  aladdin (, , ) is a middle eastern folk tale. it is one of the tales in the book of one thousand and one nights ("the arabian nights"), and one of the best known, although it was actually added to the collection in the 18th century by frenchman antoine galland (see sources and setting, below).payne, john. alaeddin and the enchanted lamp and other stories, (london 1901) gives details of galland's encounter with 'hanna' in 1709 and of the discovery in the bibliothÃ¨que nationale, paris of two arabic manuscripts containing aladdin and two more of the 'interpolated' tales. text of "alaeddin and the enchanted lamp" ==plot summary== 200px|thumb|left|the sorcerer traps aladdin in the magic cave. aladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well in a chinese town. 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 goodwill by apparently making arrangements to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. the sorcerer's real motive is to persuade young aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. after the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, aladdin finds himself trapped in the magic cave. fortunately, aladdin retains a magic ring lent to him by the sorcerer as protection. when he rubs his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubs the ring and a jinnÄ« (or "genie") appears who takes him home to his mother. aladdin is still carrying the lamp. when his mother tries to clean it, a second far more powerful genie appears who is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp. with the aid of the genie of the lamp, aladdin becomes rich and powerful and marries princess badroulbadour, the emperor's daughter (after magically foiling her marriage to the vizier's son). the genie builds aladdin a wonderful palace, a far more magnificent one than that of the emperor himself. the sorcerer returns and is able to get his hands on the lamp by tricking aladdin's wife (who is unaware of the lamp's importance) by offering to exchange "new lamps for old". he orders the genie of the lamp to take the pal
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