In Sinbad's fifth voyage in the "Arabian Nights," he discovers the City of the Apes, whose inhabitants spend each night in boats off-shore while their town is abandoned to man-eating apes. Sinbad convinces these apes to pluck fruit for him, which he then sells, recouping his fortune.
Ja'far ibn Yahya was historically vizier of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, famous as a patron of science. He's a cunning hero in several Arabian Nights tales, though modern media ironically often uses his name for evil sorcerers, such as the one in Disney's "Aladdin."
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