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The New International Encyclopædia/Forty Thieves, The

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2149971The New International Encyclopædia — Forty Thieves, The


FORTY THIEVES, The. A band of robbers, in the tale of “Ali Baba,” in the ordinary translations of the Thousand and One Nights, although not found in the best Arabic manuscripts. They dwelt in a cave in the forest, the door of which opened only in response to the words ‘Open, sesame.’