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{{Infobox folk tale
| Folk_Tale_Name = Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
| Image_Name = Aladdin-Crane-22.jpg
| Image_Caption = Aladdin saving his wife from the Evil Sorcerer
| Aarne-Thompson Grouping = ATU 561 (Aladdin)
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| Region = [[Middle East]]
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'''Aladdin''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|l|æ|d|ɪ|n}} {{respell|ə|LAD|in}}; {{langx|ar|علاء الدين|ʻAlāʼu d-Dīn/ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn}}, {{IPA|ar|ʕalaːʔ adˈdiːn|IPA}}, [[Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index|ATU 561, 'Aladdin']]) is a [[Middle-Eastern]] [[Oral literature|folk tale]]. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' (often known in [[English language|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]].<ref name="razzaque">Razzaque (2017)</ref>

==Sources==
{{Further|Hanna Diyab}}

Known along with [[Ali Baba]] as one of the "orphan tales", the story was not part of the original ''Nights'' collection and has no authentic Arabic textual source, but was incorporated into the book ''[[Les mille et une nuits]]'' by its [[French language|French]] translator, [[Antoine Galland]].<ref>Allen (2005) pp.280–</ref>

[[John Payne (poet)|John Payne]] quotes passages from Galland's unpublished diary recording Galland's encounter with a [[Maronites|Maronite]] storyteller from [[Aleppo]], [[Hanna Diyab]].<ref name="razzaque"/> According to Galland's diary, he met with Hanna, who had travelled from Aleppo to [[Paris]] with celebrated French traveller [[Paul Lucas (traveller)|Paul Lucas]], on March 25, 1709. Galland's diary further reports that his transcription of "Aladdin" for publication occurred in the winter of 1709–10. It was included in his volumes ix and x of the ''Nights'', published in 1710, without any mention or published acknowledgment of Hanna's contribution.

Payne also records the discovery in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|Bibliothèque Nationale]] in Paris of two [[Arabic language|Arabic manuscripts]] containing ''Aladdin'' (with two more of the "interpolated" tales). One was written by a Syrian Christian priest living in Paris, named [[Dionysios Shawish]], alias Dom Denis Chavis. The other is supposed to be a copy Mikhail Sabbagh made of a manuscript written in [[Baghdad]] in 1703. It was purchased by the Bibliothèque Nationale at the end of the nineteenth century.<ref name=Payne1>Payne (1901) pp. 13-15</ref> As part of his work on the first critical edition of the ''Nights'', [[Iraq]]'s [[Muhsin Mahdi]] has shown<ref>Irwin (1994) pp. 57-58</ref> that both these manuscripts are "back-translations" of Galland's text into Arabic.<ref name=Mahdi1>Mahdi (1994) pp. 51-71</ref><ref>Dobie (2008) p.36</ref>

Ruth B. Bottigheimer<ref>Bottigheimer, Ruth B. "East Meets West" (2014).</ref> and Paulo Lemos Horta<ref name="Horta">{{cite book |last1=Horta |first1=Paulo Lemos |title=Aladdin: A New Translation |date=2018 |publisher=[[Liveright Publishing]] |isbn=9781631495175 |pages=8–10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=im1SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref><ref>Paulo Lemos Horta, ''Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights'' (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017), pp. 24-95.</ref> have argued that Hanna Diyab should be understood as the original author of some of the stories he supplied, and even that several of Diyab's stories (including ''Aladdin'') were partly inspired by Diyab's own life, as there are parallels with his autobiography.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |last1=Waxman |first1=Olivia B. |title=Was Aladdin Based on a Real Person? Here's Why Scholars Are Starting to Think So |url=https://time.com/5592303/aladdin-true-history/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=May 23, 2019 |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{stack|[[File:Robida - Aladin illustration page1.jpeg|200px|thumb|The Sorcerer traps Aladdin in the magic cave.]]}}
The story has frequently been retold with a number of variations. The following is a [[précis]] of the Burton translation of 1885, one of the more significant versions.<ref name=Burtony1>Burton (2009) pp. 1 ff</ref>

Aladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well, dwelling in "one of the cities of Ancient China". He is recruited by a [[Magician (fantasy)|sorcerer]] from the [[Maghreb]], who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father, Mustapha the [[tailor]]. The sorcerer convinces Aladdin and his mother of his good will by pretending to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant, but his real ulterior motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful [[oil lamp]] (chirag) from a [[Booby trap|booby-trapped]] magic cave.

After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave. Aladdin is still wearing a [[magic ring]] the sorcerer has lent him. When he rubs his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubs the ring and a [[Jinn|genie]] appears and releases him from the cave, allowing him to return to his mother while in possession of the lamp. When his mother tries to clean the lamp, so they can sell it to buy food for their supper, a second, far more powerful genie appears; this one is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp.

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

The sorcerer hears of Aladdin's good fortune, and returns; he gets his hands on the lamp by tricking Aladdin's wife (who is unaware of the lamp's importance) by offering to exchange "new lamps for old". He orders the genie of the lamp to take the palace, along with all its contents, to his home in the Maghreb. Aladdin still has the magic ring and is able to summon the lesser genie. The genie of the ring is too weak to directly undo any of the magic of the genie of the lamp, but he is able to transport Aladdin to the Maghreb where, with the help of the "woman's wiles" of the princess, he recovers the lamp and slays the sorcerer, returning the palace to its proper place.

The sorcerer's more powerful and evil brother plots to destroy Aladdin for killing his brother by disguising himself as an old woman known for her healing powers. Princess Badroulbadour falls for his disguise and commands the "woman" to stay in her palace in case of any illnesses. Aladdin is warned of this danger by the genie of the lamp and slays the impostor.

Aladdin eventually succeeds to his father-in-law's throne.

