Drudach

A drudach was the smallest subdivision of a Calishite town or city, roughly equivalent to a precinct or neighborhood.

Description
In cities, each drudach was surrounded by a short wall. In smaller towns, the drudach boundaries were marked by other means.

Every drudach contained at minimum the following structures:
 * a well, fountain, or other source of drinking water,
 * a bazaar or khanduq, and
 * an amlakkhan for housing the city guard/watch.

Two to five drudachs together formed a sabban, a walled segment of a city that shared common resources among its subsections. It was possible for a small town to only contain a single sabban.

Government
The ruler of a drudach&mdash;at least in name&mdash;was called a druzir. Calimshan had no stipulations separating governmental powers or for limiting conflicts of interest, so the druzir of a military drudach might also be a military officer, the druzir of a religious drudach might also be a high priest, or the druzir of a merchant drudach a pasha (guildmaster).

Defense
Each drudach was assigned a number of amlakkar to see to its defense and the maintainance of law and order. The commanding officers of the amlakkar reported primarily to the sultan of the town or city and only secondarily to the druzir.

History
The drudach system was established in ancient past by the genies who once ruled Calimshan. The arrangement had changed little over the millenia of that countrys existence.