Ghashfir

Ghashfir is a town in the Valandrate of the Samilans, in the Jan'ah Hills. It is connected by road to Maseeb and Sahrur, as well as the Gerentian town of Abhah.
== History ==
Ghashfir was founded at some point during the 3rd Century BCE as a trading post and farming settlement. Like most towns in the area, it did not care for politics during the first several centuries of its existence. The rise of the Desert-Plains culture in the 2nd Century CE drove the formation of the first nation-states in the area.
Ghashfir was quickly annexed into the Sharqiya of Alo Manduk, and after it toppled became part of the next Sharqiya, and the next, and the next. Like every town in the Jan'ah Hills, Ghashfir has changed hands too many times to count.
The most memorable of these Sharqiyas was Ferahaa. In the late 460's, Ghashfir was part of the Sharqiya of Harash, but the town itself was in the hands of a family of minor noblemen - House Vandalak. The ambitious head of this family, Harses, ripped ailing Harash apart and instated the Sharqiya of Ferahaa in 473, with himself at the helm.
Ferahaa lasted exactly forty years, at the end of which Ghashfir was ceded to the Sharqiya of Khutna. House Vandalak was allowed to maintain its hold over the town. From then, Ghashfir was relatively peaceful. House Vandalak died out in the 7th Century and was replaced by House Takarin.
Nowadays Ghashfir is part of the Samilan nation.
Category:Settlements