==Setting==
The opening sentences of the story, in both the Galland and the Burton versions, set it in "one of the cities of China".<ref name=Plotz1>Plotz (2001) p. 148–149</ref> Beyond that, nearly everything else in the rest of the story is more consistent with a Middle Eastern setting. For instance, the ruler is referred to as "[[Sultan]]" rather than "[[Emperor of China|Emperor]]", as in some retellings, and the people in the story are [[Muslims]] and their conversation is filled with Muslim platitudes. A [[Jews|Jewish]] merchant buys Aladdin's wares, while [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Taoism|Daoists]], and [[Confucianism|Confucians]] are not mentioned.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

Notably, [[ethnic groups in Chinese history]] have long included [[Chinese Muslims|Muslim groups]], including large populations of [[Uyghurs]], and the [[Hui people]] as well as the [[Tajiks]] whose origins go back to [[Silk Road]] travelers. [[History of Islam in China#Tang dynasty|Islamic communities]] have been known to exist in the region since the [[Tang dynasty]] (which rose to power simultaneously with the prophet [[Muhammad]]'s career.) Some have suggested that the intended setting may be [[Turkestan]] (encompassing [[Central Asia]] and the modern-day Chinese autonomous region of [[Xinjiang]] in [[Western China]]).<ref name=Moon1>Moon (2005) p. 23</ref> The Arabicized Turkic [[Kara-Khanid Khanate]], which was located in this region and had a strong identification with China, bears a strong resemblance to the setting, their rulers even adopting the Arab title of [[Sultan]], even going so far as to adopt the title of "Sultan of the East and China"<ref>{{cite book |author=Dilnova Duturaeva |title=Qarakhanid Roads to China: A History of Sino-Turkic Relations |date=2022 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-51033-3 |page=16}}</ref>, which was used alongside Turkic titles such as [[Khan (title)]] and [[Khagan]]; however, chancellors were referred to as [[Hajib]] rather than [[Vizier]].{{fact|date=April 2025}}

For all this, speculation about a "real" Chinese setting depends on a knowledge of China that the teller of a folk tale (as opposed to a geographic expert) might well not possess.<ref name=honor1>Honour (1973) - Section I "The Imaginary Continent"</ref> Although the story was first recorded in French, early Arabic usage of China is known to have been used in an abstract sense to designate an exotic, faraway land.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ajammc.com/2017/08/10/who-was-the-real-aladdin/|author=Arafat A. Razzaque|website=Ajam Media Collective|title=Who was the "real" Aladdin? From Chinese to Arab in 300 Years|date=2017-08-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5592303/aladdin-true-history/|title=Was Aladdin Based on a Real Person? Here's Why Scholars Are Starting to Think So|magazine=Time|access-date=2020-07-07|date=2019-05-23|author=Olivia B. Waxman}}</ref>

==Motifs and variants==
===Tale type===
The story of Aladdin is classified in the [[Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index]] as tale type ATU 561, "Aladdin", after the character.<ref>Aarne, Antti; Thompson, Stith. ''The types of the folktale: a classification and bibliography''. Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no. 184. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1961. p.&nbsp;204.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Uther |first1=Hans-Jörg |author-link=Hans-Jörg Uther |title=The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson |date=2004 |publisher=Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica |isbn=978-951-41-0963-8 |page=329}}</ref><ref>[[D. L. Ashliman|Ashliman, D. L.]] ''A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System''. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, vol. 11. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1987. pp.&nbsp;122-123. {{ISBN|0-313-25961-5}}.</ref> In the Index, the "Aladdin" story is situated next to two similar tale types: ATU 560, ''The Magic Ring'', and ATU 562, ''The Spirit in the Blue Light''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ranke |first1=Kurt |author-link1=Kurt Ranke |title=Folktales of Germany |date=1966 |publisher=Routledge & K. Paul |isbn=978-81-304-0032-7 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUDaAAAAMAAJ&q=560 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ranke |first=Kurt |chapter=Alad(d)in (AaTh 561) |trans-chapter=Aladdin (ATU 561) |title=[[Enzyklopädie des Märchens|Enzyklopädie des Märchens Online]] |editor1=Rolf Wilhelm Brednich |editor2=Heidrun Alzheimer |editor3=Hermann Bausinger |editor4=Wolfgang Brückner |editor5=Daniel Drascek |editor6=Helge Gerndt |editor7=Ines Köhler-Zülch |editor8=Klaus Roth |editor9=Hans-Jörg Uther |location=Berlin, Boston|publisher=De Gruyter |date=2016 |orig-year=1977 |pages=245–246 |language=DE |doi=10.1515/emo.1.059 |quote=AaTh 561 hat eine starke Affinität zu den benachbarten Märchentypen AaTh 560 (''Zauberring'') und AaTh 562 (''Geist im blauen Licht''). |trans-quote=[Type] AaTh 561 has a strong affinity with the neighbouring types AaTh 560 ("Magic Ring") and AaTh 562 ("Spirit in the Blue Light").}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Stith |title=The Folktale |publisher=University of California Press| year=1977| pages=70–72| isbn=0-520-03537-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=van den Berg |first=Paula |chapter=De tondeldoos |title=Van Aladdin tot Zwaan kleef aan. Lexicon van sprookjes: ontstaan, ontwikkeling, variaties |edition=first |editor1=Ton Dekker |editor2=Jurjen van der Kooi |editor3=Theo Meder |location=Kritak |publisher=Sun |date=1997 |page=366 |language=NL |quote=De typen at 560 (‘The Magic Ring’), 561 (‘Aladdin en de wonderlamp’) en 562 zijn nauw aan elkaar verwant en worden vaak door elkaar gemengd. |trans-quote=Types 560, 561 and 562 are greatly connected and many times are contaminated.}}</ref> All of these stories deal with a down-on-his-luck and impoverished boy or soldier, who finds a magical item (ring, lamp, tinderbox) that grants his wishes. In this regard, German folklorist [[Hans-Jörg Uther]], in his revision of the international index, published in 2004, remarked that the similarities between the three tale types make it hard to differentiate them.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Uther |first1=Hans-Jörg |author-link=Hans-Jörg Uther |title=The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson |date=2004 |publisher=Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica |isbn=978-951-41-0963-8 |pages=328, 330, 331 }}</ref> On the other hand, per [[Stith Thompson]]'s ''The Folktale'', in type 561, the magical item is stolen, but eventually recovered thanks to the use of another magical object.<ref>Thompson, Stith. ''The Folktale''. University of California Press. 1977. p. 71. {{ISBN|0-520-03537-2}}</ref> Similarly, Czech scholar {{ill|Karel Horálek|cs|Karel Horálek}} distinguishes the three types in that, in type 560, the hero is helped by animals (the snake gives the ring and the dog and the cat retrieve the stolen object); type 561 does away with the animals, leaving the hero to recover the stolen lamp with the second object, and, finally, type 562 inserts another person that helps the hero.<ref>{{cite book |last=Horálek |first=K. |chapter=Folk Poetry: History And Typology |editor=Arthur S. Abramson |title=Linguistics and Adjacent Arts and Sciences: Part 2 |pages=741–808 [778] |location=Berlin, Boston |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |date=1974 |doi=10.1515/9783110821659-004 |isbn=978-3-11-082165-9 |quote=In the fairy tale about the magic ring [AT 560 ''The magic ring''] it is necessary for the hero to win the gratitude not only of the donor of the talisman (this is generally a serpent), but also of a dog and a cat (not of other animals) because these two animals are allotted a special task at the end of the fairy tale, i.e. to help the hero to recover the stolen talisman. (...) In the fairy tale about Aladdin [AT 561 ''Aladdin's lamp''] the situation is substantially different: the task of the dog and the cat would be superfluous here because besides the magic lamp the hero is in possession of another talisman with the help of which he recovers the lamp and also conjures up palace and princess. In type AT 562 [''The spirit in the  blue light''], which is derived from the Aladdin fairy tale, the motif of the second talisman is missing, while the task of the helper is performed here by the hero's friend.}}</ref> The ultimate source{{cn|date=February 2025}} of the ''genie in a container'' tales is Homer's [[Iliad]], where the god Ares is trapped in a bronze urn and offers to grant [[Hermes]] whatever he wants if he is set free.<ref>''Iliad'' 5.385–391.</ref>{{Original research inline|date=February 2025}}

