Loubna A. Aziz

Hero becomes involved with a gang of counterfeiters employed by the Chinese to flood the world with false currency and hops around the Mediterranean. (bfi)

Set in the 13th century, under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders. (imdb)