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Ali Baba (died 860s) was a famous merchant who lived in Baghdad during the 9th century. He owned an estate with his daughter Murjana in the Karkh district.
Biography[]
During the 860s, Ali Baba came to deal with the criminal group known as the Forty Thieves, who were led by their "king" Kasim and had a hideout in the wilderness south of the city.[1] An exaggerated version of his encounter with the thieves and their rumored treasure was later written in a collection of Persian and Middle Eastern stories titled One Thousand and One Nights, and it soon became one of the book's most infamous stories.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Ali Baba is a figure from Arabic folklore who was first mentioned in the 2023 video game Assassin's Creed: Mirage before appearing in its downloadable expansion The Forty Thieves. In the original tale, Ali is a woodcutter and he survives the ordeal with the thieves, though they kill his merchant brother Cassim who gets trapped in the thieves' magical cave of riches. Murjana is not his daughter but becomes his daughter-in-law after foiling the thieves' multiple attempts to kill him.[3]
Datamined games files contained text for two notes that do not appear in the expansion. The first is a paper in which Ali first gave thanks to Allah for blessing his devotion to Islam with financial security by way of the Forty Thieves' treasure, despite having lost his unnamed wife, then praised his daughter as someone to continue his legacy:
Ali Baba's Reflection
- Blessed is the teaching of submission, for it is has led me from poverty to riches, from danger to security.
Though I lost my wife, my daughter lives and grows. Through her too shall my legacy live on and the name of Ali Baba be long remembered in Baghdad and beyond.
Should I die wealthy or poor, I have been a well-rewarded man.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe!
The second is a page initially titled "Ali Baba's Diary" that mentioned Murjana's wanderlust, Ali's need to access the "cave of wonders" to fund her wishes, and his fear about working with the Forty Thieves due to their brutal ways. By the time of the expansion's release, the note was modified with the longer name of "A Page from Ali Baba's Journal" while removing the aforementioned details. The below text is the original note with the underlined words indicating what was removed.
Ali Baba's Diary
- Murjana has spoken to me of her hopes: to travel the world, to seek glory and adventure in the unknown. She talked about visiting India, and even China! Where did this child get her dreams from?
But the coffers are running thin... and if I am to support her, I need more. I know she loathes it, but I must work with the Forty. They are abhorrent; I overheard two louts describing in detail how they beat a man in front of his wife... but I have little choice. Only they can give me what I require. The cave, access to the cave of wonders is what I need.
What is a father's love for if not for his daughter?
Appearances[]
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage (first mentioned) (mentioned in Database entry only)
- The Forty Thieves (appears as a corpse only)
References[]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Mirage – The Forty Thieves – A Dance with Thieves
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Database: The One Thousand and One Nights
- ↑
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves on Wikipedia