n ancient Persia. there lived a Sultan who had an only daughter whose beauty was like moonrise in a heaven. Now it happened that the Sultan left his kingdom to fight in a foreign land. In his absence, the Princess fell in love with a young traveller, who climbed the palace wall to see her. This did not please the Sultan's Grand Vizier Jaffer who meant to marry the Princess himself. Seizing power, Jaffer had his rival thrown into the dungeons but the young man escaped and struck down the evil magician. When he learned of his Vizier's treachery, the grateful Sultan offered riches but the stranger requested just one reward. And so the young lovers were wed and they lived happily... Well, for eleven days.