===Distribution===
Since its appearance in ''The One Thousand and One Nights'', the tale has integrated into oral tradition.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ranke |first=Kurt |chapter=Alad(d)in (AaTh 561) |trans-chapter=Aladdin (ATU 561) |title=[[Enzyklopädie des Märchens|Enzyklopädie des Märchens Online]] |editor1=Rolf Wilhelm Brednich |editor2=Heidrun Alzheimer |editor3=Hermann Bausinger |editor4=Wolfgang Brückner |editor5=Daniel Drascek |editor6=Helge Gerndt |editor7=Ines Köhler-Zülch |editor8=Klaus Roth |editor9=Hans-Jörg Uther |location=Berlin, Boston|publisher=De Gruyter |date=2016 |orig-year=1977 |pages=243–244 |language=DE |doi=10.1515/emo.1.059}}</ref> Scholars Ton Deker and Theo Meder located variants across Europe and the Middle East.<ref>Deker, Ton; Meder, Theo. "Aladdin en de wonderlamp". In: ''Van Aladdin tot Zwaan kleef aan. Lexicon van sprookjes: ontstaan, ontwikkeling, variaties''. 1ste druk. Ton Dekker & Jurjen van der Kooi & Theo Meder. Kritak: Sun. 1997. p. 40.</ref> In addition, according to scholar [[Kurt Ranke]], in ''[[Enzyklopädie des Märchens]]'', the "greatest distribution density" occurs in Europe and in the Mediterranean region, with variants also collected in the Middle East (Turkey, Palestine, Iraq, Yemen, Iran), Central Asia (in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), India (among the [[Santal people]]),<ref>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=A. |chapter=The Magic Lamp |title=Santal Folk-Tales |location=Pokhuria, India |publisher=Santal Mission Press |date=1891 |pages=1–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=W. Norman |title=The Pañcatantra in Modern Indian Folklore |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |date=1919 |volume=39 |pages=1–54 |doi=10.2307/592712 |jstor=592712 }}</ref> and in Southeast Asia (Indonesia and the Philippines).<ref>{{cite book |last=Ranke |first=Kurt |chapter=Alad(d)in (AaTh 561) |trans-chapter=Aladdin (ATU 561) |title=[[Enzyklopädie des Märchens|Enzyklopädie des Märchens Online]] |editor1=Rolf Wilhelm Brednich |editor2=Heidrun Alzheimer |editor3=Hermann Bausinger |editor4=Wolfgang Brückner |editor5=Daniel Drascek |editor6=Helge Gerndt |editor7=Ines Köhler-Zülch |editor8=Klaus Roth |editor9=Hans-Jörg Uther |location=Berlin, Boston|publisher=De Gruyter |date=2016 |orig-year=1977 |page=243 |language=DE |doi=10.1515/emo.1.059}}</ref>

=== Three wishes ===
The version with [[Three wishes joke|three wishes]] has become a popular variant of the tale, popularized in the 20th century in the West.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stephens |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsEhAwAAQBAJ |title=The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature |date=2009-12-10 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-82804-8 |editor-last=M. O. Grenby |editor-first=M. O. Grenby |pages=91–107 |language=en |chapter=Retelling stories across time and cultures |editor-last2=Immel |editor-first2=Andrea}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
Adaptations vary in their faithfulness to the original story. In particular, difficulties with the Chinese setting are quite often resolved by giving the story a more typical ''Arabian Nights'' background.

===Books===
* One of the many literary retellings of the tale appears in ''A Book of Wizards'' (1966) and ''[[A Choice of Magic]]'' (1971), by [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]]. Another is the early Penguin version for children, ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'', illustrated by John Harwood with many Chinese details; the translator or re-teller is not acknowledged. This was a "Porpoise" imprint printed in 1947 and released in 1948.
* ''Aladdin: Master of the Lamp'' (1992), edited by [[Mike Resnick]] and [[Martin H. Greenberg]], is an anthology containing 43 original short stories inspired by the tale.
* "The Nobility of Faith" by [[Jonathan Clements]], in the anthology ''[[Doctor Who]] Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas'' (2007), is a retelling of the Aladdin story in the style of the Arabian Nights, but featuring [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the role of the genie.

===Comics===
====Western comics====
* In 1962, the Italian branch of [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]] published the story ''Paperino e la grotta di Aladino'' (''Donald and Aladdin's Cave''), written by Osvaldo Pavese and drawn by [[Pier Lorenzo De Vita]]. As in many [[pantomime]]s, the plot is combined with elements of the [[Ali Baba]] story: [[Scrooge McDuck|Uncle Scrooge]] leads [[Donald Duck]] and their [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie|nephews]] on an expedition to find the treasure of Aladdin and they encounter the Middle Eastern counterparts of the [[Beagle Boys]]. Scrooge describes Aladdin as a [[outlaw|brigand]] who used the legend of the lamp to cover the origins of his ill-gotten gains. They find the cave holding the treasure—blocked by a huge rock requiring a magic password ("open sesame") to open.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL++344-AP |title=Profile of ''Paperino e la grotta di Aladino'' |access-date=2007-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124239/http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL++344-AP |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The original version of the comic book character [[Green Lantern#Golden Age Green Lantern|Green Lantern]] was partly inspired by the Aladdin myth; the protagonist discovers a "lantern-shaped power source and a 'power ring{{' "}} which gives him the power to create and control matter.<ref>Adam Robert, ''The History of Science Fiction'', Palgrave Histories of Literature, {{isbn|978-1-137-56959-2}}, 2016, p. 224</ref>
** In the ''[[Elseworlds]]'' series, there was even a story that combined the Green Lantern mythos with that of Aladdin called ''[[Green Lantern: 1001 Emerald Nights]]''.

