A group of Nomads arrive and set up their camp for the night. To amuse themselves they tell stories and act out plays.
They tell a story about two brothers Shahzaman and Shahryar and they start to act out the story.
Shahryar is about to be married. His brother, angry at having been betrayed by his own wife says that he must not marry one girl but take a new bride every night. Shahryar does as his brother tells him and executes his new brides on the morning after each wedding.
