And now some words about the plot. It is rather long and complicated. Young girl, Zumurrud, is being sold at the market as a slave. She wants (?) to belong to a young handsome boy Nur Er Din and her master hands Zumurrud to him (?). She gives him money so he can rent or buy a house for them to live in. They settle in the house and have a great night. The following morning Zumurrud sends her lover to the market to sell the carpet she had made for one night (?) (As I said before there are some very obscure moments in this film) but she entreats him not to sell it to a man with blue eyes. Of course Nur Er Din sells it to a blue-eyed man. That man follows Nur Er Din, than makes him to eat some bread mixed with some soporifics. But before this event Zumurrud has time to read Nur Er Din a story about a king and a queen who make an interesting experiment with two young people: these young people made love with each other but only when the other partner is sleeping.
So the blue-eyed man kidnaps Zumurrud for some merchant then she is kidnapped again by a very rude shepherd. (Obviously there are few gentlemen in this film). She manages to escape and travelling over the desert she, dressed like a man, becomes (is forced to become) the king (!) of some country. Certainly she is forced to marry and she reveals to her wife that she's a woman and they become friends.
During his (or her) reigning the new king is lucky. Fellows who had offended him (her) came to his palace and were executed. There is an excellent scene with a bowl of rice which is repeated three times. Meanwhile her beloved is seeking for her. On his way he meets many people and they help him. While his adventures he listens to other story which in turn contains three more stories that are being weaved in intricate pattern. For example there is a beautiful story about Aziz and Aziza. It is kind of absurd from the beginning to end but don't forget that the setting is the fascinating Orient where these kinds of events are probable.
This film can be compared with a beautiful Persian carpet (and there is a motif of carpet in this film indeed). For example Aziz meets a young fellow named Tagi and they travel together. On their way they meet two "brothers by spirit" - Shahzmah and Yunan. Each of them tells his story. Well, they are really good. It is interesting that in both stories there is a motif of underground cave. An interesting common moment in all the stories is that it is always a woman who plans the sceme of actions. So Nur Er Din continues to search for his love and finally he comes to her city. Once again we watch the episode with the bowl of rice but this time Nur Er Din inspires the sympathy of men. So the king (Zumurrud) makes him his servant in his bedroom. Poor Nur Er Din realises soon that the king wants to force him to perform a homosexual act and he only implores the king not to hurt him much. Certainly this is only a joke from good Zumurrud and everything ends happily.
