And when the entire Islamic world stood on the brink of war, the Baghdad thief returned to the noble city of Bukhara—Leo of Obolen?! How did he end up in the East, how did he turn the emir into a donkey, how did he defeat the city guard of Shehmet, how did he fly on a magic flying carpet, how did he force the very devil to serve him, how did he save the true values of the Qur’an—stopping the maniac and villain, the black sheikh Hayyam-Kara—who would know… But in this case, everything written must be believed for sure! After all, this story was told not by the author of the book, but by Hoja Nasreddin himself! He always speaks only the truth, I swear by Allah…