Antar is sent by Suleiman head of the Ottoman Empire to Bagdad to prevent Hammam Pasha of Bagdad from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima who tries to avenge her fathers death against Hammams righthandman Kasseim whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar