Aladdin

## **Aladdin of China**

Aladdin was an impoverished young ne'er-do-well, dwelling in "one of the cities of China". He was recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passed himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father, *Mustapha the tailor*, convincing Aladdin and his mother of his good will by pretending to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. The sorcerer's real motive was to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. After the sorcerer attempted to double-cross him, Aladdin found himself trapped in the cave. Aladdin is still wearing a magic ring the sorcerer had lent him. When he rubbed his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubbed the ring and a jinnī (or "genie") appeared who released him from the cave, allowing him to return to his mother while in possession of the lamp. When his mother tried to clean the lamp, so they can sell it to buy food for their supper, a second far more powerful genie appeared who was bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp.

With the aid of the genie of the lamp, Aladdin became rich and powerful and married Princess Badroulbadour, the daughter of a sultan(after magically foiling her marriage to the vizier's son). The genie built Aladdin and his bride a wonderful palace, far more magnificent than the sultan's.

The sorcerer heard of Aladdin's good fortune, and returned; he got his hands on the lamp by tricking Aladdin's wife (who was unaware of the lamp's importance) by offering to exchange "new lamps for old". He ordered the genie of the lamp to take the palace, along with all its contents, to his home in the Maghreb. Aladdin still had the magic ring and was able to summon the lesser genie. The genie of the ring could not directly undo any of the magic of the genie of the lamp, but he was able to transport Aladdin to the Maghreb where, with the help of the "woman's wiles" of the princess he recovered the lamp and slayed the sorcerer, returning the palace to its proper place.

The sorcerer's more powerful and evil brother plotted to destroy Aladdin for killing his brother by disguising himself as an old woman known for her healing powers. Badroulbadour fell for his disguise and commanded the "woman" to stay in her palace in case of any illnesses. Aladdin was warned of this danger by the genie of the lamp and slayed the imposter. Everyone lived happily ever after, Aladdin eventually succeeding to his father-in-law's throne.

## **Prince Achmed**

An African sorcerer conjured up a flying horse, which he showed to the Caliph. When the sorcerer refused to sell it for any amount of gold, the Caliph offered any treasure he had. The sorcerer chose Dinarsade, the Caliph's daughter, to her great distress. Prince Achmed, Dinarsade's brother, objected, but the sorcerer persuaded him to try out the horse. It carried the prince away, higher and higher into the sky, as he did not know how to control it. The Caliph had the sorcerer imprisoned.

When Achmed discovered how to make the horse descend, he found himself in a strange foreign land, a magical island called Wak Wak. He is greeted by a bevy of attractive maidens. When they began fighting for his attention, he flew away to a lake. There, he watched as Pari Banu, the beautiful ruler of the land of Wak Wak, arrived with her attendants to bathe. When they spotted him, they all flew away, except for Pari Banu, for Achmed had her magical flying feather costume. She flew on foot, but he captured her. He gained her trust when he returned her feathers. They fell in love. She warned him, however, that the demons of Wak Wak will try to kill him.

The sorcerer freed himself from his chains. Transforming himself into a bat, he seeked out Achmed. The prince chased the sorcerer (back in human form) and fell into a pit. While Achmed fought a giant snake, the sorcerer took Pari Banu to China and sold her to the Emperor. The sorcerer returned and pinned Achmed under a boulder on top of a mountain. However, the Witch of the Flaming Mountain noticed him and rescued Achmed. The sorcerer was her arch-enemy, so she helped Achmed rescue Pari Banu from the Emperor.

Then the demons of Wak Wak found the couple and, despite Achmed's fierce resistance, carried Pari Banu off. Achmed forced a captive demon to fly him to Wak Wak. However, the gates of Wak Wak were locked. He then slayed a monster who was attacking a boy named Aladdin.

Aladdin told of how he, a poor tailor, was recruited by the sorcerer to retrieve a magic lamp from a cave. When Aladdin returned to the cave entrance, the sorcerer demanded the lamp before letting him out. Aladdin refused, so the sorcerer sealed him in. Aladdin accidentally released one of the genies of the lamp and ordered it to take him home. He then courted and married Dinarsade. One night, Dinarsade, Aladdin's magnificent palace and the lamp disappeared. Blamed by the Caliph, Aladdin fled to avoid being executed. A storm at sea cast him ashore at Wak Wak. When he tried to pluck fruit from a "tree", it turned into a monster and grabbed him, but Achmed killed it.

Then the witch arrived. Since only the lamp can open the gates, she agreed to attack the sorcerer to get it. They engaged in a magical duel, each transforming into various creatures. After a while, they resumed their human forms and fling fireballs at each other. Finally, the witch slayed the sorcerer. With the lamp, they were able to enter Wak Wak, just in time to save Pari Banu from being thrown to her death. A fierce battle erupted. A demon stole the lamp, but the witch go it back. She summoned creatures from the lamp who defeated the demons. One hydra-like creature seized Pari Banu. When Achmed cut off one of its heads, two more grow back immediately, but the witch stopped this regeneration, allowing Achmed to kill it. A flying palace then settles to the ground. Inside, Aladdin found Dinarsade and Dinasade reunited with her brother. The two couples bid goodbye to the witch and fly home in the palace.

Both men lost their wives, Aladdin became poor again but hopeful he could find love. Achmed became selfish and full of himself from having so much wealth but no love, now ruler of the Kingdom of Pik-Zahr. The two began a rivalry, Achmed insulting Aladdin for his poverty and Aladdin insulting Achmed for his personality. Achmed attempted to seduce Princess Jasmine and for his trouble was attacked by her pet tiger Raj. He negotiated with Jaffar and expressed his anger at his mistreatment for being treated as if he was a "throwaway Joke". Returning to his kingdom and gathering his forces for war. He was disgraced as many of his own people had believed he received scars while having sex with the tiger, giving him the nickname "Tiger Fucker". The war was fortunately averted when Ali Baba's treasure was discovered and used to pay off the invasion from Pik-Zahr. Ironically, during the siege of Agrabah by the Adversary Forces led by Jaffar, Prince Achmed attempted to defend Jasmine and was killed by Jaffar.

## **Aladdin**

Aladdin ben Solomon was born as the Son of King Solomon and Queen Sheeba of the United Kingdom of Israel, hailing from the region of Alma Torran. Solomon became locked in battle with one of his own followers, Arba, who was a member of the magically inclined Homo Magi race. Sheeba possessed mystical abilities and when Aladdin was to be born she mystically held back his birth, wanting to be born in a better world, i.e. when the war was over and Aladdin would not be killed. Sheeba fought Arba in a magical duel but was killed by her, however, her child was spared due to an emergency C section birth. The child's safety was entrusted to the Djinn Ugo, who carried out Sheeba's last will and protected Aladdin by placing him within a mystical orb in which he would not age. King Solomon was also killed in the conflict in 931 B.C.E. Aladdin's brother, Rehoboam ben Solomon, became King of Israel, but unpopular and only the tribe of Judah accepted him. The rest chose to follow Jeroboam I ben Nebat. This led to Israel splitting into two countries, one Israel and one Judah. Solomon's death was followed by strange Dungeons appearing on Earth all over the world, believed to be a result of placing Aladdin in the magical orb causing a rip in the magical fabric. Aladdin would remain dormant until Ugo learned of the threat of Al-Thamen, a cult formed by Arba, and released Aladdin in the hopes he would be able to combat them.

Upon being freed, Aladdin would be protected by the Djinn Ugo, who had been imprisoned within a flute. Aladdin was also given a magic carpet he often wore as a turban. The first friend he ever made was a young boy named Ali Baba. The Wizard Shazam appeared to him and granted him the Wisdom of Solomon, believing it rightfully belonged to him(The Wizard had not trusted Rehoboam with this power). Shazam also allowed him to speak to the dead and see the life force of the Universe. With no memory of his origins, Aladdin traveled with Ali Baba to Balbad and the Sindria Kingdom, a Kingdom in India ruled by Sinbad. Aladdin learned magic from the court magician and General Yamraiha before choosing to attend Magnostadt's magical academy. Magnostadt was invaded by the Reim Empire, an attempted successor to the Roman Empire, based largely on the idea that Romulus winning the fight to find Rome led to Rome's fall and had Remus won, the empire he would have founded would have survived longer. Aladdin helped repel the Invaders.

Aladdin would resurface once more when the Kou Empire was attacked by the Reim Empire. in desperation, the City's leader, Matal Mogamett, summoned an army of dark Dhinns. Aladdin revealed that this help Al-Thamen get closer to summoning their dark god Ill Ilah, also known as Azathoth. The Kou Empire, the reim Empire and Sinbads confederation joined forced as the Alliance of the Seven Seas to stop the cult. Aladdin, having discovered his plan, revealed to the assembled the origins of humanity, Azathoth and the various magical species that once shared the Earth with humans. The Dark ritual conducted by Al-Thamen had originally been thwarted by King Solomon, who gave his magic to Ugo in order to prevent Azathoth from awakening. Aladdin discovered that his grandfather, David, has also repelled Azathoth's awakening but had become insane and possessed by dark magic. Al-Thamen was finally defeated. The battle took a lot out of Aladdin, causing him to lose his magical abilities and his memory.

