Legend has it that in Baghdad the magnificent, a great and particularly dark-minded vizier, who answers to the name of Iznogoud, works on his ambition to lay claim to the throne of Caliph Haroun al Plassid. Thus his favourite saying: I want to be caliph instead of the caliph! Seconded by Wa'at Alahf, Iznogoud tries ever more diverse and even crazier means to reach his ends - in vain, of course!