Short answers, pulled from the story.
Antoine Galland recorded the story of Aladdin in 1709 after meeting Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab. Scholars like Ruth B. Bottigheimer argue that Diyab should be understood as the true author of some stories he supplied.
The opening sentences of both Galland and Burton versions place the story of Aladdin in one of the cities of Ancient China. Some scholars suggest the intended setting may be Turkestan encompassing Central Asia and modern-day Xinjiang in Western China.
On the 25th of March 1709 a French translator named Antoine Galland met with a Syrian storyteller called Hanna Diyab in Paris. Galland transcribed the tale during the winter of 1709 to 1710 and included it in volumes nine and ten of his translation Les mille et une nuits published in 1710.
The story of Aladdin appears in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index under tale type ATU 561 named after its main character. This classification places it next to two similar types: ATU 560 The Magic Ring and ATU 562 The Spirit in the Blue Light.
The earliest known filmed adaptation appeared in 1917 titled Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp directed by Chester M. Franklin and Sidney A. Franklin using child actors. The 1926 animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed combined Aladdin with another prince story making it the earliest surviving animated feature film.