Plot Summary

Gul Mirza is a poet who sings at the nobleman Arkat-Ul-Daula's palace, and wins the praises of his daughter, Sahebzadi Aalam. After his service in the royal army, they agree to marry. But when his widowed mother is murdered one night, Gul Mirza speaks out against Arkat and gets labeled a rebel, perhaps never able to meet Aalam again.