Muna Alurani

Muna Alurani, Sultana of Shaimalla in the Kaspari Empire, established her rule five years ago, just after her husband died suddenly at a state dinner, collapsing unceremoniously upon a mound of mutton and rice. In the brief chaos that ensued, Muna played one faction against another, while remaining in close communication with her allies in the Caliph's court. (Prince Furaan Bataari is one such ally.) Muna convinced the Grand Caliphate that she alone could quell her city's rival factions, provide a sense of continuity to Durqand's rulership, and ensure the continued enlightened rule of her people. She has accomplished all these things. Indeed, the Sultana is a competent, industrious, and wise ruler. She is also a dark-hearted schemer, maintaining her family's power through stealth and guile.
The Sultana is now 60 and reportedly in ill health. Some attribute her illness to her lavish lifestyle coupled with Durqand's pollution. Others claim this no more than a rumor - a subterfuge on her own part, designed to lure out those who covet her position.
The Sultana's court consists primarily of her immediate family. Everyone else is a servant, pawn, or enemy (or quite possibly all three). The Sultana's brood continually squabble among themselves, stopping only when some outside faction threatens them. Then they pull together to wipe out the threat, after which they resume their internal warfare. The prize over which they fight is their mother's blessing and her throne (they hope to gain the latter after she passes on). Muna has recognized three sons (Princes Qawat, Rasim, and Takur) and two daughters (Princesses Kofa and Munali). She has been careful to see that other claimants to the noble bloodline have been placated and (or) removed from the scene.
Category:Sultans
Category:Inhabitants
Category:Inhabitants of Durqand
Category:Inhabitants of Shaimalla
Category:Inhabitants of the Kaspari Empire
Category:Women
Category:Born in 1496