Ali Baba

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Ali Baba is a poor woodcutter in the folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," best known for discovering a thieves’ treasure cave that opens with the magic phrase "Open Sesame."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
folk tale character
adaptedInto children’s books
films
television
theatre
appearsIn Ali Baba self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

The Arabian Nights
surface form: One Thousand and One Nights
associatedWithCharacter Cassim
Morgiana
associatedWithGroup forty thieves
associatedWithNumber forty thieves
culturalOrigin Arabian folklore
discovers treasure cave
familyMember Cassim
firstKnownInPrint 18th century French translation of One Thousand and One Nights
genre adventure story
folk tale
hasRelative Cassim
includedIn The Arabian Nights
surface form: Arabian Nights cycle
inConflictWith chief of the forty thieves
languageOfOrigin Arabic
laterRecordedBy Antoine Galland
surface form: Antoine Galland (as part of Arabian Nights corpus)
medium oral tradition
moralAlignment basically honest
narrativeRole protagonist
notableAction becomes wealthy from treasure
keeps secret of thieves’ cave
shows mercy to Morgiana
notablePhrase Open Sesame
occupation woodcutter
popularIn world literature
settingRegion Middle East
socialStatus poor
spouse unnamed wife
symbolizes cleverness of common people
unexpected good fortune
usesMagicPhrase Open Sesame

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The Arabian Nights hasPart Ali Baba
this entity surface form: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Morgiana appearsIn Ali Baba
this entity surface form: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Morgiana associatedWith Ali Baba
Morgiana rescues Ali Baba
Morgiana rescues Ali Baba
this entity surface form: Ali Baba's family
Morgiana associatedWith Ali Baba
this entity surface form: the phrase "Open Sesame" (through the Ali Baba story)
Morgiana protects Ali Baba
this entity surface form: Ali Baba's secret of the thieves' treasure
Morgiana rewardedBy Ali Baba
Ali Baba appearsIn Ali Baba self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Morgianna associatedWith Ali Baba
forty thieves antagonistOf Ali Baba
subject surface form: Forty Thieves
forty thieves threatens Ali Baba
subject surface form: Forty Thieves
Open Sesame usedBy Ali Baba
Cassim relative Ali Baba
Cassim siblingOf Ali Baba