====Manga====
* The Japanese [[manga]] series ''[[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic]]'' is not a direct adaptation, but features Aladdin as the main character of the story and includes many characters from other ''One Thousand and One Nights'' stories. An adaptation of this comic to an [[anime]] television series was made in October 2012 in which Aladdin is voiced by [[Kaori Ishihara]] in Japanese and [[Erica Mendez]] in English.

===Pantomimes===
[[File:He's behind you.jpg|thumb|120px|right| An 1886 theatre poster advertising a production of the pantomime Aladdin]]

* In the [[United Kingdom]], the story of Aladdin was dramatised in 1788 by [[John O'Keeffe (writer)|John O'Keefe]] for the [[The Royal Opera|Theatre Royal, Covent Garden]].<ref name="Witchard1">Witchard (2017)</ref> It has been a popular subject for [[pantomime]] for over 200 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.its-behind-you.com/aladdin.html |title=Aladdin |website=www.its-behind-you.com |access-date=2008-01-22 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080205031442/http://www.its-behind-you.com/aladdin.html| archive-date= 5 February 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref>
* The traditional Aladdin pantomime is the source of the well-known pantomime character [[Widow Twankey]] (Aladdin's mother). In pantomime versions, changes in the setting and story are often made to fit it better into "China" (albeit a China situated in the [[East End of London]] rather than medieval [[Baghdad]]), and elements of other Arabian Nights tales (in particular [[Ali Baba]]) are often introduced into the plot. One version of the "pantomime Aladdin" is [[Sandy Wilson]]'s [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Aladdin (1979 musical)|Aladdin]]'', from 1979.
* Since the early 1990s, Aladdin pantomimes have tended to be influenced by [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|the Disney animation]]. For instance, the 2007/8 production at the [[Birmingham Hippodrome]] starring [[John Barrowman]] featured songs from the Disney movies ''Aladdin'' and ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]''.

=== Other musical theatre ===
[[File:Victoria Disraeli cartoon.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''New Crowns for Old'', a 19th-century British cartoon based on the Aladdin story ([[Benjamin Disraeli|Disraeli]] as Abanazer from the [[pantomime]] version of Aladdin offering [[Queen Victoria]] an Imperial crown (of India) in exchange for a Royal one)]]
* ''[[The New Aladdin]]'' was a successful [[Edwardian musical comedy]] in 1906.
*[[Adam Oehlenschläger]] wrote [[Aladdin (play)|his verse drama ''Aladdin'']] in 1805. [[Carl Nielsen]] wrote [[Aladdin (Nielsen)|incidental music]] for this play in 1918–19. [[Ferruccio Busoni]] set some verses from the last scene of Oehlenschläger's ''Aladdin'' in the last movement of his [[Piano Concerto (Busoni)|Piano Concerto, Op. 39]].
* In 1958, [[Aladdin (TV special)|a musical comedy version of Aladdin]] was written especially for U.S. television, with a book by [[S. J. Perelman]] and music and lyrics by [[Cole Porter]]. A [[London]] stage production followed in 1959, in which a 30-year-old [[Bob Monkhouse]] played the part of Aladdin at the [[London Coliseum|Coliseum Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cole Porter / Aladdin (London Stage Production) |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/aladdinstage.html |website=Sondheim Guide |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023132120/http://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/aladdinstage.html |archive-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Aladdin,'' Prince Street Players version; book by Jim Eiler, music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy, lyrics by Jim Eiler.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000018 |title=MTIshows.com Music Theatre International |work=Music Theatre International |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515020435/http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000018 |archive-date=2015-05-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Broadway Junior has released ''[[Aladdin Jr.]]'', a children's musical based on the music and screenplay of the Disney animation.
* The ''[[Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular]]'' musical stage show ran at [[Disney California Adventure]] from January 2003 to January 10, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/09/all-new-frozen-inspired-stage-musical-coming-to-disney-california-adventure-park-in-2016/|title=All New 'Frozen'-Inspired Stage Musical Coming to Disney California Adventure Park in 2016|last=Slater|first=Shawn|date=9 September 2015|website=Disney Parks Blog|language=English|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703231906/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/09/all-new-frozen-inspired-stage-musical-coming-to-disney-california-adventure-park-in-2016/|archive-date=3 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[StarKid Productions]] released the musical [[Twisted (musical)|''Twisted'']] on [[YouTube]] in 2013, a parody of the [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|1992 Disney film]] that is told from the royal vizier's point of view.
* A [[Disney Theatrical Productions|Disney Theatrical Production]] of ''[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Aladdin]]'' opened in 2011 in Seattle, in Toronto in 2013, and on Broadway at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on March 20, 2014.

===Theatrical films===
[[File:Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917).webm|thumb|thumbtime=6|''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' (1917)]]

====Animation: Europe and Asia====
* The 1926 animated film ''[[The Adventures of Prince Achmed]]'' (the earliest surviving animated feature film) combined the story of Aladdin with that of the prince. In this version the princess Aladdin pursues is Achmed's sister and the sorcerer is his rival for her hand. The sorcerer steals the castle and the princess through his own magic and then sets a monster to attack Aladdin, from which Achmed rescues him. Achmed then informs Aladdin he requires the lamp to rescue his own intended wife, Princess Pari Banou, from the demons of the Island of Wak Wak. They convince the Witch of the Fiery Mountain to defeat the sorcerer, and then all three heroes join forces to battle the demons.
* ''[[A Thousand and One Nights (1969 film)|A Thousand and One Nights]]'' is a 1969 [[Japan]]ese [[adult animation|adult]]  [[anime]] [[feature film]] directed by [[Eiichi Yamamoto]], conceived by [[Osamu Tezuka]]. The film is a first part of [[Mushi Production]]'s ''[[Animerama]]'', a series of films aimed at an adult audience.
* The animated feature ''[[Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1970 film)|Aladdin and His Magic Lamp]]'' by Film Jean Image was released in 1970 in France. The story contains many of the original elements of the story as compared to the Disney version.
* ''Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp'' (1975), Japanese short anime film produced by [[Toei Animation]], featured in the series ''Classic Tales Retold'' (''Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Manga Shirīzu'').
* ''[[Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982 film)|Aladdin and the Magic Lamp]]'' was a rendition in Japanese directed by Yoshikatsu Kasai, produced in Japan by Toei Animation and released in the United States by [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]] in 1982.
* ''[[Son of Aladdin]]'' is a 2003 Indian [[3D Animation|3D-animated]] fantasy-adventure film by [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]], produced by [[Pentamedia Graphics]]. It follows the adventures of the son of Aladdin and his fight with an evil sorcerer.

