Bazurai the Clement

Bazurai I, most often called Bazurai the Clement, was the ninth Tash-Teshivan of the Kirdan Empire and reigned from 1072 to 1099 CV. He was the son and successor of the great Marotai II, who banned the traditional Suagir cults and ordered that the empire convert to the worship of the Thaedonu-Vaati. 
Bazurai continued his father's grand project of conversion and is revered as a champion of Utara-Vaati in his own right. He earned his cognomen by relaxing Marotai's harsh laws against the old cultic practices, and abolishing certain draconian punishments imposed for defying those laws towards the end of Marotai's reign. He also won back the support of many in the empire's Suagir elite by restoring property and titles that had been stripped from them for participating in rebellions against his father. However, he continued to advance the Utara-Vaati cause in the empire throughout his reign. Many scholars credit his more conciliatory methods with permanently entrenching the great changes that Marotai had initiated. 
Bazurai won renown for ordering the construction of many magnificent temples, endowing priesthoods and monastic orders with funds or grants of land, patronizing religious texts and artworks, solidifying the official status of the priesthoods and their special rights within the empire, and further integrating the ethical and legal precepts of Utara-Vaati into the imperial law codes. He is also credited with using many forms of inducement to popularize Utara-Vaati among elements of the Suagir elite who had resisted his father's more forceful approach. 
In terms of visible achievements, Bazurai's grandest is undoubtedly the monumental tessaraon and lavish temple complex he ordered built in Gemata, perched atop a massive rocky promontory overlooking the city's harbor. Since the port of Gemata is frequented by seafarers and merchants from all around the Sarpic Seas, and is also the seat of the Tash-Teshivan's court during winter months, this sent an unmistakable message to lands near and far that the Kirdan Empire was now genuinely devoted to the Thaedonu-Vaati.
Upon his death in 1099, Bazurai was followed on the throne by his eldest son Abazunai, usually known as Abazunai the Apostate. As this name suggests, he attempted to reverse the course of his father and grandfather, returning the empire to the traditional Suagir cultic practices. In fact the next three Tash-Teshivans would all be sons of Bazurai: After the short and disastrous reign of Abazunai came the farcical and even shorter reign of his younger brother Uzerind, and then the somewhat more successful reign of the youngest brother, Sovunai the Restorer (which was still cut short by his death at a relatively young age). Next to the throne after Sovunai would be Tembekai II, who was actually Bazurai the Clement's half-brother (also a son of Marotai II, but by a different mother) and thus uncle to the three who had preceded him.