Ali Baba

Ali Baba (died 860s) was a famous merchant who lived in Baghdad during the 9th century, where he owned an estate in the district of Karkh with his daughter Murjana. Ali Baba came to deal with a group of thieves known as the Forty Thieves, led by their King and had a hideout in the south of the city. An exaggerated version of his encounter with the criminals and their rumored treasure was later written in a collection of Persian and Middle Eastern of stories titled One Thousand and One Nights, and it soon became one of the book's most infamous stories.