Sunday 24 June 2012

Shushan (City of Saphire)


Location: Central southern coast on the Azure Sea.
Sheik: Hamid Al-Fardur
Vazier: Tossan ibn-Mahadra
Shushan is perhaps the oldest city of the Caliphate, having been founded by the First Prophet himself according to legend. It is certainly the most populated city. Its temples house the greatest collection of antiquities and ancient scrolls in the lands. It is sometimes called the City of Coronation for it is here the Caliph was crowned and it is here that the next one will be if ever a single sheik rises to such power. Whilst it is a port city, it is not a usually busy with the exception of travelling muftis who make the pilgrimage to its temples on an annual basis. The sheikdom has some fertile lands along the deltas on the banks of the Targyr river but these only manage to feed its own people. Rumours of hidden vaults of holy scriptures and artefacts abound.

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