 The film had a Russian language version released in the Soviet Union as two parts, "Vozvrashcheniye Bagdadskogo Vora" ("The Return of the Thief of Baghdad") and "Черный принц Аджуба" ("Black Prince Ajuba").The Afghan kingdom of "Baharistan" is ruled by a just and kind Sultan, Ali Rizwan Mohhamad Dokeer Khan (Shammi Kapoor).All is well in the land except that the Sultan seemingly can't have children.