Left on the streets in the city of Agrabah in Qurac, Aladdin, while still a boy, was adopted by Cassim and his wife. Cassim eventually vanished, leaving his adopted son and wife to join the 40 thieves. Aladdin's mother passed away, leaving him once more alone. Shortly after meeting the Princess Jasmine Al Rashid while she travelled in the market disguised, Aladdin was recruited by the Grand Vizier Jaffar to steal a magical lamp from a Cave. He was betrayed and sealed within the cave only for the Genie to release them. He then wished to become a Prince in order to romance Princess Jasmine. He would thwart the schemes of Jaffar. Caliph Harun Al Rashid would choose to disobey the law and make Jasmine the ruler. She therefore postponed her intended marriage. In the intervening time, Jasmine would be abducted and taken to the land of Wak Wak, where he was forced to join forces with his old rival Prince Achmed, who ended up there by pissing off a Sorcerer, who levitated the horse he was on into the sky until he became lost in the land. Together they rescued Jasmine, though Achmed was still mad and threatened to declare was for how he was treated by Jasmine and her Tiger as his subjects spread the false rumor he had sex with a Tiger. Aladdin would also once more defeat the schemes of Jaffar, this time killing him. Aladdin also reunited with his father Cassim and would help the hero Hercules(who's soul was not given to Hades), defeat the Lord of the Underworld when he formed an alliance with the spirit of Jaffar. Aladdin and Jasmine also once encountered a time displaced alien named Stitch, who briefly took Jasmine into space before returning her.

Haroun Al Rashid made a deal with Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams. he wished for the majesty of Agrabah to be preserved forever. Agrabah was transported to another dimension called Everrealm. The denizens of the land would often reenact their own stories and this happened to an extent to the inhabitants of Agrabah until the world was splintered and the now broken off world was visited by the trio of Sora, Donald and Goofy. While they were in a new realm, they were far from safe as Hades joined forces with the world conquering Adversary and resurrected Jaffar among other villains. A ritual was conducted to restore Aladdin's previously lost abilities, turning him into a figure known as the savior, only for Hades to grant Jaffar the scissors of fate, which were used to undo Aladdin's destiny of fulfilling the Savior's role. Jaffar would eventually be defeated and Aladdin and Jasmine reunited and sent back to their world.

### **In Popular Culture**

There is a cancelled script for an abandoned Animated Short called *Aladdin and his Wonderful lamp* created by Olive Oyl in the 1930s.
Perhaps the most well known is the Dingo Pictures animated Film. Despite not being created by "the Author", public perception of the tale grew so strong that it effectively replaced the original story. A Toon Counterpart of Aladdin was created as a result of this film. He is a frequent guest in *The House of Mouse* and enjoys stealing the bread served there, largely targeting villains to annoy them. Jaffar and Jasmine Toon counterparts also frequent the House.
Several Aladdins, created through the SCP Like Qualities of the Dingoland parks, inhabit the space within the Parks. They enjoy great wealth thanks to the popularity of Princess Jasmine as a Disney Princess and appear in both their Prince Ali clothing and their "Street Rat" clothing, which is mostly for the sake of Aladdin's own nostalgia.

### **Alternate Universe Versions**

The Aladdin of Earth 3 was the son of a tyrant King. He was intended to be an Anti-Christ but was sealed away before he could fulfill this purpose. He was awoken years later and his effort to trigger the Apocalypse averted, Aladdin himself being depowered. He was then adopted as a boy. He ended up staying much longer with his adoptive parents then they would have preferred, eventually his Antichrist personality began to manifest and he murdered his parents at age 33. He attempted to seduce Princess Jasmine but the Grand Vizier Jaffar defeated his schemes. After his defeat, he became a peddler, telling a falsified version of his own story in an attempt to sell a now useless Magic lamp. The story he told was the one from our own Universe. This Aladdin apparently died when he was stabbed in a fight over a piece of bread.

