Qaragun

The city of Qaragun was, in the days of the Basaami Empire, the largest city in Upper Basaam, situated at the strategic confluence of the Basaam River and the Baunjil River. Since its legendary founding, the city's history had been linked to the defense of the Basaami Empire and the projection of pharaonic power and influence toward the east. Some of that martial character has remained to this day, as even today it houses one of the largest permanent garrison of mamluks in the Kaspari Empire.
According to legend, the white-walled Qaragun was called into being by the Pharaoh as he stood at the head of his army along with a massive contingent of genies pledged to his cause. While the city was not actually raised by genies, it was built extremely quickly and gained the nickname of the "Summoned City" as a result. Qaragun served as the staging grounds for the Pharaoh’s conquering armies, and even in later years, after the wane of the Basaami Empire, it served as a bastion of power against any foreign invasion from the east.
Qaragun is sufficiently distant from the borders of the modern Kaspari Empire to make invasion of little concern, and the garrisons of Qaragun are mainly used to protect trade along the river. Many are held in reserve for rapid deployment anywhere along the length of the Basaam or its tributaries should some internal emergency or unexpected foreign invasion call for it.
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