Alibaba Saluja

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**Alibaba Saluja** (アリババ・サルージャ *Aribaba Sarūja*) is one of the two main protagonists with Aladdin of the anime/manga series, *Magi*. He is the former third prince of the Kingdom of Balbadd, and the capturer of the djinn Amon. He fled his home after a terrible incident involving his friend and the death of his father, so he used to work as a trolley driver when he met Aladdin. He was also a leader of the Fog Troupe, and worked as the Prime Minister of the Kou Empire under Empress Kougyoku. Eventually, he ends up becoming a merchant and the leader of his own company, the Alibaba Trading Company.

## Personality

At first, Alibaba bends over backward for his boss and often follows the lead of others, but when push comes to shove, he acts on his own code to do the right thing. It could be seen that Alibaba only wanted to be friends with Aladdin for his mysterious power. However, he became true friends with him almost instantaneously and promised to go on an adventure with him after capturing the dungeon Amon.

Alibaba loves to go clubbing with Aladdin. Alibaba has the same type of preference for women just like Aladdin, beautiful and busty. However, unlike Aladdin, his luck with woman isn’t the best as he always messes up by asking for the most beautiful woman in the club, but gets an ugly looking muscular woman. Also, as stated by Aladdin, that he isn't popular and always has a look on his face while sucking his thumb when Aladdin is having fun with women his type.

Alibaba is someone who embraces people's feelings, no matter who or where they might be. He loves to help others and cunningly overcomes difficult situations. Though he could be reckless at times. In Balbadd, he charges into the palace without notifying anyone and tried to deal with the situation by himself.

Shinobu Ohtaka described Alibaba as positive and social.

## Story

### Dungeon Arc

Alibaba Saluja flees his home country, and resides in Qishan, working there for his Boss to make a living, but ultimately, his goal is to capture the dungeon of Amon in order to get rich and never work again. Although the citizens respect his work, they mock this dream of his and say that children shouldn’t dream too big.

Alibaba works as cart driver in Qishan. Aladdin, a young traveler boarded the caravan, along with Budel, a wealthy wine merchant, followed by a mother and her daughter, Mina. During the journey, Aladdin mistakenly insulted Budel, but was saved by Alibaba when the irate man repeatedly attempted to kick him, which the Alibaba took on himself and punished for him. He had a brief conversation with Aladdin, whom Alibaba informed him about his dreams of conquering a dungeon and being wealthy, which Aladdin ignored initially. When Alibaba told Aladdin about all the delicious food and lovely women he'd be getting, Budel interjected and insulted Alibaba's dream, telling him that only brown rats scavenging for food in the desert do this, and that he should stick to what he knows.

Suddenly, the cart was struck from beneath by a Desert Hyacinth. Everything including all the wine fell off, along with the others traveling besides them, who were thrown overboard. A little girl falls into the large pit, where the Hyacinth was. Alibaba reaches out to save the little girl but Budel, who was trying to save the wine, shoved him out of the path, causing the little girl to be eaten by the Desert Hyacinth. Budel assured the grieving mother of the little girl that if the young girl meant a lot to her, he would purchase her another one. Alibaba who could no longer hold himself punched Budel in the face. He runs in with Budel's wine to save the litte girl. Alibaba managed to get the Hyacinth drunk and almost saves the little girl, but the wine was not enough. Just as Alibaba starts to drown into the Hyacinth, Aladdin saves him with all of Budel's wine and throws it into the Hyacinth, getting the monster drunk enough; giving enough time for managing to get the girls to safety and flying off with Alibaba, to the Oasis of Qishan.

Aladdin and Alibaba meet a young slave girl, Morgiana who bumps into Aladdin and drops a bunch of lemons. The two notice that the girl is a slave. Aladdin then proceeds to show Alibaba the powers of Ugo by breaking the chains of Morgiana. As a result, Budel gets angry at Alibaba and threatens to make him a slave as well. Budel calls the cops, and Alibaba with Aladdin make a run for it.

Alibaba now with the mindset of becoming friends with Aladdin (in order to use his powers for the dungeon), takes him to go clubbing to convince him to go and capture the dungeon with him. While leaving they encounter Budel who asks for Alibaba to pay up his debts, and Alibaba respond that he will as soon as he gets the treasures of the dungeon. Budel proceeds to make fun of his dreams and says he must work for him for the rest of his life.

