Arlequin is being pursued by his debtors, so his friend Boubekir gives him a flying box so that he can flee the country.
As he is flying over Persia, he sees a young man about to kill himself because his true love, the Princess of Basra, is to be married to the Kam of the Tartars (played by Pierrot from La Foire de Guibray).
Arlequin tells her that she does not have to marry the Kam and presents her with a portrait of her future husband, the Prince of Persia.
The Princess tells her father about this revelation, and the King and the Kam go in search of the "false Arlequin."
Arlequin beats them with his stick until the King and the Kam agree that the princess should marry the Prince.