trope, anyway.
* Pretty much any film about [[Sinbad the Sailor]] will at least start out here, even though it'll wind up on some uncharted island full of Harryhausen critters.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[One Thousand and OneArabian Nights (Literature)|One Thousand and One Nights]]'' a.k.a. ''The Arabian Nights''. The single most important [[Trope Maker]].
* ''[[The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio]]''
* Klatch on the [[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]] is [[Arabian Nights Days]] in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'', the first book Klatchians play a major part in, but by the time ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Jingo|Jingo]]'' rolls around it's more of a late-19th/early-20th-century [[Lawrence of Arabia]] style Middle East, with a few ''[[Arabian Nights (Literature)|Arabian Nights]]'' elements left in.
* Edward Said devoted his ''Orientalism'' to debunking this sort of myths.
** Or, more precisely, pointing out how the pervasiveness of this sort of myth prevented Europeans from having any sort of perspective on what the Middle East was, and is, ''actually'' like.
* ''[[Castle in The Air (Literature)|Castle in Thethe Air]]'', which bears the same relationship to the ''Arabian Nights'' as its predecessor ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (Literaturenovel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' does to Western fairy tales.
* William Beckford's ''Vathek'' mixes this with [[Gothic Horror]].
* [[Andrei Belyanin]]'s ''The Thief of Baghdad'' novel has a modern-day Russian man end up in this trope thanks to a genie and [[Omar Khayyam]]. Suffering from magic-related [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|amnesia]], the protagonist learns the trade of thievery from Omar and embarks on the task of ending the rule of the evil Emir of Baghdad. On the way, he encounters Nasreddin, the Emir's guards, the Emir's entire harem (who are quite happy to see him), and... [[If Jesus, Then Aliens|aliens]] (because, why not?). The framing device is the protagonist telling this story to the author of the book, making his safe return a foregone conclusion. The sequel, ''The Shamer of Shaitan'' has the protagonist being sent back to Arabia (with his memories intact, this time) to take on [[The Devil|Shaitan]] himself.
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== [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (Manga)|Magi Labyrinth of Magic]]'' draws inspiration from [[Arabian Nights]], but with more [[Shonen Demographic|shonen]] and fantasy elements.
 
== [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPGs]] ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The ''Arabian Nights'' expansion of ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'' (actually inspired by the above ''Sandman'' example)
* The ''Al-Qadim'' campaign setting for ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''.
* Araby in [[Warhammer]] fits most of works.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Prince of Persia (Video Game)|Prince of Persia]]''
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Videovideo Gamegame)|Sonic ]][[Sonic Storybook Series|and the Secret Rings]]'' (''very'' loosely)
* The ''Treasures of Aht Urhgan'' expansion of ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'', complete with an evil Grand Vizier who heads the mysterious, veiled Immortals.
* ''[[Quest for Glory II]]''
* In ''[[Monster World IV]]'', the whole world is a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|fantasy version]] of this.
* [[Doki Doki Panic (Video Game)|Doki Doki Panic]] was largely based around this trope. As a result some elements, such as the flying carpets, are also in [[Super Mario Bros 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 2]].
** [[Mario Kart]] 7 has a track based on the above called Shy Guy Bazaar, complete with [[Super Mario Bros 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 2]] references. It fits this trope perfectly.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Sequin Land]], the setting of the ''[[Shantae]]'' games.
* Arabian Night from [[Wario Land]] 4.
* The Gerudo from [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda series]] seem to be ''very loosely'' based off of this trope, where the harem girls ''are'' thieves. Also, their king, Ganondorf happens to be the main antagonist in the series, and he happens to be skilled with sorcery.
* The Alin from ''[[Rise of Legends]]'' are based on this trope. Their floating cities are located in a vast desert, and their lands are full of magical creatures made up of fire and glass. There are, of course, genies. Interestingly, the Alin are on the verge of being overrun by the so-called Dark Alin, creatures born of magic fueled by {{spoiler|an alien artifact}}. The intro film shows Alin forces besieging a Vinci city in a clear case of [[Magic Versus Technology]]. This never happens in the game, however. The other [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart Cultures]] in the game are the Vinci (Renaissance-era Italy fueled by [[Leonardo Dada Vinci|Leonardo]]'s [[Steampunk]] and [[Clock Punk]] inventions) and the Cuotl (a Mayincatec culture using technology given by their [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]] masters).
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', though not some other versions of ''Aladdin''. The original story is nominally set in China, but China in Arabic writings of the time refers to anything east of Persia, which means the original Aladdin is most likely set in Northern India or Pakistan or Central Asia, as it's nothing like the actual China of the time. It was probably written by someone, [[Oral Tradition|and then passed down by many]], [[Did Not Do the Research|who had never actually been to any of the above places]].
* ''[[The Thief and The Cobbler (Animation)|The Thief and Thethe Cobbler]]''
* ''[[Scooby -Doo (Animationanimation)|Scooby Doo]]'s Arabian Nights''
 
== Real Life ==
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