Medinaat al-Salaam

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

Medinaat Al-Salaam from the Mekham language means the City of Peace. The city is also known as Kala Jahir, or the City of One Thousand Stories; and Aliquet-Ra, the Jewel of the Horizon. It is a big city (even bigger than Otosan Uchi was), northwest of Rokugan, in the Western part of the Burning Sands. It sprawls along the Nahr'umar river (SoUnicorn p. 81).

Medinaat Al-Salaam is approximately of equal distance from the Senpet Empire, the Yodotai Empire, and the Ivory Kingdoms, making it a natural location for commerce amongst the cultures. Indeed, a mighty trade route links Medinaat Al-Salaam to the lands of the Senpet and the Ivory Kingdoms. Would-be Rokugan visitors to Medinaat Al-Salaam are in for tougher journey, as they must cross a vast and unforgiving swath of the Burning Sands before reaching this oasis in the desert. ^[1]

[edit] History of Medinaat Al-Salaam

Until around the 9th century IC, Medinat al-Salaam was at peace, ruled by a fair Sultan and its Caliph. All this changed when the Caliph Hannah took the power, making the Sultan just a figurehead. Since that moment, and for more than three hundred years, the Immortal Caliph and her Khadi ruled the city with an iron fist.[1] During the evenement known as the Awakening (just before the 27 Days of Darkness), the Immortal Caliph was killed by a Senpet priest, guided by the Ashalans. A new Caliph took power, after a short period of power vacancy. It is her son, Puja who is the current Caliph, reigning together with a fair Sultan.

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