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A tale of the ''[[Arabian Nights]]'' series and a [[Public Domain Character]] that has been adapted countless times, most recently popularised by [[Aladdin (Disney film)|the Disney version]] added to the [[Disney Animated Canon]] in 1992.
Like most folktales, '''''Aladdin''''' has undergone some major revisions, but the original story is as follows: Aladdin is a poor man from a Chinese city (Theoretically Chinese [[In Name Only]] -- the setting is completely Islamic, but not only has China Muslims, but there are historical regions and states with uncanny similarities). One day, an evil Maghreb sorcerer approaches him, claiming to be his father's brother. He gives Aladdin a ring and tricks him into entering a booby-trapped magic cave to retrieve [[MacGuffin|a fancy oil lamp]], but when Aladdin insists on getting out of the cave before handing over the lamp, the sorcerer flies into a rage and tosses him back down into the cave. Fortunately for Aladdin, the ring the sorcerer lent him is a [[Ring of Power|Magic Ring]] that, when rubbed, releases a [[Genie in a Bottle|Djinni]] who brings him home, along with the lamp. When he gets home, Aladdin's mother starts cleaning the lamp, releasing a far more powerful Djinni who grants Aladdin his every wish.
Aladdin wishes for riches and an enormous palace, which win him the hand of [[Everything's Better with Princesses|the Emperor's daughter]]. However, the sorcerer learns of Aladdin's good fortune and plots to steal the lamp. He tricks Aladdin's wife into trading an old lamp for a new one and, not knowing about the power of the lamp, she does. The sorcerer then wishes for Aladdin's palace, along with his wife, to be moved to Maghreb.
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* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: The setting isn't completely implausible because [[wikipedia:Islam in China|China does in fact have Muslims.]] Furthermore, the setting has been suggested to be Turkestan, which encompasses Central Asia and the modern Chinese province of Xinjiang, in which was the historical state known as the Kara-Khanid Khanate. The Khanate converted to Islam in 934 and became Arabic-ized including adopting various titles such as Sultan. In addition, they had a strong identification of China, with their monarchs referring to themselves as "Khan of China", "King of the East and China" and "Sultan of the East and China." Their early coins featured Chinese-style square holed coins with Arabic writing, much of the Khanate came to include former Tang dynasty territory such as Transoxiana and the western Tarim Basin, the monarchs formed marriage relations with China's Liao dynasty and the area around Kashgar, then a part of the Khanate, was referred to as "Lower China."
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