داستان در کشوری خیالی و در سال 1948 اتفاق می افتد."مارک میلر" کارمند جوان سفارت آمریکا است که مسئول مراقبت از "الن جاسپر" دختر سناتور "جاپسر" است که بعدها با کلنل "نذرالله" ازدواج کرده و ناپدید می شوند...
Caravans is a 1978 Iranian-American adventure drama film directed by James Fargo based on the 1963 novel by James A. Michener. Nancy Voyles Crawford wrote the screenplay. This film represents people of Afghanistan and their tradition in Qandahar, Badakhshan cities in that time and the Kochi people of Afghanistan. The film was shot in Afghanistan and Iran and starred Anthony Quinn, Jennifer O'Neill, and Michael Sarrazin.