Post by El Borak on Feb 27, 2022 18:50:05 GMT -5
Gummint: Sultanate
Pantheon: Babylonian <Afghan>
Leader: Bedimuz
CAPITAL: Herat (Pop.: 70k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Balkh: 30k (Old Capital)
Loc.: Azir
Language: Sumerian
Pop.: 8,000,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: Black rukh<> displayed
w/ gold crescent in each
talon, vertically parted
field ov blue && green.
Coinage: Babylonian Standard.
Important Persons: Khans, clerics, officials, chief men, etc.
Alliances: Palu-Ea.
Hostilities: Kabul, Khwarizm, Samarkand.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Major force readying for war against Khwarizm.
Intrigues: Unknown.
Magickal Devices: It is thought that Sultan Bedimuz now holds the
Triple Ring of Yurgi and the Coffer of Need, along w/ the considerable # ov minor objects && weapons used by the realm to further its ends.
Alignment: Neutral
Thumbnail Sketches: Once a part ov the Babylonian Empire,
Bactrokush became independent several centuries ago during the
period of time when assassination and palace coup placed a new
sultan on the Seven-Tiered Throne nearly annually. It is a realm ov
plateaus && mts., rugged wastes && verdant fields, steppe
&& forest, w/ boundaries which stretch from Babylonia in the W
for nearly 1k miles, to the gates of Tashkent && the bleak Pamirs
in Tartary to the NE.
Only about 20% ov the Bactrokushite pop. is settled.
Its people are mostly a mixture ov horse nomad && mtn.
tribesmen, held together by the force ov their faith && their sultan--
+ a common desire to remain free from "outside" rule. The typical
Bactrokushite is a tough && able warrior, owning little, but always
eager to change that condition through warfare && spoils. Nationalities
incl. Turkomen, Afganis, Turanians, Kirghiz, Naimans, && White Huns.
Only a small amount of agriculture is practiced in this realm. Most ov
the people are herdsmen && hunters. Camels, && to a lesser xtent
oxen, are employed for transprt, && the horse is the main riding
animal. Cattle, sheep, goat, && horse form the herds kept.
Some moderate quantity ov turquoise comes from Bactrokush.
