The carpet flies Pepper Masalah and Zamir back in time to find its original owner in Moghul India, who is none other than the ailing Emperor Shah Jahan. They land in Lahore and find a magician is doing a disappearing rope trick. Pepper climbs the rope to escape a bazaar dog and their problems start in earnest. They arrive in Hindustan and Zam is accused of stealing the carpet and is put in the dungeon. How will Pepper and her new friends rescue him? How can they return home without the carpet?