Camels

Camels

Camels are creatures native to the deserts, from Egypt to the farthest reaches of the Seven Deserts.

History

Background

Camels are common throughout the Seven Deserts, but they were first introduced to the future site of Agrabah centuries ago by Sheik Hamed, the future founder of Agrabah, as camels were the main animals used by his traveling caravan and were cared for along with the other animals of the caravan by Abnor Mal. Since then, camels had been raised by Agrabahnians for generations.

Aladdin

The Peddler briefly riding his camel, Shadigna during Arabian Nights

In the beginning of the film during the theme Arabian Nights, the Peddler is seen riding on his camel, Shadigna. The Peddler pulls his rope off to have the audience some of his fine merchandise.

Meanwhile, Jasmine runs away from home, in the disguise of a peasant, but having never been outside the palace before, she inadvertently gets into trouble when she gives an apple to a young boy without paying for it. Before Farouk can punish her by amputating her hand, Aladdin quickly steps in and saves her by claiming that Jasmine is his psychopathic sister. Jasmine plays along, pretending that she believes Abu to be the Sultan, and Mazin is her doctor.

List of Camels

• Mazin
• Shadigna

The Return of Jafar

As Iago makes his "grand" return to Agrabah, several camels are seen in the streets.

Aladdin: The Series

Camels are regularly seen in the series as Agrabah's most common animals.

Daily Jasmine Comic

A Dream Come True

Jasmine wonders what she should wear to the great festival that is to be announced to the citizens of Agrabah by her father the Sultan. The Sultan is considering what exactly his joyous speech to the people should be aboult while Jafar tries to flatter the Sultan into not thinking too hard about his subjects, as he believes that they are too lowly and to not deserve anything special.

At the same time Jasmine is thinks of Aladdin and hopes to meet him at the festival. She notices a glitter in the distance and, Jasmine being Jasmine, leaves the palace and goes out into the desert to investigate the glitter coming from the sand. She hurries into he desert and finds a silver board with two footprints just her size. As she struggles to maintain her balance on the board after stepping onto the two footprints, a strong breeze lifts her and the board further out into the desert. The silver board is lifted into the air and slides over the sand dunes with the princess along for the ride. The winds suddenly die down as the board comes to a magnificent oasis.

Curious of her new surroundings, Jasmine enters the oasis and finds, in the center, a crystal clear lake. She runs her hands through the water as Aladdin emerges frrom the brush. Jasmine is both pleased and surprised to see Aladdin. He calls out to her only to vanish into thin air. Jasmine looks behind a branch, and as it swirls around she sees Aladdin on the trunk of a palm tree. She calls out to Aladdin asking him how he was able to that, only for him to vanish again. A camel appears in front of Jasmine and wishes her a good day, and Jasmine wonders how the camel is able to speak. The camel explains that anything is possible and that the sand, for example, makes it so that everyone can see what they want to see.

The camel explains how the sand allows her to often see her friend Fatama, even though she lives really far away. This gives Jasmine a good idea. She returns back to the palace with a bag full of magic sand. The Sultan is delighted with Jasmine's gift and says how he will sprinkle the sand amongst their people. Jafar believes the Sultan's idea to be ridiculous and replaces the magic sand with ordinary sand. The Sultan makes a speech at the feast and announces a surprise larger than the sun for his people. He spills the sand onto the ground, but nothing happens.

Since Jafar has possession of the real magic sand, he uses his magic to let everyone see what he wants to see. He taunts the Sultan, asking if he can't offer the people something more valuable. Aladdin arrives and tells the people how the Sultan's heart is pure and that his daughter is more beautiful than all of Jafar's bad magic and spells. After hearing those words, the people cheered for the Sultan and the princess. Happiness belongs to them, and for most people a pure heart full of love.

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

The Forty Thieves used a pack of camels to hide among the "presents" they were carrying in order to infiltrate the Sultan's Palace and steal all of the treasures brought for Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding.

List of Camels

• Abuddin
• Anis
• Ardalan
• Bahir
• Fadahunsi
• Hyder
• Kareem
• Nura
• Quamaruddin
• Raneem
• Sherika
• Tazimuddin
• Yasir
• Zafir

Gallery

Jasmine talking to the "doctor"

Dancing Camels model sheet

A "Cannoned Camel" from the Kingdom Hearts series