====Animation: United States====
* In the 1934 short film ''[[Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934 film)|Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]'', Aladdin is a child laborer who finds a magic lamp and uses it to become a prince.
* In the 1938 animated film ''[[Have You Got Any Castles?]]'', Aladdin makes a brief appearance asking for help but gets punched by one of the Three Musketeers.
* ''[[Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp]]'' is a 1939 ''[[Popeye|Popeye the Sailor]]'' [[Popeye the Sailor (film series)|cartoon]], with Popeye portraying Aladdin and Olive Oyl playing the Princess.
* In the 1942 animated film ''[[Foney Fables]]'', Aladdin makes another brief appearance rubbing the magic lamp, but the genie is on strike.
* The 1959 animated film ''[[1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film)|1001 Arabian Nights]]'', starring [[Mr. Magoo]] as Aladdin's uncle and produced by [[UPA (animation studio)|UPA]].
* [[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]] is heavily based on Aladdin, but with Huey, Dewey, and Louie replacing the title character.
*''[[Aladdin (1992 Golden Films film)|Aladdin]]'' is a 48-minute [[animated film]] based on the story. It was produced by [[Golden Films]] and the American Film Investment Corporation. Like all other Golden Films productions, the film featured a single song, "Rub the Lamp", written and composed by Richard Hurwitz and John Arrias. It was released direct to video on April 27, 1992, by [[GoodTimes Entertainment|GoodTimes Home Video]] (months before Disney's version was released), and was reissued on DVD in 2002 as part of the distributor's Collectible Classics line of products.
* ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', the 1992 animated feature by [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]]. In this version, several characters are renamed or amalgamated. For instance, the Sorcerer and the Sultan's vizier were combined into one character named [[Jafar (Aladdin)|Jafar]], while the Princess is renamed [[Princess Jasmine|Jasmine]]. They have new motivations for their actions. The [[Genie (Disney)|Genie of the Lamp]] only grants three wishes and desires freedom from his role. A sentient [[magic carpet]] replaces the ring's genie, while Jafar uses a royal magic ring to find Aladdin. The names "Jafar" and "Abu", the Sultan's delight in toys, and their physical appearances are borrowed from the 1940 film ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]''. The setting is moved from China to the fictional Arabian city of Agrabah, and the structure of the plot is simplified.
** ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'' (1994), the first [[direct-to-video]] sequel to the 1992 Walt Disney movie.
** ''[[Aladdin and the King of Thieves]]'' (1996), the direct-to-video second and final sequel to the 1992 Walt Disney movie.

====Live-action: English language films====
* ''[[Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917 film)|Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]'' (1917), directed by [[Chester M. Franklin]] and [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney A. Franklin]] and released by the [[Fox Film Corporation]], told the story using child actors.<ref name="Letterboxd">{{cite web|title=Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/aladdin-and-the-wonderful-lamp-1917/|website=Letterboxd|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117014816/http://letterboxd.com/film/aladdin-and-the-wonderful-lamp-1917/|archive-date=17 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.439/default.html |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' |access-date=2017-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909053132/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.439/default.html |archive-date=2017-09-09 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TCM">{{cite web|title=Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/491456/aladdin-and-the-wonderful-lamp|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909053047/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/491456/Aladdin-and-the-Wonderful-Lamp/|archive-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the earliest known filmed adaptation of the story.

*''[[Arabian Nights (1942 film)|Arabian Nights]]'' is a 1942 [[adventure film]] directed by [[John Rawlins (director)|John Rawlins]] and starring [[Sabu Dastagir|Sabu]], [[Maria Montez]], [[Jon Hall (actor)|Jon Hall]] and [[Leif Erickson (actor)|Leif Erickson]].  The film is derived from ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]]'' but owes more to the imagination of [[Universal Pictures]] than the original Arabian stories. Unlike other films in the genre (''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]''), it features no monsters or supernatural elements.<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67558/arabian-nights#articles-reviews Article on ''Arabian Nights'' at ''Turner Classic Movies''] accessed 10 January 2014</ref>
* ''[[A Thousand and One Nights (1945 film)|A Thousand and One Nights]]'' (1945) is a tongue-in-cheek Technicolor fantasy film set in the Baghdad of the One Thousand and One Nights, starring Cornel Wilde as Aladdin, Evelyn Keyes as the genie of the magic lamp, Phil Silvers as Aladdin's larcenous sidekick, and Adele Jergens as the princess Aladdin loves.
* ''[[Aladdin and His Lamp]]'', a 1952 fantasy adventure film with [[Johnny Sands]] and [[Patricia Medina]] as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine.
* ''[[The Wonders of Aladdin]]'' is a 1961 film directed by Mario Bava and Henry Levin and starring [[Donald O'Connor]] as Aladdin. This film has a more working-class focus: Aladdin helps the prince ([[Terence Hill|Mario Girotti]]) and princess (as does a [[fakir]]) but never becomes one and ends up in a romantic relationship with his neighbor, Djalma ([[Noelle Adam]]).  The genie ([[Vittorio De Sica]]) can grant only three wishes (although what constitutes as a single wish is quite malleable, probably due to his sympathies with Aladdin) and shrinks with each one, which is leading to his eternal rest after 12,000 years.
* ''[[1001 Nights (1990 film)|1001 Nights]]'' (''Les 1001 nuits''), a 1990 French-Italian film with [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Stéphane Freiss]] and [[Vittorio Gassman]], loosely based on Sherazade's and Aladdin's stories.
* ''The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X'', a 1994 Italian pornographic film with [[Christoph Clark]].
* A 1998 direct-to-video movie ''A Kid in Aladdin's Palace'' directed by Robert L. Levy which is a sequel to ''[[A Kid in King Arthur's Court]]''.
*''Adventures of Aladdin'' (2019), a [[mockbuster]] produced by [[The Asylum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-it-takes-to-make-a-hollywood-mockbuster-the-slightly-shittier-blockbuster/|title=What It Takes to Make a Hollywood Mockbuster, the "Slightly Shittier" Blockbuster|date=2019-05-24|website=Vice News|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529024052/https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wda7/what-it-takes-to-make-a-hollywood-mockbuster-the-slightly-shittier-blockbuster|archive-date=2019-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Adventures of Aladdin (2019)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adventures_of_aladdin|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
* ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'', a [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] live-action remake of the [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|1992 animated film]], released in 2019. It stars [[Mena Massoud]] as the title character, [[Naomi Scott]] as Jasmine, [[Marwan Kenzari]] as Jafar, and [[Will Smith]] as the Genie.
* ''[[Aladdin 3477]]'' is a trilogy of live action sci-fi films taking place 1,500 years in the future and are written and directed by ''[[Star Wars]]'' Artist [[Matt Busch]]. The first film, ''Aladdin 3477: The Jinn of Wisdom'' was released in January 2025.

