Selim chokes his wife after trying to kill him, and Selim recommends his son to toughen taxes and kill prisoners to make everyone is afraid.

Selim rules that a Sultan must never appoint a crown prince. Sultan Qansuh struggles financially and his Mamluks rebel against him. They introduce taxes on the people. Jamal returns to Cairo with his wife, the daughter of an Aleppo merchant. Selim tries to win the Jannisaries loyalty against Bayazid. Al Kamal and his men join forces with Selim with promise to put him on the throne instead of his father.