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Ali Baba

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Also known as: ʾAlī Bābā

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Ali Baba, fictional character, the hero of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” one of the best-known stories in The Thousand and One Nights. Ali Baba is a poor woodcutter who secretly watches as 40 thieves hide their booty in a cave, the door to which can be opened only by the verbal command of “Open, Sesame!” He later uses this magic phrase, steals riches from the cave, and lives a prosperous life. The thieves eventually suspect Ali Baba, and they hide themselves in large oil jars that, with the unsuspecting Ali’s permission, are stored overnight in Ali Baba’s courtyard.

Baba is a poor, yet a very good person living with 5 adorable orphan children viz Gulrez, Poya, Imaad, Nafi and Alifi. He always gets flashbacks of when his father, the great magician Mustafa gets killed while destroying the Forty Thieves and their Leader, Iblis.

Simsim gets extremely happy thinking that she is going to marry Iblis.

On the wedding day, Ali and Marjina meets. Simsim gets to know about Iblis' real intention and Simsim protests against him and Iblis takes her power and abandoned her. Now, Ali Baba and Simsim unites together to kill Iblis. Simsim and Ali enters Iblis' palace and they convinced him to trust them.

Ali captured all the fourteen devils of Iblis' with the help of Simsim, by which Iblis gets weaker than before. On the other hand, Iblis gets the magical stone after capturing Hatim in the world of most difficult questions and after his return, Iblis captures Ali and his team and he reveals his real plans to Simsim. Simsim got to know that Iblis has to sacrifice his wife and all of his devils so he had to marry princess Mariam and to capture all his devils. Iblis gives Simsim her powers back. Simsim takes Roshni's powers and disguises herself as Roshni and tries to send Ali to Iblis so that Iblis can use the Roshan Dil but Ali recognised her. Ali helps Hatim to release himself while Hatim gives an idea to Ali to defeat Iblis. Ali goes after Iblis with a plan. Hatim goes to find the Talisman. Ali with the help of Hatim defeated Iblis by the use of Talisman. But Simsim escapes and wanted to become the supreme darkness and burns Ibils' body so that he can never return. Simsim divides her soul into four halves in air, water, land and lava. Roshni, Marjina, Hatim and Ali respectively goes and finally found the halves of Simsim 's soul. After uniting the soul, Ali Baba finally defeated Simsim as well. The series ends with Ali Baba, Marjina and his family living happily ever after.Simsim gets extremely happy thinking that she is going to marry Iblis.

On the wedding day, Ali and Marjina meets. Simsim gets to know about Iblis' real intention and Simsim protests against him and Iblis takes her power and abandoned her. Now, Ali Baba and Simsim unites together to kill Iblis. Simsim and Ali enters Iblis' palace and they convinced him to trust them.

Ali captured all the fourteen devils of Iblis' with the help of Simsim, by which Iblis gets weaker than before. On the other hand, Iblis gets the magical stone after capturing Hatim in the world of most difficult questions and after his return, Iblis captures Ali and his team and he reveals his real plans to Simsim. Simsim got to know that Iblis has to sacrifice his wife and all of his devils so he had to marry princess Mariam and to capture all his devils. Iblis gives Simsim her powers back. Simsim takes Roshni's powers and disguises herself as Roshni and tries to send Ali to Iblis so that Iblis can use the Roshan Dil but Ali recognised her. Ali helps Hatim to release himself while Hatim gives an idea to Ali to defeat Iblis. Ali goes after Iblis with a plan. Hatim goes to find the Talisman. Ali with the help of Hatim defeated Iblis by the use of Talisman. But Simsim escapes and wanted to become the supreme darkness and burns Ibils' body so that he can never return. Simsim divides her soul into four halves in air, water, land and lava. Roshni, Marjina, Hatim and Ali respectively goes and finally found the halves of Simsim 's soul. After uniting the soul, Ali Baba finally defeated Simsim as well. The series ends with Ali Baba, Marjina and his family living happily ever after.