Alibaba Saluja

Alibaba Saluja is one of the main characters from the Magi anime and manga.

Alibaba is the former third Prince of the Balbadd Kingdom. He was working as a cart driver when he first met Aladdin. He was the co-leader of the Fog Troupe. Being a Dungeon Capturer, he is the owner of the Djinn Amon and Aladdin's King Vessel. He has allied himself with Kou Empire and became Kouen Ren's subordinate. Before the Kou Empire Civil War occurred, Alibaba was killed by Hakuryuu, and his consciousness was sent by Belial to a dimension where time moves slowly. He comes back to life with the help of the magicians from Alma Torran to prevent the destruction of their world. It is revealed by the Mother Dragon that Alibaba has the bearings of a hermit.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Alibaba is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Dream Team as it's second-in-command.

Appearance
Alibaba is a young man of average height with blond hair and golden eyes. He has a short, thick ahoge on his hair, which he appears to have inherited from his father, and wears a small red rope tied around his neck at all times. He initially wore a traditional Arabian outfit with a sash around his waist to hold his knife, black boots with blue stripes, and one earring in each ear. As the story progresses, he additionally started wearing two red earrings on the top of his left ear (which presumably belonged to Cassim and hold his Rukh).

During his training in the Reim Empire, Alibaba's attire changed to a dark blue tunic which slants on his left side and black boots with burgundy stripes. He has scars on his arm from where Garda bit him.

It was shown that he highly resembles his mother, having her soft facial features and kind eyes.

Personality
Alibaba was introduced as being a very cunning and petty person, shown to respect wealthy merchants and do his best to please them, often with flattering sophistry and laughing when they call him trash. He also tried to be friends with Aladdin only for his strength. However, he has always tried his best to do honest work since his childhood.

Like Aladdin, he likes beautiful, busty women and they usually go clubbing whenever they can (except he appears to have very bad luck in there, always getting a rather ugly-looking lady who claims to be the most beautiful in the club). However, it was shown that he was actually very kind, caring and helpful. Due to having a high class education since he was young, he is also very skilled in negotiations and much more intelligent than he appears. He has no patience for those who wallow in their power at the expense of others suffering. At the same time, he can be a rather oblivious person, as he naively trusts Sinbad.

He is dedicated to helping everyone and can seem a little hard-headed, like when he goes into a fight without any help because he wants to settle something himself. He is very loyal to his friends. He became good friends with Aladdin and Morgiana and cares a lot for them. Since his Magoi has become one with Cassim's Magoi, his aura/atmosphere and behavior have changed, taking on some of Cassim's personality and habits; for example, smoking. Alibaba wanted to smoke but he still couldn't handle it. He acknowledges this change and decides to accept it as a final gift.

Abilities
Alibaba is an extremely strong and talented swordsman. At a very young age, Alibaba was trained in Royal Swordplay. He has also learned other sword styles from Sharrkan making him a more rounded swordsman. He was able to copy the exact moves Sharrkan did on him, to Toto. After his training in Reim, he was able to fight and wound Reim's strongest swordsman, Muu Alexius, showing his vast improvement of skill. After returning to his body Alibaba -thanks to his increased concentration- showed the ability to see a enemy moving far slower than normal, this allowed him to fight a group of thieves easily.

Advanced Intelligence and Reflexes
Alibaba was given a high level of education possible in the Royal Palace of Balbadd after the king adopted him. He knows difficult languages like Torran Language and possesses high knowledge. After his time in the Dark Continent he has gained a plethora of knowledge from the Alma Torran magicians of that age. At that time he also gained the ability to increase his concentration in order to think faster and get more information far faster than a regular human, this allowed him to go through all documents related with the Kou Empire, a normal human would need several years for this feat while Alibaba managed it in less than two weeks.

Following his stay in the dark continent, along with his ability to process information much faster than a regular human possibly could. Alibaba is able to see the world move much slower, as pointed out by Yunan on his return. This has allowed Alibaba to have quick reflexes in real time, being able to relatively slow down time for himself. In the chapter "Alibaba's Power" Yunan stated that Alibaba had acquired the ability to make a 'single moment last for eternity.' This has allowed him to dodge attacks with ease, he was able to defeat multiple guards of Kou on his own without any weapon.