====Live-action: non-English language films====
* ''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' is a 1927 [[Cinema of India#Silent films (1890s–1920s)|Indian silent film]], by Bhagwati Prasad Mishra, based on the folktale.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|access-date=12 August 2012|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851706696}}</ref>
* ''Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp'' is a 1931 Indian silent film, adapted from the folktale, by Jal Ariah.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/>
* ''Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag'' (''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'') is a 1933 Indian [[Hindi]]-language fantasy-adventure film by Jal Ariah. A remake of the 1931 film in sound.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/>
* ''Aaj Ka Aladdin'' (''Today's Aladdin'') is a 1935 Indian Hindi-language film by Nagendra Majumdar. It is a modern retelling of the folktale.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/>
* ''Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag'' (''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'') is a 1937 Indian Hindi-language film adaptation by Navinchandra.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/>
* ''[[Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag]]'' (''Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'') is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language musical fantasy-adventure film by [[Homi Wadia]], starring [[Mahipal]] as Aladdin and [[Meena Kumari]] as [[Badroulbadour|Princess Badar]].
* ''[[Alif-Laila]]'' is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language fantasy film by [[K. Amarnath]], Vijay Kumar portrays the character of Aladdin with actress [[Nimmi]] as the female [[genie]].
* ''Chirag-e-Cheen'' (''Lamp of China'') is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language film adaptation by G.P. Pawar and C. M. Trivedi.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/>
* ''[[Alladin Ka Beta]]'' (''Son of Alladin'') is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language action film, it follows the story of the son of Alladin.
* ''[[Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp (1957 film)|Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp]]'' is a 1957 Indian fantasy film by [[T. R. Raghunath]]. Based on the story of Aladdin, it was [[multiple-language version|simultaneously filmed]] in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and Hindi with [[Akkineni Nageshwara Rao]] portraying the title character.
* ''Alladdin Laila'' is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film by Lekhraj Bhakri, starring [[Mahipal]], [[Lalita Pawar]] and [[Shakila]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/>
* ''[[Sindbad Alibaba and Aladdin]]'' is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language musical fantasy-adventure film by Prem Narayan Arora. It features the three most popular characters from the Arabian Nights. Very loosely based on the original, in which the heroes get to meet and share in each other's adventures. In this version, the lamp's ''jinni'' (genie) is female and Aladdin marries her rather than the princess (she becomes a mortal woman for his sake).
* ''Main Hoon Aladdin'' (''I am Aladdin'') is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language film by Mohammed Hussain, starring [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] in the title role.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/>
* A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] film ''[[Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967 film)|Volshebnaia Lampa Aladdina]]'' ("Aladdin's Magic Lamp") was released in 1966.
* A Mexican production, ''[[Pepito y la Lampara Maravillosa]]'' was made en 1972, where comedian ''[[Chabelo]]'' plays the role of the genie who grant wishes to a young kid called Pepito in 1970s Mexico City.
* ''[[Adventures of Aladdin]]'' is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language adventure-film based on the tale, by Homi Wadia.
* ''[[Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum]]'' (''Aladdin and the Magic Lamp'') is a 1979 Indian adventure fantasy-drama film by [[I. V. Sasi]]. It was simultaneously filmed in [[Malayalam]] and Tamil with [[Kamal Haasan]] in the title role.
* In 1986, an Italian production (under supervision of [[Golan-Globus]]) of a modern-day Aladdin was filmed in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami]] under the title ''[[Superfantagenio]]'', starring actor [[Bud Spencer]] as the genie and his daughter Diamante as the daughter of a police sergeant.
* ''[[Aladin (film)|Aladin]]'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[action film]] directed by [[Sujoy Ghosh]]. The film stars [[Ritesh Deshmukh]] in the title role, along with [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Jacqueline Fernandez]] and [[Sanjay Dutt]].
* ''[[The New Adventures of Aladdin]]'', France modern retelling of the tale of Aladdin.
** ''[[Alad'2]]'', second sequel to the French movie ''[[The New Adventures of Aladdin]]'' (2018).
* ''[[Ashchorjyo Prodeep]]'' is a 2013 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language film by [[Anik Dutta]]. This  film is based on a [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]] novel of the same name and deals with the issues of [[consumerism]]. It is a modern adaptation of Aladdin about the story of a middle-class man (played by [[Saswata Chatterjee]]) who accidentally finds a magic lamp containing a [[Jinn]] (played by [[Rajatava Dutta]]).
* ''[[Aladin Saha Puduma Pahana]]'' was released in 2018 in Sri Lanka in Sinhala language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2018/02/22/?fn=sa1802222 |title=Dhananjaya became Aladin |website=Sarasaviya |access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002085713/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2018/02/22/?fn=sa1802222|archive-date=2018-10-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In the 2020 Japanese live action series [[Kamen Rider Saber]], this story is adapted into a "Wonder Ride Book" named "Lamp Do Alangina", which is the main Wonder Ride Book of Kamen Rider Espada.

===Television===
====Animation: English language====
* ''The Arabian Nights'', episode of the Rankin/Bass series ''[[Festival of Family Classics]]'' (1972–1973), inspired by different tales of the collection, also including Aladdin.
* ''Grinder Genie and the Magic Lamp'' (1987), episode of [[Sanrio]] and [[DIC Entertainment|DIC]] series ''[[Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater]]''.
* "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.com/products/34268-aladdin-and-the-magic-lamp.html|title=Aladdin and the Magic Lamp - Rabbit Ears|website=www.rabbitears.com|access-date=2019-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410055412/http://rabbitears.com/products/34268-aladdin-and-the-magic-lamp.html|archive-date=2019-04-10|url-status=live}}</ref> an episode of [[Rabbit Ears Productions]]' ''We All Have Tales'' series, televised on [[PBS]] in 1991, featuring [[John Hurt]] as narrator, with illustrations by Greg Couch and music by [[Mickey Hart]]. This version is set in [[Isfahan]], Persia, and closely follows the original plot, including the origin of the sorcerer. The audiobook version was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children|Best Spoken Word Album for Children]] in 1994.
* ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'', an animated series produced by [[Walt Disney Television Animation|Disney]] based on their movie adaptation that ran from 1994 to 1995.
* Aladdin featured in an episode of ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]''. The story was set in "Ancient China", but otherwise had a tenuous connection with the original plot.

