It is also one of the most striking specimens of that peculiar group of Turkish stories such as Torokvilag Magyarorszagon, Turkey in Hungary and Torok mozgolmak Turkish Incursions, A kétszarvi ember, The Man with the Antlers and the extremely popular Fehér rozsa, White Rose which form a genre apart of Jokai's own creation, in which his exuberant imagination revels in the rich colors of the gorgeous East as in its proper element while his ever alert humor makes the most of the sharp and strange contrasts of Oriental life and society.
