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Aladdin, the idle son of a poor tailor, is approached by a seemingly kind African magician who claims to be his uncle. The magician lures Aladdin away from the city under the pretense of showing him wonders, eventually tricking him into entering a hidden cave to retrieve a magical lamp. The magician instructs Aladdin to collect sticks while he performs a ritual to open the cave. Aladdin enters, finds the lamp, but refuses to hand it over until he is safely outside. Enraged, the magician seals the cave with Aladdin trapped inside. Trapped in darkness, Aladdin accidentally rubs the magic ring the magician gave him, summoning a genie who frees him. He returns home, where his mother, trying to clean the lamp to sell it, summons another, more powerful genie. This genie provides them with food and riches, allowing them to live comfortably for years. Aladdin, now wealthy, falls in love with the Sultan's daughter after a chance sighting. His mother presents the Sultan with magical fruits (actually precious stones) as a dowry. The Grand Vizier, who wants the Princess for his own son, persuades the Sultan to delay the marriage for three months. When the Vizier's son is to marry the Princess, Aladdin uses the lamp's genie to transport the bride and groom to his own home, making the Vizier's son sleep outside. The next night, the same event occurs, leading the Princess to confess to her father. The Vizier's son, terrified, wishes to be separated from the Princess. After the three months, Aladdin, through his mother, reminds the Sultan of his promise. The Sultan, now demanding an exorbitant dowry of forty basins of gold filled with jewels, is astonished when Aladdin, using the lamp, provides it immediately with forty black and forty white slaves. Aladdin then prepares himself richly and goes to the Sultan, who is impressed and agrees to the marriage. Aladdin, however, first builds a magnificent palace with the genie's help, featuring a hall with twenty-four jeweled windows. Aladdin marries the Princess and lives happily. The Sultan visits and admires the palace, noting the unfinished window. When Aladdin has his jewelers attempt to finish it and they fail, the genie completes it. Years later, the African magician, alive and seeking revenge, learns of Aladdin's success. He disguises himself and goes to Aladdin's palace, crying "New lamps for old." The Princess, unaware of the lamp's true value, exchanges the magic lamp for a new one. The magician uses the lamp to transport the palace and the Princess to Africa. The Sultan, furious, orders Aladdin's execution, but the crowd intervenes. Aladdin is given forty days to find his daughter and the palace. Wandering dejectedly, Aladdin rubs his ring, summoning its genie, who can only transport him to the Princess. He finds her in Africa, and she reveals that she unknowingly gave the lamp to the magician. Aladdin devises a plan: he disguises himself, returns to the Princess, and instructs her to invite the magician to dinner. While the magician is away to fetch wine from his country, Aladdin gives the Princess a powder to put in his cup. When the magician returns, they drink, and he dies. Aladdin retrieves the lamp, and the genie returns the palace and Princess to China. The Sultan rejoices, but the magician's brother, also a sorcerer, arrives seeking revenge. He murders a pious woman named Fatima, disguises himself as her, and enters the palace. He suggests to the Princess that a roc's egg should hang from the dome of the hall to make it perfect. When Aladdin asks the lamp's genie for a roc's egg, the genie reveals the impostor and warns Aladdin of his danger. Aladdin confronts the disguised magician, kills him, and they live in peace. Aladdin eventually succeeds the Sultan and reigns wisely.