==== Animation: non-English language ====
* An elderly version of Aladdin appears as a protagonist in the 1975 anime series ''[[Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures]]''. Furthermore, the same story is adapted in episodes 14–16.
* Anime series ''[[Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi]]'' (1976–1979) features a 10-minute adaptation in episode 37.
* An episode of French animated series ''Les Mille et Une Nuits'' (1993).
* ''Pekkle - Aladdin and His Magic Lamp'' (1993), an episode of OVA series ''[[Hello Kitty and Friends]]''.
* ''[[World Fairy Tale Series]]'' (''Sekai meisaku dōwa shirīzu - Wa-o! Meruhen ōkoku'')'','' anime series produced by [[Toei Animation]] based on classic tales. Episode 1 is an adaptation of ''Aladdin''.
* Episode of 2001 series ''Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'' (''Sanrio Anime Sekai Meisaku Gekijō'').
* Episode 15 of the third season of the German animated series ''[[Simsala Grimm]]'' (1999–2010).
* ''[[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic]]'' (2012), adaptation of the eponymous manga.

====Live-action: English language====
* [[Aladdin (1958 film)|Aladdin]] is a 1958 musical fantasy written especially for television with a book by [[S.J. Perelman]] and music and lyrics by [[Cole Porter]], telecast in color on the ''[[DuPont Show of the Month]]'' by [[CBS]].
* Aladdin appeared in episode 297 of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' performed by [[Frank Oz]]. This version was made from a large lavender live-hand [[List of Muppets|Anything Muppet]].
* A segment of the [[Marty Feldman]] episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' retells the story of Aladdin with [[Gonzo (Muppet)|The Great Gonzo]] in the role of Aladdin and Marty Feldman playing the genie of the lamp.
* A 1967 TV movie was based on the Prince Street Players stage musical. This version is very close to the touring musical with about 15 minutes cut to be adapted into the 50 minutes TV program. It had Will B. Able as the Genii and Fred Grades as Aladdin.
* In 1986, the program ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' based an episode on the story called "[[List of Faerie Tale Theatre episodes|Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp]]", directed by [[Tim Burton]] and starring [[Robert Carradine]] as Aladdin and [[James Earl Jones]] as both the ring Genie and the lamp Genie.
* In 1990 Disney made a direct to TV movie based on the Prince Street Players stage musical, starring Barry Bostwick.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Buck|first=Jerry|date=February 25, 1990|title=Barry Bostwick 'explores other worlds' in 'Challenger' movie|work=The Sacramento Bee|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/624872288/?terms=aladdin%20barry%20bostwick&match=1}}</ref>
* Aladdin features as one of five stories in the [[Sonar Entertainment|Hallmark Entertainment]] TV miniseries ''[[Arabian Nights (miniseries)|Arabian Nights]]'' in 2000, featuring [[Jason Scott Lee]] as Aladdin and [[John Leguizamo]] as both of the genies.
* The characters of Aladdin, Jasmine, Jafar and the Sultan, along with Agrabah as the setting and the genie of the lamp were adapted into the [[Once Upon a Time (season 6)|sixth season]] of TV series ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'', with Aladdin portrayed by [[Deniz Akdeniz]], Jasmine portrayed by [[Karen David]], and Jafar portrayed by [[Oded Fehr]]. Jafar previously appeared in the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''[[Once Upon a Time in Wonderland]]'', portrayed by [[Naveen Andrews]]. Both were produced by ABC Television Studios and based on the Disney version of the story.

====Live-action: non-English language ====
* In ''[[Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger]]'', the sixteenth installment of the long-running [[Super Sentai]] [[metaseries]], the Djinn (voiced by Eisuke Yoda) that appears in the eleventh episode ("My Master!" Transcription: "Goshujin-sama!" ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: ご主人さま!)) reveals that he was the genie from the tale of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp", which did take place.
* The story of Aladdin was featured in ''[[Alif Laila]]'', an Indian TV series directed by [[Ramanand Sagar]] in 1994 and telecasted on [[DD National]].
* ''Aladdin – Jaanbaaz Ek Jalwe Anek'' (2007–2009), an Indian fantasy television series based on the story of Aladdin that aired on [[Zee TV]], starring Mandar Jadhav in the title role of Aladdin.
* ''[[Aladdin - Naam Toh Suna Hoga]]'' (2018–2021), a live-action Indian fantasy television show on [[SAB TV]] starring [[Siddharth Nigam]] as Aladdin and [[Avneet Kaur]]/[[Ashi Singh]] as [[Badroulbadour|Yasmine]].It was earlier a loose adaptation of the Disney series, but later turned over to newer story arcs.

===Video games===
* A number of video games were based on the Disney movie:
** The [[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|Genesis version]] (also on Amiga, MS-DOS, NES, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color) by [[Virgin Games]].
** The [[Disney's Aladdin (SNES video game)|SNES version]] (also on Game Boy Advance) by [[Capcom]].
** The [[Disney's Aladdin (1994 video game)|Master System version]] (also on Game Gear) by [[SIMS Co., Ltd.|SIMS]].
** [[Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge|Nasira's Revenge]] for the PlayStation and Windows by [[Argonaut Games]].
** The Disney version of Aladdin appears throughout the Disney/[[Square Enix]] crossover series ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', with Agrabah being a visitable world.
* The video game ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' is heavily based on the story of Aladdin, and both genies appear in the story. The genie of the lamp is the main antagonist, known in the game as the Erazor Djinn, and the genie of the ring, known in the game as Shahra, appears as Sonic's sidekick and guide through the game. Furthermore, the ring genie is notably lesser than the lamp genie in the story.
* In 2010, [[Anuman]] Interactive launched ''Aladin and the Enchanted Lamp'', a [[hidden object game]] on PC and Mac.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aladin et la Lampe Merveilleuse PC, Mac {{!}} 2010 |url=http://www.planete-jeu.fr/Aladin-Et-La-Lampe-Merveilleuse/ |website=Planete Jeu |access-date=11 January 2019 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306034143/http://www.planete-jeu.fr/Aladin-Et-La-Lampe-Merveilleuse/ |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2016, Saturn Animation Studio produced an interactive adaptation of ''The Magical Lamp of Aladdin''<ref>[http://www.saturnanimation.com/the-magical-lamp-of-aladdin/ ''The Magical Lamp of Aladdin'']</ref> for mobile devices.

