Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , despite not being part of the original text; it was added by the Frenchman Antoine Galland, based on a folk tale that he heard from the Syrian Maronite storyteller Hanna Diyab.
Aladdin finds the wonderful lamp inside the cave. A c. 1898 illustration by Rene Bull.
The Sorcerer traps Aladdin in the magic cave.
An 1886 theatre poster advertising a production of the pantomime Aladdin
New Crowns for Old, a 19th-century British cartoon based on the Aladdin story (Disraeli as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin offering Queen Victoria an Imperial crown (of India) in exchange for a Royal one)
One Thousand and One Nights
One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition, which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment.
Cassim in the Cave by Maxfield Parrish (1909)
Scheherazade and Shahryar by Ferdinand Keller, 1880
A page from Kelileh va Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian version of the original ancient Indian Panchatantra – depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war.
The story of Princess Parizade and the Magic Tree by Maxfield Parrish, 1906
