Sharaf

Sharaf is a Mustanian country on the southern edge of Suren's Desert, bordering the Plainspeople to the south as well as the human countries Kisvara, Sahran, Kath, Oq Parsana and Bala'ad.
Sharaf was, until recently, the most powerful of the Central Desert countries, boasting a high economic and tax base despite its geographic location.
In 739, Sharaf launched an invasion of its south-eastern neighbour Kiba, and was subsequently annexed, along with its northern ally Sahran, when Kiba received help from the Plainspeople. When Patronya and the Sacred Coalition invaded Kiba in 742, Sharaf was reinstated and its deposed ruler put back on his throne.
Sharaf's flag consists of a device on a gradual field: the field graduates from yellow to white, demonstrating how the desert eventually bleaches everything. Due to the difficulty of displaying this, it is often rendered as a party per fess white and yellow. The device is a palm tree sprouting from the blade of a scimitar, showing that, for Sharaf at least, war is necessary to support life. It serves as a reminder of Sharaf's hostile southern neighbour.
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