===Pachinko===
[[Sega Sammy]] have released a line of [[pachinko]] machines based on ''Aladdin'' since 1989. Sega Sammy have sold over 570,000 ''Aladdin'' pachinko machines in Japan, {{as of|2017|lc=y}}.<ref name="sega2017">{{cite book |title=Beyond Expectations: Integrated Report |year=2017 |publisher=[[Sega Sammy Holdings]] |page=73 |url=https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/printing_annual/2017/2017ar_all_e_.pdf#page=73 |access-date=2018-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226101732/https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/printing_annual/2017/2017ar_all_e_.pdf#page=73 |archive-date=2018-02-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> At an average price of about $5,000,<ref>{{cite news |last=Graser |first=Marc |title='Dark Knight' Producer Plays Pachinko to Launch Next Franchise (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/games/dark-knight-trilogy-producer-plays-pachinko-to-launch-next-franchise-1200571785/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=2 August 2013 |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129044609/https://variety.com/2013/digital/games/dark-knight-trilogy-producer-plays-pachinko-to-launch-next-franchise-1200571785/ |archive-date=29 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> this is equivalent to approximately {{US$|{{#expr:(0.57*5000)/1000}} billion|long=no}} in pachinko sales revenue.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Robida Aladin illustration page4.jpeg| Aladdin trades the silver plates to a Jew for a piece of gold.
File:Robida Aladin illustration page11.jpeg|The [[Magician (fantasy)|Sorcerer]] tricks a [[handmaiden]] and offers "new lamps for old lamps".
File:Aladdinlookingup.jpg|Aladdin in Disney's stage show
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[A Whole New World]]
* [[54521 Aladdin]], asteroid
* [[Arabian mythology]]
* [[Genies in popular culture]]
* [[The Bronze Ring]]
* [[Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box]]
* [[The Tinderbox]]
* [[The Blue Light (fairy tale)|The Blue Light]]
* [[Three wishes joke]]
* [[Old Khottabych|Old Hottaych]]

==References==
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*{{cite encyclopedia |last=El-Shamy |first=Hasan |title=The Oral Connections of the Arabian Nights |encyclopedia=The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|series= |volume= |location= |id= |isbn=978-1-57607-204-2 }}
*{{cite book |last = Honour |first =Hugh|title= Chinoiserie: The Vision of Cathay|publisher = Ican| year= 1973|isbn = 978-0-06-430039-1 }}
*{{cite encyclopedia|first=Paulo Lemos|last=Horta|title=Introduction|translator=Seale Y. |year=2018|encyclopedia=Aladdin: A New Translation|publisher=[[Liveright Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-63149-517-5 |pages=8–10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=im1SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 |access-date=23 May 2019}}
*{{cite book | last=Irwin | first=Robert | title=Arabian Nights, The: A Companion | publisher=Tauris Parke Paperbacks | year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FYWlfx1FpDwC&pg=PA57|isbn=1-86064-983-1}}
*{{cite encyclopedia | last=Littman | title=Alf Layla wa Layla |edition=2nd | year=1986 | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Islam | publisher=Brill}}
*{{cite book | last = Mahdi | first = Muhsin | title = The Thousand and One Nights Part 3 | publisher = Brill | year = 1994 | isbn = 90-04-10106-3}}
*{{cite book | last = Moon | first = Krystyn | title = Yellowface | year= 2005 | page = 23 | publisher = [[Rutgers University Press]] | isbn = 0-8135-3507-7}}
*{{cite book | last=Payne | first=John | title=Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp and Other Stories | date=1901 | location=London | url=https://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/Payne/aladdin/p13_index.htm}}
*{{cite book | last = Plotz | first = Judith Ann | title = Romanticism and the vocation of childhood | publisher = [[Palgrave Macmillan]] | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-312-22735-3}}
* {{cite web |title=Who 'wrote' Aladdin? The Forgotten Syrian Storyteller |url=https://ajammc.com/2017/09/14/who-wrote-aladdin/ |website=Ajam Media Collective |date=14 September 2017 }}
*{{cite book|last=Witchard|first=Anne Veronica|title=Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie|date=2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-7546-5864-1 }}
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last=Badalkhan |first=Sabir |title=The Tale of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" in Balochi Oral Tradition |journal=[[Fabula (journal)|Fabula]] |volume=45 |issue=3–4 |date=2004 |pages=207–220 |doi=10.1515/fabl.2004.45.3-4.207}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Gaál |first1=E. |title=Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp |journal=Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |date=1973 |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=291–300 |jstor=23657287 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Gogiashvili |first1=Elene |title=The Tale of Aladdin in Georgian Oral Tradition |journal=Folklore |date=3 April 2018 |volume=129 |issue=2 |pages=148–160 |doi=10.1080/0015587X.2017.1397392 |s2cid=165697492 }}
* {{cite book | last = Haddawy | first = Husain | title = The Arabian Nights | publisher = W. W. Norton & Company | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-393-33166-0 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Huet |first1=G. |title=Les Origines du Conte de Aladdin et la Lampe Merveilleuse |journal=Revue de l'histoire des religions |date=1918 |volume=77 |pages=1–50 |jstor=23663317 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Larzul |first1=Sylvette |title=Further Considerations on Galland's 'Mille et une Nuits': A Study of the Tales Told by Hanna |journal=Marvels & Tales |date=2004 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=258–271 |doi=10.1353/mat.2004.0043 |jstor=41388712 |s2cid=162289753 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Marzolph |first1=Ulrich |title=Aladdin Almighty: Middle Eastern Magic in the Service of Western Consumer Culture |journal=Journal of American Folklore |date=1 July 2019 |volume=132 |issue=525 |pages=275–290 |doi=10.5406/jamerfolk.132.525.0275 |s2cid=199268544 }}
* {{Cite book|title=Volume 16, Tome I: Kierkegaard's Literary Figures and Motifs: Agamemnon to Guadalquivir|last1=Nun|first1=Katalin|last2=Stewart|first2=Dr Jon|date=2014|publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn=978-1-4724-4136-2|location=|language=en}}

==External links==
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* {{wikisource-inline|Aladdin and the wonderful lamp|Aladdin}}
* {{gutenberg|no=128|name=The Arabian Nights |author=Andrew Lang}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=kHxMAAAAMAAJ&q=Oehlenschl%C3%A4ger ''Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp''], by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, William Blackwood & Sons, 1863
* [http://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/Payne/aladdin/p13_index.htm "Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp"], in John Payne, ''Oriental Tales'' vol. 13
* [http://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/index.htm ''The Thousand Nights and a Night'' in several classic translations], with additional material, including Payne's introduction [http://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/Payne/aladdin/p13_index.htm] and quotes from Galland's diary.

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