Alibaba has second thoughts before entering wanting to supply first. But a tired Aladdin falls on him, knocking both of them into the dungeon of Amon.

Through the Dungeon's door, Alibaba is transported into a tunnel. After a while, he is greeted by Aladdin. He is then forced to stand in the water as his clothes are dried. After being in the Dungeon for a long time, Alibaba realizes how much time he has wasted. He then decides to go through a tunnel, but suddenly, he gets scared and decides to change his mind. This decision has saved both of them. After realizing the number of doors and the symbol on the wall, Alibaba immediately thinks about the correct path and then comes across rainbow balls.

When Alibaba and his companions run away from the Slime, they get surrounded by the creature. Since Ugo copied the leg muscles of Alibaba, the latter's knife gets through them. With the help of Ugo's Heat Magic, Aladdin defeats the Slime monster once more.

### Magnostadt Arc

Alibaba enters the Reim Empire with all of his belongings he possessed stolen and his extremely hungry.

## Extras

Trivia

Birthplace
Balbadd

Speciality
Royal swordplay

Hobby
Commerce

Favourite food
Roasted whole papagoras birds

Least favourite food
Nothing

Favourite type
Whoever becomes his girlfriend

Least favourite type
Muscular no. 1 hostess

Way to spend days off
Reading Sinbad's advetures, writing his own

Worries
Balbadd

Weakness
Gains weight easily

Wonders about
Kouen Ren and what will happen to Balbadd

Most important possession
Cassim's piercing

Character song
One Step Further

### Volume 6

#### Extra paper

Alibaba is described as someone who "gets treated by a social drinker", as he is drinking with Cassim to celebrate.

## Appearance

LoM model sheetAlibaba is a young man. He has blonde hair and gold eyes, and stands around an average height for a male. His hair has a thick and short ahoge which he presumably inherited from his father, Rashid. In the beginning, he wore an Arabian outfit and a sash around his waist which was holding his knife. He had an earring on both ears and wore striped blue, black boots. He later wears a pair of red earrings on his left ear which have Cassim’s rukh and might have belonged to Cassim himself. After the fight with Garda, Alibaba’s rukh fused with Cassim’s and his personality changed slightly. One instance is when he attempted to smoke after the fight, but he couldn’t.

During the Reim Empire Arc where Alibaba went to the Reim Empire, he changed his outfit. He wore a dark blue tunic that slants on his left side along with burgundy striped black boots with scars from Garda’s bite on his left arm.

## Skills

 Alibaba's first sword | Sword
 Amol Saiqa | Amon* Amol Saiqa
* Amol Dherrsaiqa
* Amol Berka
* Amol Al-Bador Saiqa (Amol Sal Saiqa)
* **Amon's Sword**: Partial djinn equip which give Alibaba black arms a stronger sword.
* **Amon's Roaring Flame Sword**:
* **Amon's Wall**:
* **Flame Minister's Beheading Sword**:

## Trivia

* Alibaba's name, along with elements of his story and personality are based on the titular character of *Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves*, a story often incorporated into 1001 Nights. In the story, Ali Baba discovers a cave of treasures belonging to a band of thieves. He tells his brother Cassim, who gets trapped in the cave and killed by the thieves. The story then follows Cassim's former slave Morgiana as she uses her quick-wits to repeatedly save Ali Baba from the thieves hunting him down. The story ends with Morgiana marrying Ali Baba's son, though in some versions Ali marries her himself.
* Alibaba seems to like swimming.
* Originally, Alibaba was meant to be a quiet gladiator, but the idea was scrapped.

## References

1. ↑ AoS: Volume 10, Night 86, page 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Magi: Alf Layla wa Layla
3. ↑ Volume 32 omake paper.
4. ↑ Night 122.
5. ↑ Night 332, Page 8.
6. ↑ Night 56.
7. ↑ Ohtaka's Backstage Vol.289
8. ↑ Night 142.
9. ↑ Night 143.
10. ↑ Night 167.
11. ↑ Ohtaka's Backstage Vol.233.