BHARAM, prince of Bogellana, is in love with Zohera, daughter of his father’s vizier. The minister, fearful of her seduction, complains to the sultaun, who banishes his son. The prince persuades his mistress to elope with him, and the lovers depart; but being followed, Bharam engages the pursuers, and after killing some, obliges the remainder to fly. On his returning into a forest, where he had left Zohera asleep on the appearance of the pursuers, she is not to be found. He goes in search of her without success; for, on awaking and missing Bharam, she had gone another way to look for him.
After travelling all night, she reaches a city; where being disguised as a man, the sultaun’s daughter falls in love with her, and offers herself in marriage. Zohera, after informing her that she had taken an oath to have no commerce with the sex till the accomplishment of a certain object, which she dare not reveal, agrees to marry her, on condition that, till the expiration of the vow, they shall sleep in different apartments. To this the princess consents, and they are married.
Not long after the nuptials, the sultaun dies; and Zohera, in right of the wife, succeeds to the throne. At length Bharam, in search of his lost mistress, arrives at the capital, when Zohera discovers herself to him, and makes known her adventures and sex to the princess; who consents to share with her in the love of Bharam, and he becomes sultaun of the country, living happily with his two wives.*