In 1795, when the Indian subcontinent was known as Hindustan or Hindostan, King Mirza Sikander Baig was killed by John Clive. The residents of his kingdom are massacred, and the land is annexed by the East India Company. The only survivors are his daughter, Zafira Baig, and general, Khudabaksh. Khudabaksh defeats the retreating enemy soldiers, and raises Zafira as his daughter, training her in the arts of warfare.