"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (Arabic: علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale added to the One Thousand and One Nights in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland.
As one of the most familiar of the "Arabian Nights" tales, it has been widely retold and performed in many media, especially for children, for whom the more violent aspects of the story are often suppressed.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Cassim, Ali Baba's elder brother, in the cave by Maxfield Parrish (1909)
Folk tale
Folk taleNameAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
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Region- Arabia
ArabiaPublished in- The One Thousand and
ArabiaPublished in- The One Thousand and One Nights,
translated by Antoine Galland
In the original version, Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا ʿAlī Bābā) is a poor woodcutter who discovers the secret of a thieves' den, and enters with the magic phrase "Open Sesame".
The thieves try to kill Ali Baba, but Ali Baba's faithful slave-girl foils their plots. Ali Baba's son marries her and Ali Baba keeps the secret of the treasure.
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"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (Arabic: علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale added to the One Thousand and One Nights in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland.
As one of the most familiar of the "Arabian Nights" tales, it has been widely retold and performed in many media, especially for children, for whom the more violent aspects of the story are often suppressed.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Cassim, Ali Baba's elder brother, in the cave by Maxfield Parrish (1909)
Folk tale
Folk taleName Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Data
Region- Arabia
ArabiaPublished in- The One Thousand and
ArabiaPublished in- The One Thousand and One Nights,
translated by Antoine Galland
In the original version, Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا ʿAlī Bābā) is a poor woodcutter who discovers the secret of a thieves' den, and enters with the magic phrase "Open Sesame".
The thieves try to kill Ali Baba, but Ali Baba's faithful slave-girl foils their plots. Ali Baba's son marries her and Ali Baba keeps the secret of the treasure.