Alibaba Saluja

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Anise (Mother)Ahbmad Saluja (Half-Brother)Sahbmad Saluja (Half-Brother)
Cassim (Adopted Brother)
Mariam (Adopted Sister)
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**Alibaba Saluja** (アリババ・サルージャ, *Aribaba Sarūja*) is one of the two main protagonists alongside Aladdin of the anime/manga series, *Magi*. When he first encountered Aladdin, he was working as a cart driver. He was formerly the third Prince of the Kingdom of Balbadd, and also a former leader of Fog Troupe. Alibaba is the capturer and the owner of the Djinn, Amon. He is a Dungeon Capturer who has successfully captured one Dungeon as well as Aladdin's King Vessel. He joined the Kou Empire and became a servant of Kouen Ren. He built and represented the Fanfan company for the Kou Empire before forming his own company, the Alibaba Trading Company.

## Origin

His mother (Anise) was a prostitute and a former maid of a king. In his childhood, he often spent time playing with Cassim and the children in the slum. His mother took in Cassim and Mariam after their father abandoned them. The happy days ended when Anise passed away. Alibaba found himself working odd jobs to survive while Cassim and his crew resorted to pillaging to the same. Out of the blue, Alibaba found out that he was the illegitimate son of the king when the King of Balbadd (Rashid Saluja) came to slums and explained to Alibaba that his mother was his maid. When Alibaba broke the news to Cassim, Cassim remarked that Alibaba and him were always different and that Alibaba never belong in the slums. Upon hearing Cassim's words, Alibaba punched Cassim. Afterwards, Alibaba left for the palace where he is educated in the way of the prince.

Years later, Alibaba snucked out of the palace where he visits the slums only to find out that it was completely gone. He spotted Cassim, and the two drink together while chatting. Cassim asked Alibaba how he got out, and Alibaba stated that he used tunnels just like in their childhood games. Getting back to the palace and feeling good about apologizing to Cassim, Alibaba was called to his father's side. The ill king asked Alibaba to become the new king because Ahbmad was a lazy person who easily depended on others and did other countries' bidding and that Alibaba was more of a capable king than Ahbmad.

## Creation

Alibaba Saluja is created by Shinobu Ohtaka who originally intended for Alibaba's design to be very muscular. The story was set in Rome with Alibaba being a gladiator. However, Shinobu changed her original design when she wanted a funnier story instead of an extremely serious story.

## Evolution

### Appearance

Alibaba is blonde, fair skin man with golden eyes. His attire composes of a long cloak that tied at the end, and he has a rope-like thing around his neck.

### Personality

Alibaba is a clever, kind, and hard working man who does waver when making big decisions. He loves to lend a hand to other openly and is positive and social. In two instances, he is unsure what do with Cassim who is bent on killing the Balbadd royalty to solve the problem, and he is not sure if he's a strong leader for the Fog Troupe after seeing how powerful Sinbad and Cassim are. He is quite modest and does not want people to call him, king.

### Relationships

* Aladdin - He and Aladdin are close friends who support each other. In battle, they fight well together and cover each others' back.
* Morgiana - He and Morgiana are also close friends. When Morgiana tries to help Alibaba with Cassim, Alibaba tells her that he needs to do things on his own. In the battle with Kassim, Alibaba learns that he is not alone and that Morgiana and his friends are there to help him.
* Cassim - He and Cassim are childhood friends. Alibaba had a great mother while Cassim's father was terrible, and after Cassim's father throws out Cassim, Alibaba's mother welcome both Cassim and Cassim's little sister into their family. Both Alibaba and Cassim work hard to support each other until Alibaba's mother died. Then, Balbadd King finds out that Alibaba is his son. The two start to drift apart because of these events.

## Powers & Abilities

***Sacred servant of decorum and austerity... I command thee and thine brethren. Use my magoi to lend tremendous power to my will! Show yourself, Amon!***
*Alibaba asking Amon for his powers (Episode 8 - Crunchyroll)*

Alibaba is an expert swordsman who has learned a Balbadd’s sword play at an early age, and he is skilled with the dagger. With Amon's powers, he can deal devastating fire attacks. He is able to forge his dagger and transform it into Amol Saika. However, he could not master full-body Djinn Equip until he reaches Laem Empire. It turns out that Alibaba's Magoi flow was messed up because he has another person's Rukh inside him, Cassim. In addition, he learns how to manipulate his magoi (Qi) and is able to harden his sword. He also gains hyper concentration, an ability where he can perceive time slower and dodge attacks.

2. ↑  Web Sunday Vol. 331 Dec 28, 2016