North Zakhara

North Zakhara was dominated by the conflicting world-views of the independent minded Free Cities of Zakhara on the one and the Mamluks of Qudra with their fierce loyalty towards the Grand Caliph and belief in order on the other hand.

It was mainly an arid region, broken by short rivers that supported the major cities.

It was bordered by the shores of the Great Sea in the North and West and the Land of the Yak-Men in the East. The Furrowed Mountains separated North Zakhara to the South and East from the Haunted Lands in the continent's interior. In the Southwest the region stretched beyond the Sea of Caravans to where the territory directly controlled by Qudra bordered the High Desert.