Bandar

The Bandar were a proud dark-skinned people who lived in a territory to the west of the Cradle of the World, across the Sea of Jewels. Across the Burning Sands, by Daniel Lovat Clark
== Merchants ==
The Bandar were people united by a shared language and a long history of intermarriage. They were divided between the nomadic shepherds of the highlands and the city dwellers along the seacoast and the north-flowing Serpent River. These close alliances turned them into a mighty merchant kingdom, controlling trade between the Qamarist Caliphate to the east, the Mweneta Empire to the south, and the Vyzantari Kingdom across the Conqueror's Sea. 
== Qamarist Caliphate ==
The Bandar eventually bowed to the teachings of the Nameless Prophet, joining the Qamarist Caliphate, and their leaders became emirs under the caliph's authority. The various Bandar emirates, especially the city of Mozedu, were among the most powerful and wealthy of any on the Qamari Caliphate. 
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