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Back to ad, in the heart of the House of Islam, is the city of well-being.

In it is to be found the learning which all the world desires to possess and elegance

and perfect courtesy. Its science is as penetrating as its winds are barmy.

In it is to be found the best of everything that the world can boast and all things that are

beautiful. From it comes everything that is worth knowing and everyone with any claim to

fashion is drawn to it. It is the city of people's hearts.

And Tom Holland, the podcaster of people's hearts, you are back all for the fourth time in this

mighty series on the history of Baghdad and the Islamic Golden Age. And today I'm very excited

because we will be talking about Aladdin, Sinbad and the Arabian Knights, won't we Tom?

We will, flying carpets, genies, all the works, but not first Dominic.

Oh, that's disappointing. You're going to make me wait.

I know, because we've got loads of other exciting things to talk about as well.

Just on the Arabian Knights, the Arabian Knights have become, for a lot of people,

so Theo, our producer, said he has any very vague knowledge of the Arabian Knights,

he knows there's carpets and there's lamps and genies.

There's a Disney film, isn't there? Aladdin.

Yes.

So I'm sure lots of children see that, and in Britain,

children go to pantomimes, and you'll still get Aladdin, things like that.

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