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The tyrannical vizier Mirza Habib oppresses people beyond his home but humiliates himself before the khan, while his household’s women deceive and humiliate him. Palace and family intrigues intersect with Nisa-khanum’s love for the khan’s nephew, Teimur-aga.
A comedy satirizing citizens who believe an alchemist can make them easy money; the poet Haji-Nuri represents the view that personal ability and work create well-being.
In Karabakh, French botanist Monsieur Jourdan’s stories of Paris inspire Shahbaz, nephew of the local ruler, to travel there to study. Shahbaz’s fiancée and aunt oppose the plan and pay the dervish Mastali to destroy Paris by sorcery. When news of revolution and the king’s flight reaches the household, the women believe Mastali’s spell worked, but Shahbaz stays behind.
The tyrannical vizier Mirza Habib oppresses people beyond his home but humiliates himself before the khan, while his household’s women deceive and humiliate him. Palace and family intrigues intersect with Nisa-khanum’s love for the khan’s nephew, Teimur-aga.
A comedy satirizing citizens who believe an alchemist can make them easy money; the poet Haji-Nuri represents the view that personal ability and work create well-being.
In Karabakh, French botanist Monsieur Jourdan’s stories of Paris inspire Shahbaz, nephew of the local ruler, to travel there to study. Shahbaz’s fiancée and aunt oppose the plan and pay the dervish Mastali to destroy Paris by sorcery. When news of revolution and the king’s flight reaches the household, the women believe Mastali’s spell worked, but Shahbaz stays behind.