The Sultan's Plot

The Sultan's Plot
Premiere date	November 2, 1968
Starring	Jay North John Stephenson Frank Gerstle Shari Lewis Henry Corden Don Messick
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Sultan's Plot" is the ninth episode of Arabian Knights season one, and came as a segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on November 2, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Abaddon, the Sultan of Darkness, removes a caliph's city after he fails to give Abaddon tribute, so the Arabian Knights trek into Abaddon's dark kingdom to get him to undo his spell.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Caliph of Kalibad	John Stephenson
Abaddon	Unavailable
Prince Turhan	Jay North
Fariik	John Stephenson Don Messick (Fariik's donkey voice)
Bez as elephant	Henry Corden Unavailable (Bez as elephant) Don Messick (Bez's donkey voice)
Princess Nida	Shari Lewis Don Messick (Nida's donkey voice)
Zazuum	Don Messick
Raseem	Frank Gerstle
Omar	Unavailable

Organizations

• Arabian Knights

Locations

• Earth
  • Iraq
    • Kilibad
    • Abaddon's kingdom

Objects

• Abaddon's amulet

Vehicles

• None

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 2, 1968 on NBC

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • September 21, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Banana Splits: Complete Season 1 on DVD.