Batra

Batra is a Nadwan city and the riverside capital of Sawistan. It lies on the upper Spurnian River, and is connected by road to the towns of Gapathar, Jalanpra, Dhagah, and Jadubad.
Batra was founded during the Age of Migrations during the 6th Century BCE, and served as a major upstream trade city for hundreds of years. It was absorbed into Sardan in the late 3rd Century BCE, and quickly became an important city in the burgeoning trading republic. During the Fifty Year War, Batra was the centre of a powerful faction, and even after the war ended Batra retained memories of its independence and power.
Batra remained part of the newly-instated Vardanid dynasty until the 7th Century CE, when it became part of the new Shahdom of Bakhava. This new state survived for around forty years, and Batra fell into the hands of Kajasthan in 691.
Batra was the centre of an independence movement from shortly afterwards, and managed to tear itself away from Kajasthan in 723, following the violent succession of King Aorshan II and the civil war that came with it. The new country, with Batra as the capital, was named Sawistan - after Viterges ab Sawas, the leader of Sawistan's revolutionary army.
Category:Settlements
Category:Sawistan
Category:Kajasthan
Category:Bakhava
Category:Vardanids