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-	'''Ali Baba''' is a [[fictional character]] based in [[Ancient Arabia]]. He is described in the [[Adventure Tales|adventure tale]] of ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'', part of ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]]''. Some critics believe that this story was added to ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' by one of its European [[transcriber]]s, [[Antoine Galland]], an [[18th-century]] [[France|French]] orientalist who may have heard it in oral form from an [[Arab]] story-teller from [[Aleppo]]. However, [[Richard F. Burton]] claimed it to be part of the original ''Book of One Thousand and One Nights''. This story has also been used as a popular [[pantomime]] plot—perhaps most famously in the pantomime/[[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Chu Chin Chow]]'' (1916).	+
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-	The story has been classified in the [[Aarne–Thompson classification system]] as [[Aarne–Thompson classification system#Supernatural Power or Knowledge 650–699|AT 676]].	+
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-	== Adaptations ==	+
-	* A [[France|French]] telefilm starring [[Gérard Jugnot]] and [[Michèle Bernier]] (2007).	+
-	* [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Ali Baba aur 40 Chor]]'', starring [[Dharmendra]], [[Hema Malini]] and [[Zeenat Aman]], was largely based on this adventure tale.	+
-	* The story was made into a Tamil movie in 1955 as "Alibabhavum Narpathu Thirudargalum" (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) with M.G.Ramachandran playing the lead as Ali Baba and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna as Morgiana.	+
-	* A [[Malaysia]]n comedy film, ''[[Ali Baba Bujang Lapok]]'' (1960) was loosely based on the story, which a number of anachronisms used for humor, for example the usage of a [[truck]] by Kassim Baba to steal the robbers' loots.	+
-	* The story was adapted in the 1971 [[anime]] {{nihongo|Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves|アリババと４０匹の盗賊|Aribaba to Yonjuppiki no Tozoku}}, storyboarded by [[Hayao Miyazaki]].	+
-	* The concept of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was used for the last installment of [[Disney]]'s [[Aladdin]] series, ''[[Aladdin and the King of Thieves]]'', released in 1996, introducing Casim the King of Thieves as Aladdin's father.	+
-	* In the television mini-series ''[[Arabian Nights (TV series)|Arabian Nights]]'', the story is told faithfully with two major changes. The first is that when Morgiana discovers the thieves in the oil jars, she alerts Ali Baba and together with a friend, they release the jars on a street with a steep incline and allow them roll down to break open. Furthermore, the city guard is alerted and arrest the disoriented thieves as they emerge from their containers. Later when Morgiana defeats the thief leader, Ali Baba, who is young and has no children, marries the heroine himself.	+
-	* A film adaption ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film)|Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]'' was made in 1944. The film was remade in 1965 as ''[[The Sword of Ali Baba]]''. [[Frank Puglia]] portrayed the character named Cassim in both versions.	+
-	* A popular ride that goes up in the air and is commonly found in amusement parks etc. is also called Ali Baba.	+
-	* At the [[United States Air Force Academy]], Cadet Squadron 40 was originally nicknamed "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" before eventually changing its name to the "[[P-40]] Warhawks"	+
-	* A mythopoeic novel by [[Tom Holt]], '[[Open Sesame (disambiguation)|Open Sesame]]', is based on characters from the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"	+
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