Plot Summary

Everyone respects Kaka Mostafa, the standard-bearer and the trusted elder of the neighborhood. He intends to appoint Karim, his disciple, as the new standard-bearer. The Bibi-Hassan brothers kill Rahman’s brother, and seven of them are imprisoned. The Bibi-Hassan brothers entrust their sister, Suri, to Kaka Mostafa. Rahman returns to his hometown, Shiraz, and violates Soori—who is living in Kaka Mostafa’s house—and the girl then takes refuge in a brothel...