'''Aladdin''' (a corruption of the Arabic name <i>'Alā 'ad-Dīn<i>, Arabic: علاء الدين literally "nobility of faith") is one of the tales with a Syrian originJohn Payne, ''Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp and Other Stories'', (London 1901) gives details of Galland's encounter with 'Hanna�...(continue reading)