Plot Summary:Mompracem villagers are scared and left hungry by the ferocious Sultan Abdullah , a sovereign cowardly and cruel , serving the British. Jamilah , a young woman, returns to Mompracem to call the old 'tigers" to battle, but is hunted by the sultan's guards and is about to be killed , but she was saved by the Greek adventurer Teotokris . The latter decides to help her , making a long journey to India in search of Sandokan , sheltering there to convince him to resume his fight against the British .