King Shahriman is given a slave girl named Julnar the Sea-born, a Marid. Their son is Badr Basim. When Badr is an adult and the new king, he overhears his mother and uncle Salih speaking of a bride for him. They mention Jaurahah, and at the sound of her name Badr falls in love. However, Jaurahah's father King Al-Samandal will accept no husband for her and chases Salih out of the palace. Salih responds by conquering them. Jaurahah flees to hide, and as luck would have it, winds up on the same island as Badr. She pretends to be in love with him, turns him into a bird, and abandons him there. She instructs her maidservant Marsinah to abandon Badr on the Thirsty Island to die of thirst, but Marsinah can't bring herself to do it and leaves Badr in a fruit tree.