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Prince Ahmed is the youngest of three sons of a Sultan of the Indies in The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou. He is noted for having a magic tent which would expand so as to shelter an army, and contract so that it could go into one's pocket. Ahmed travels to Samarkand city and buys an apple that can cure any disease if the sick person smells it. Ahmed rescues the Princess Peri Banu (or Paribanou), a genie.

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  • In the Arabian Nights miniseries, Ahmed is played by James Callis. In the plot, the three brothers did not go after the objects to impress the princess, but because that way her father would choose who would be her successor. In this version, the apple does not cure by smell, it is necessary to eat a piece of it. And after the three brothers came together to help their father, they decided to stop fighting for the throne and rule the kingdom together.
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