Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

by Unknown

"Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" by Unknown is a Middle Eastern folk tale added to One Thousand and One Nights by French translator Antoine Galland in 1710. A poor young man in China encounters a sorcerer who tricks him into retrieving a magical lamp from an enchanted cave. Trapped but aided by a magic ring, Aladdin escapes with the lamp and discovers it contains a powerful genie. He gains wealth, marries a princess, and builds a magnificent palace—but the vengeful sorcerer returns to reclaim the lamp and steal everything Aladdin has won.