Aladdin

This article is about the original folk tale. For the animated Disney film, see Aladdin (1992 Disney film). For other uses, see Aladdin (disambiguation). "Magic lamp" redirects here; not to be confused with Magic lantern.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Aladdin finds the wonderful lamp inside the cave. A c. 1898 illustration by René Bull.
Folk tale
NameAladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 561 (Aladdin)
RegionMiddle East
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Aladdin (/əˈlædɪn/ ə-LAD-in; Arabic: علاء الدين, romanized: ʻAlāʼu d-Dīn/ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn, IPA: [ʕalaːʔ adˈdiːn], ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with One Thousand and One Nights (often known in English as The Arabian 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 storyteller Hanna Diyab.

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