Tooran, Xassatim (Tour-ahn, Kah-sah-teem)

The cultural center of power for both the cultural regions of Transoxiana and Khorasan and the political seat for the Shah of the Empire of Xassatim (Xassati in adjective form). It prides itself on power through diversity - though the word "shah" is Persian, it has the history of the Kipchaks and some steppe cultures. They have a tense but important trade relationship with the kingdoms of Bharata but otherwise are quite quiet on the global stage. The ancestor of the founders, famously, was Queen Scheherazade, the great scholar, story collector, and storyteller, who is also the initial ancestor of Aribekah and Xavi's line of power. More directly, the kingdom starts with the Khwarazmians (a group ruling prior to the great Khanates of Timujin Luan's empire, which is equivalent to Genghis Khan's empire in this timeline). The Shah himself moves around the empire a lot, visiting different parts of it, but he still spends the majority of his time here, in Tooran.

Demographics

Kazakhs, Karakalpaks, Persians, Qashqai, Khorasani, Turkmen, Jews (mostly from the Arabian corridor right across the Caspian Sea), Uyghurs, Tatars. Majority Muslim but with many cultural influences - including Judaism and Zoroastrianism - which frankly allow for a more secular practice of the religion.

Defences

The deserts on some of its borders are a major deterrent, if not a full defense, to anyone wishing to attack from the west. The fairies living in the surrounding seas and the creatures who coexist with them are a major natural defense as well. The northern land of the fairies lies just north of them, with the southern end of the Svarog Mountains and a flooded river region.

Assets

farmland

History

Origin of royal family: the vizier's family that produced Scheherazade and her sister Dunyazade.
Origin of kingdom specifically: Khwarazmians and the Ghaznavids, who later took them over. They were specifically of Kipchak, mamluk, and Persian origin
3970s to 4158 - official end of Luan rule in the region, leaving a lot of Mongol influences in their wake
4032-4300 Golden Horde and Ilkhanate era

Founding Date

4300

Type

Capital

Location under

Xassatim