### **References**

Early life-Altered version of the events of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.
Rehoboam ben Solomon, Jeroboam I ben Nebat- Figures from 1 Kings
Shazam-A nod to Aladdin gaining the Wisdom of Solomon in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.
Qurac-Iraq analogue from DC Comics
Most Adult life-From Disney's Aladdin, and the Aladdin: The TV Series.
Caliph Harun Al Rashid- popularly used Caliph in most Arabian Night stories, including having the real life Jaffar serve under him.
Prince Achmed, Wak Wak-While a character in Disney's Aladdin, Prince Achmed is also from the Adventures of Prince Achmed, a 1926 animated film. Here somewhat similar events happened as he runs into Aladdin in that story.
Sex with a Tiger-running gag in the Musical parody *Twisted.*
Morpheus-A reference to a story in *The Sandman* in which Dream does as stated.
Everrealm-name comes from Sofia the First, but is basically a catch all alternate Universe Fairy Tale world as seen in *Once Upon a Time* and *Fables.*
Sora, Donald, Goofy-Obviously had to fit in a Kingdom Hearts reference, though this occurs some yet undetermined(or unrevealed) time in the future when the Fantasy Earth has been separated, as per the lore of Kingdom Hearts that the worlds used to be one.
Savior Aladdin-part of the plot of the appearance of Aladdin characters in *Once Upon a Time.*
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp-Cartoon being created by Olive Oyl in a 1939 Popeye Short of the same name. Is rejected, hence its cancelled status.
Dingo Pictures- Disney analogue from iCarly.
House of Mouse-From the show of the same name.
SCP like qualities-Not only an SCP Foundation not but also making the Disney Park analogue literally magical.
Earth 3 Aladdin-Taken from Star Kid's *Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier.* A Parody that gives Aladdin the Wicked treatment with Jaffar being the good guy and Aladdin being as depicted(sans Antichrist, which was put in as a twist on his *Magi* depiction), given the role reversal it made sense to set this version on Earth 3/The Mirror Universe.

## **Ahmad and Abu**

Ahmad, the naive sultan of Agrabah, was convinced by his evil Grand Vizier Jaffar to go out into the city disguised as a poor man to get to know his subjects (in the manner of his grandfather Harun al-Rashid). Jaffar then had Ahmad thrown into a dungeon, where he encountered the young thief Abu, who arranged their escape. They fled to Basra, where Ahmad met its Princess. Jaffar journeyed to Basra, for he too desired the Princess. Her father, the Sultan, was fascinated by the magical mechanical flying horse that Jaffar, a skilled sorcerer, offered; he agreed to the proposed marriage. Upon hearing this, the Princess, now deeply in love with Ahmad, ran away. Confronted by Ahmad, Jaffar magically blinded him and turns Abu into a dog; the spell could only be broken if Jaffar held the Princess in his arms.

The Princess was captured and sold in the slave market. She is bought secretly by Jaffar, but fell into a deep sleep from which he could not rouse her. Ahmad was tricked by Jaffar's servant Halima into awakening the Princess. Halima then lured her onto Jaffar's ship by telling her that there was a doctor aboard who could cure Ahmad's blindness. Jaffar informed the Princess about the spell, so she allowed herself to be embraced; Ahmad's sight is restored and Abu returned to human form. They pursued in a small boat, but Jaffar conjured up a storm that shipwrecks them.

The Princess persuaded Jaffar to return her to Basra; she implored her father not to force her into the marriage. Furious when the Sultan agreed, Jaffar presented him with another mechanical toy: the "Silver Maid", a many-armed dancing statue which stabbed the Sultan to death.

Abu awoke alone on a deserted beach and found a bottle. When he opened it, an enormous genie appeared. Embittered by his imprisonment, the genie informed Abu that he was going to kill him, but Abu tricked him back into the bottle. The genie then offered to grant Abu three wishes if he would let him out again. The hungry boy used his first wish to ask for sausages. When Abu demanded to know where Ahmad is, the genie flew Abu to the top of the highest mountain in the world, where inside a temple was an enormous statue with a large jewel, the All-Seeing Eye, set in its forehead. The genie told Abu that the Eye will show him the location of Ahmad. Abu fought off a giant spider while climbing the statue to steal the gem.

The genie then took Abu to Ahmad. When Ahmad asked to see the Princess, Abu had him gaze into the All-Seeing Eye, where he saw Jaffar arranging for the Princess to inhale the fragrance of the Blue Rose of Forgetfulness, which made her forget her love. In agony, Ahmad lashed out at Abu. During the ensuing argument, Abu unthinkingly wished Ahmad to Bagdad. The genie, freed after granting the last wish, abandoned Abu in the wilderness.

Ahmad appeared in Jaffar's palace and was quickly captured, but seeing him restore the Princess's memory. The furious usurper sentenced them both to death. Abu, unwilling to watch further, shattered the All-Seeing Eye and was transported to the "land of legend", where he was thanked by the Old King for freeing its inhabitants. As a reward, he was given a magic crossbow and was named the king's successor. To save Ahmad, however, Abu stole the king's magic flying carpet and rushes to Ahmad's rescue.

Abu's aerial arrival in Bagdad sparked a revolt against Jaffar. Abu killed the fleeing Jaffar with his crossbow, and Ahmad regained his kingdom and his love. However, when Abu heard Ahmad telling the people of his plan to send Abu to school to train to become his new Grand Vizier, Abu flew away on the carpet to find fun and adventure.