Iznogoud and the Magic Carpet — Rene Goscinny

Haroun al Plassid is ruler of Baghdad, but his Grand Vizier Iznogoud isn't happy with this state of affairs. Always on the lookout for ways to become Caliph instead of the Caliph, he commissions a one-way flying carpet as a gift to his liege. But the hired help is inept, as usual, and the most inconvenienced of all will be the inhabitants of. Beijing!