Magoi Manipulation
Alibaba is learning how to manipulate his Magoi. Due to having two types of Magoi inside him (his own Magoi and that of Cassim, who had passed on his larger Magoi to Alibaba following his death) it has been a bit more difficult for him due to the possible risk of both Magoi rejecting each other resulting in Alibaba's death. At the end of a fight for his life in the Colosseum with Alibaba's conviction, Alibaba's Magoi fused with that of Cassim's. As of now, he is only able to stretch his Magoi around the hilt of the sword.

Metal Vessel
Amon is the Fire Djinn that Alibaba received after he captured the 7th Dungeon along with Aladdin and Morgiana. Amon is the Djinn of Politeness and Austerity. Alibaba's Metal Vessel for Amon was a small knife, Amol Saiqa, which he kept at his side. During the fighting in Balbadd the knife was broken so Alibaba changed his Metal Vessel to a short sword which he received from Sinbad, who got it from Alibaba's father, Rashid Saluja. The members of Alibaba's Household are Morgiana, who uses his Djinn, Amon, to power the flames of her Household Vessel, Amol Selseila, Olba and Toto, whose Household Vessels are Amol Ahmor-Ghameq. In both forms, the sword is completely immune to any type of fire or heat. If it is attacked by it, it will completely absorb it and strengthen itself.
 * Djinn Weapon Equip: To achieve Djinn Weapon Equip, Alibaba burns his arms with Amon's flames. Then he starts to burn his entire body. He keeps using more and more flames until he becomes the flames himself. Alibaba's knife becomes a large black sword, which is also called Amol Saiqa (Amon's Sword). As Alibaba's Djinn Weapon Equip progresses, his arms change into a black metallic substance. Alibaba calls it the Sword of Melting. It has the ability to produce and to manipulate fire.
 * Amon's Royal Sword: Alibaba has also learned the second method of Djinn Weapon Equip where the weapon retains it's original shape using less Magoi and allows him to better use his sword skills and Amon's flame abilities. In this form his attack range is slightly larger so if his sword doesn't hit the opponent the heat produced around the sword is able to slice and enhance the range of the attack.
 * Amol Dherrsaiqa (Amon's Roaring Flame Sword): After using the second method of Djinn Weapon Equip Alibaba summons and concentrates a large amount of flames around it. This turns it into a vortex of flames capable of incinerating everything it touches instantly. This can be combined with his Royal Swordplay.
 * Amol Berka (Amol's Wall): For both forms, Alibaba can create a wall of flames to stop his enemies from approaching him.
 * Djinn Equip: Alibaba has mastered the ability to Djinn Equip. In his full Djinn Equip Alibaba has flame-like protrusions from his arms and legs, a third eye on his forehead and a naval piercing. While in this mode, Alibaba's power increases drastically, becoming able to cut down three Black Djinn in one slash.
 * Amol Al-Bador Saiqa (Flame Minister's Beheading Sword): When this Extreme Magic is summoned, it becomes a huge sword made of fire and a person made of fire which is able to pierce through the hardest objects and barriers. While clashing against Hakuryuu, it shown he improved this ability by transforming the flame warrior into the large phoenix with six wings (three on each side). The power is strong enough to resist against Hakuryuu's Extreme Magic.

Trivia

 * His name is based on Ali Baba (Alī Bābā), the hero of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves from One Thousand and One Nights.
 * He likes trading business.
 * His weakness is that he gains weight easily.
 * His special skill is Royal Swordplay.
 * He claims that his type is "the girl who became my girlfriend," but Alibaba has never had a girlfriend before and his least favorite type of person is a strong no.1 hostess.
 * His favorite food is roasted Papagoras bird, and he doesn't dislike any food.
 * He is worried about Balbadd.
 * In his free time, he likes reading The Adventure of Sinbad and writing his own adventures.
 * He wrote his autobiography in secret. Although he would read The Adventures of the Great and Handsome Treasure Hunter Alibaba Saluja out loud in a great voice.
 * The person Alibaba has on mind is Kouen Ren, as he wonders what Kouen is going to do with Balbadd.
 * When asked what his most important possession is, Alibaba answered: "Cassim's piercing".
 * Scheherazade thinks that Alibaba is very similar to her first King Vessel since he also had a taste for indecent places.
 * In early designs, Alibaba was supposed to be a gladiator, with a quieter and more stoic personality. Ohtaka discarded the idea because, according to her, she's better creating more expressive characters.
 * His character song is called "One Step Further".
 * When asked who he wishes were his real siblings he chose Cassim and Mariam. The two comment: "We too think of you as our real brother".