Jaidazarri

Situated in the foothills of the Hulman Mountains about 350 miles north of Zender, Jaidazarri was once the great city’s fiercest competitor. Now the struggling capital of the Sultanate of Jaida, Jaidazarri was once the end of the Dawn Road, one of the few routes over the Hulman Mountains into Tashakda. Just as Zender controlled the flow of trade from
the south, Jaidazarri had a grip over trade from the east. Each city struggled to gain supreme power over the trade of the eastern Kaspari Empire.
Ultimately it was Zender that won, through the simple expedient of appealing to greed. Recognizing that barges on the Kaspari Empire's navigable rivers could not reach Zender, the merchants of Zender lobbied to build the Kezzaran Canal. Over great resistance, the project was undertaken. Now that barges could reach the easier passes south and east of Zender, Jaidazarri’s power over the eastern trade was shattered.
Since that time, Jaidazarri has steadily dwindled. Once prosperous, its people are now poor and destitute. Denied their honest livelihood, the citizens of Jaidazarri have resorted to less moral means. The city is now a haven for criminals, thieves, and terrorists. Merchants venture here to ransom stolen wares or pick up some choice item for a fraction of its value. Thieves dwell in every alley, cardsharps at every table. The only law that exists here is the law of the sword.
Recently the Sultan of Jaida, Hamsi Ra Kuthali, has begun an impressive construction project to restore Jaidazarri to its former glory. In order to convince merchants to use the Dawn Road again in their trade with Tashakda, Kuthali has begun constructing a railway over the old pass. Much of the city's treasury is committed to this project, which involves numerous tunnels, rock cuts, and bridges, but would almost certainly draw traffic away from the Kezzaran Canal and back into Jaidazarri.
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