The series starts in Baghdad at an undetermined time .  The Sultan Shahryar has gone mad after accidentally killing his wife during a failed coup d' tat , Which she had planned with Shahryar's brother Schahzenan .  In his madness , Shahryar believes that all women now want to kill him , but the law states that the Sultan must be married again or the throne will be passed to his brother .  Shahryar therefore orders Grand Vizier Ja'Far ( ( ( Jim Carter to bring him a harem girl to marry and then have executed the next day .  In order to prevent this , the Grand Vizier's clever daughter , Scheherazade , decides to marry the Sultan herself .  Scheherazade has a plan to prevent her execution and at the same time cure the Sultan of his madness .  With the help of some tutoring from a bazaar storyteller , Scheherazade tells the Sultan a story every night , stopping at dawn with a cliffhanger and refusing to continue until dusk .  Shahryar must therefore let Scheherazade live for another day in order to hear the rest of the story .  Cunningly , Scheherazade has hidden a moral within every story , to bring the Sultan out of his madness .  Meanwhile , Schahzenan hears about the Sultan's madness and that he is unable to execute Scheherazade .  Perceiving this as weakness , Schahzenan leads his army to Baghdad in an attempt to take the throne by force .  However , by the time Schahzenan's army reaches the city , Scheherazade's plan has worked .  As a result of her stories , Shahryar has overcome his madness and has fallen in love with Scheherazade . 
What was the effect of the betrayal of the sultan by his ex wife and what was the name of his new wife?
The sultan became mad and the name of his new wife was Scheherazade