This story is told by Janshah, the young man crying between two graves, to the traveller Buluqiya. King Tighmus of Kabul and the Banu Shahlan is elderly but has no son. Finally he marries the princess of Khorasan and they have a son, Janshah. One day Janshah is out hunting and follows a gazelle away from his group, all the way to the sea, with only six slaves as company. When he tries to return to shore in his boat, he is blown off course. When he lands on an island, his group is attacked by cannibals who can split themselves in two, and three of the slaves are eaten. On anotheer island Janshah finds the crystal palace of Solomon, where a society apes live. They crown Janshah as their king and he leads them in battle against some ghouls. He finds a tablet left by Solomon with instructions