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'''Princess Jasmine''', also known as '''Shirin''', is a character on [[ABC]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time]]''. She débuts, with her first appearance, in the [[Strange Case|fourth episode]] of the [[Season Six|sixth season]]. She is portrayed by guest star [[Karen David]].
 
'''Princess Jasmine''', also known as '''Shirin''', is a character on [[ABC]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time]]''. She débuts, with her first appearance, in the [[Strange Case|fourth episode]] of the [[Season Six|sixth season]]. She is portrayed by guest star [[Karen David]].
   

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I did not come so far and sacrifice so much only to give up on finding Aladdin.

—Jasmine to the Oracle src

Princess Jasmine, also known as Shirin, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts, with her first appearance, in the fourth episode of the sixth season. She is portrayed by guest star Karen David.

Jasmine is based on Badroulbadour from One Thousand and One Nights, and Jasmine from the Disney film Aladdin.

History

Before First Curse

In the capital of Agrabah, Jasmine grows concerned for her father, the Sultan, after he gains a new adviser, Jafar, who is corrupt and delivers unnecessary harsh punishments to the common people. She gains the help of an infamous thief, Aladdin, to defeat Jafar by finding a weapon called the Diamond in the Rough at the Cave of Wonders. By this time, however, Jasmine already has suspicions that the weapon is actually Aladdin. On the journey to the cave, Jasmine chastises Aladdin for thinking about going on a treasure hunt in the cave, instead of being concerned about the kingdom's people. Aladdin points out that people have been suffering for a long time now, even before Jafar took over, and that she's only decided to get involved now after her family is affected. Despite their differences in opinions, Aladdin earns a smile from Jasmine by offering her an apple. After getting into the cave, they find the diamond on a sword, and to prevent a trap from triggering, Aladdin places a monkey ornament of equal weight on the sword before taking the diamond. The diamond unexpectedly crumbles into ash, just as a quake occurs, with debris falling around the pair. As Aladdin shields Jasmine from a collapsing pillar, he accidentally uses magic to pulverize it. Jasmine reveals she knew the Diamond in the Rough was actually him, and this proves he is a Savior and can defeat Jafar. Aladdin, overwhelmed by this, asks to be left alone, which Jasmine agrees to do, but not before giving him the royal scarab of Agrabah as proof of her belief in him. She then leaves to go home and take her father to a safer location, only to be intercepted by Jafar, who traps her in a hourglass as it fills up with sand. Aladdin, embracing his role as savior, uses magic to snap Jafar's staff in half, which also lifts Jafar's spell on the Sultan. Sometime after Jafar is gone, Jasmine provides a new lead on the sorcerer's whereabouts in the eastern provinces. Aladdin decides to go there and pursue Jafar, and he invites Jasmine to come with him, however, she resolves to stay in the capital and work on improving the kingdom. ("Street Rats")

After Aladdin's disappearance, Jasmine uses unknown means to travel to the Land of Untold Stories to find him because she needs his help to save Agrabah from danger. ("Strange Case," "Street Rats")

After Third Curse

By Mr. Hyde's will, Jasmine and many former residents from the the Land of Untold Stories come to Storybrooke. ("The Savior")

Jasmine, now using the alias of Shirin, becomes a teaching aide for Mary Margaret. During class, Mary Margaret introduces the students to Newton's law of physics, but the lecture goes badly, with the students all doing poorly on an exam. Jasmine suggests that Mary Margaret is not the same person she was once in the past, and this is why her old teaching methods no longer work. She exemplifies this with her own past, in which the kingdom she came from had a princess that was capable of saving her people, but she failed because of not truly embracing the hero she could be. Jasmine advises her to play on her strengths and assert herself for who she is now: Snow White. At an outdoor class, Mary Margaret successfully employs Jasmine's advice to teach the students Newton's law of physics by letting them try their hand at archery. In the evening, as Jasmine leaves, Mary Margaret gives her an apple, and asks her about if the princess ever fixed things in her kingdom. Jasmine states that she did not, and that she left the princess behind in the Land of Untold Stories. Later that night, she secretly meets with the Oracle, who tells her that Aladdin is somewhere in Storybrooke. ("Strange Case")

After finding the Oracle dead in the woods, Emma apprehends Jasmine, who she sees running away from the scene of the crime. Under interrogation, Jasmine reveals her true identity and swears she did not kill the Oracle because the girl was helping her find Aladdin. Emma, also a Savior like Aladdin, later admits she has been having a vision of her own future, one in which she is killed by a villain, and that it is the fate of all Saviors to die this way. Jasmine becomes very upset at the possibility that Aladdin may be dead, but in order to be certain, Regina makes a spell to link Emma to Aladdin, which will allow her to locate him. The heroes, with Jasmine, pinpoint Aladdin in a crypt. Upon examination of the area, Jasmine is heartbroken to find the royal scarab of Agrabah, an heirloom of hers that she once gave Aladdin, on one of the skeletons. She sees this as proof that he is truly dead, but Emma later meets Aladdin, who admits he is too ashamed to allow Jasmine to know he escaped his own death by using the Fates' Shears. After some convincing from Emma, Aladdin goes to find Jasmine, and they reunite with a hug. Jasmine explains she requires his help to save Agrabah because he's the Savior, however, Aladdin begins telling her that he's no longer the Savior. ("Street Rats")

Trivia

Etymology

  • Jasmine's alias, Shirin, is the name of another female character from One Thousand and One Nights, who appears in a story on the three hundred and ninety-first night called "Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman". The character is based on a real seventh century Persian queen who became an important heroine in Persian literature after her death.

Production Notes

  • Her casting call name was "Scheherazade".[1][2]
  • The casting call describes her as "a regal Middle Eastern/Arabic beauty who never backs down from a good fight and can go toe-to-toe with even the toughest adversaries".[1]

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