This story starts from "The Thousand and One Nights" as is already known, given that the story of Aladdin, in addition to the story of "Ali baba and the forty thieves" and going through the fable of "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor", they became a compilation of stories that were famous until today and that came to be narrated by the main narrator Scheherazade.īut while this is true, many historians try to resolve certain questions about the original Aladdin, among these questions it is worth mentioning that this is how the events occurred.
It is said that the original story where Aladdin was obtained and based became first-hand a narration of family origin where it was used as a traditional story, that is, between ragged and rich, being that from the beginning it is presented to a young man who turns out to be the protagonist of the story who must learn a lesson that will give him a demonstration of life and that will be very important.Īll this under a striking environment as well as a good portion of magic in addition to the fact that in this same story there is a fairly beautiful heroine and as if she weren't enough, a vile and unfair villain, although in other versions of the story two villains are presented. Being that in the volumes where this story was introduced, they became number IX and X of today's famous book of magical fables "Arabian Nights" which was finally published in 1710.įor the year 1679, Galland made trip number three, since he became a delegate through the Company domiciled in France called the East Indies with the sole purpose of collecting samples to be transferred to the then Colbert cabinet being that he himself was at that time a minister of the King of France but after time passed and at the end of his mandate, the French government allowed him to continue with the investigations that he was carrying out and in turn this same government granted him the title of royal expert.Īfter being abroad for a long time, this native translator from France came to obtain a broad understanding of his career, which in general terms were languages, in addition to acquiring a broad learning as far as Arabic literature is concerned, as well such as Turkish and Persian language.īeing that all of the above allowed Galland, when he returned to the country of France, to offer his invaluable help to Jean de Thévenot, the famous French traveler, linguist and naturalist who was in charge and under the protection of the imposing royal library, in company of Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville a French orientalist.Īfter spending many years and after Jean de Thévenot and Jean de Thévenot died, this translator with the surname Galland came to move and therefore to live for a period of time in the city of Caen, located in the West of France, with Nicolas Foucault in the same house, the latter being an archaeologist with an excellent career and a public position in the city.
It should be mentioned that among his writings a small diary was found where Gallard himself kept his annotations but in particular he wrote the translation of the word "Aladdin" this was in the middle of the year 17 in the winter time. Although many historians agree that so far it has not been possible to find any origin of a medieval or even Arab nature that would specify its beginning and subsequent expansion, the truth is that many historians agree that this story that was added for the first time in the famous book "The thousand and one nights".īut under the found writings of this French translator surnamed Gallard for the date of March 25, 1709, he came to find the help of a scientific scholar and researcher named Youhenna Diab, who transferred from the city of Aleppo in Syria to the city of Paris through the well-known French traveler named Paul Lucas.
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