The document describes the history of an island called the Island of the Dogs. It was originally called the Island of the Disloyal and was used to exile criminals, lepers, and plague victims. Later, stray dogs from Istanbul were sent to the island, which caused fires to break out in the city. The dogs were taken back but later another group of 80,000 dogs were exiled there and their howls could be heard from the mainland. The island came to be known as the Island of the Dogs despite the Sultan's attempts to call it something else.