It is one of the tales in One Thousand and One Nights ('The Arabian Nights'), and one of the best known-though it was actually added to the collection in the 18th century by Frenchman Antoine Galland.Īladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well dwelling in 'one of the cities of China'.
' Aladdin' (Arabic: علاء الدين, ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn), also known as ' Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp' is a Middle Eastern folk tale.
