[1][2] It is so named since a successful game rewards the player with a view of the Sultan (King of Hearts) surrounded by his harem of eight queens.
Six cards (or eight in some versions) from the deck are placed face-up around the foundations to make up the reserve, which in this game is sometimes referred to as the divan.
The player then makes one of three moves: The goal is to end the game with the Sultan (King of Hearts) surrounded by his Queens.
When there are no more cards in the face-down deck, the player may re-deal (shuffle the waste and place them face-down, creating a new deck), but may only do this twice per game.
The game is over after the player has run through the deck three times, or when all the cards are on the foundations.