Because romance allows for the characters ideological rather than psychological magnitude, the main issue in On the Road to Baghdat becomes Huru and her brave journey to Baghdat along which she matures. In this historical romance, characters move from one geographical area to another with astonishing rapidity. Unusual coincidences and improbable reunions are quite frequent in the novel. For example, Huru sees the shepherd that she came across and from whom she borrowed the clothings a second time at the end of the book. Romance plotting frees the narrative from the burden of verisimilitude.
Magical illusions prevail through the factual incidents.
Animals vanish, jinnis and giants intrude in the lives of the characters. Fortune tellers predict future that later comes true. Time becomes a relative space which in Part I flows from the 16th century to the 8th in Part II, and in Part III backwards again. Through the characteristics of science-fiction, Time embraces Huru and swallows her. The narrator and Huru rely on repetition, and on refrain as in the oral tale or songs to speed the movement of the tale and to give the reader a comforting sense of familiarity and identification with the material.