Rabbani

### Leader

Caliph Baha al Din,Caliph Nasim bint Nada al-Murjanah, Caliph Nuwairah bint Kifah, and Caliph Ghayth bin Hadad

### Local Language

Enlightened Common

It is said that the walls that separate the elemental planes from the prime are thin in the lands of Amsha. If this is true, Rabbani must be its breaking point. While genies of all kinds are known throughout Amsha, only in Rabbani to they make themselves home. Dao, djinni, efreet, marid and jann make up the majority of the population of Rabbani. Various tasked genies go through the streets, constantly working on whatever task they do.

It is here that the Genie Court can be found. The Genie Court consists of four genies, one each representing the dao, djinn, efreet and marid. These four both rule over Rabbani and make all decisions about genie kind, as well as settle any matters regarding sha’irs. Many sha’irs make pilgrimages to Rabbani with their gen familiars and request aid or strike deals with genie-kind.

The four heads of the Genie Court are the dao Caliph Baha al Din, the djinni Caliph Nasim bint Nada al-Murjanah, the efreeti Caliph Nuwairah bint Kifah, and the marid Caliph Ghayth bin Hadad.

Caliph Baha al Din is a shrewd businessman and typically rules with an eye towards profit. If there is a way to make money in a decision, he will usually find it.

Caliph Nasim bint Nada al-Murjanah is the most compassionate of the four. She loves things of beauty and her estate consists of elaborate gardens with fantastic birds of all kinds. It is said that her prized pet is a roc. When making decisions she tends to lean towards compassion and beauty.

Caliph Nuwairah bint Kifah is as fiery as her nature. She despises mortals and always tends to assume that a mortal is in the wrong first unless there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Even then she often rules against them out of spite. It is said that in her younger years she was once imprisoned and forced into servitude by a sha’ir and that she has been taking it out on mortals ever since. There may be some truth to this as all of her servants consist of mortal slaves. Very few survive the extremely hot confines of her manner for very long.

Caliph Ghayth bin Hadad is a glory seeker. He constantly urges other genies into battle and adventure and has a special place in his heart for adventurers. He controls the oases of Rabbani and somewhere beneath one of them is his palace. It is said to be built entirely of pearls of all sizes and colors.

While the population of Rabbani is predominantly genie, other humanoids do call Rabbani home. The majority of them are sha’irs who have either offended the genies and are now serving a sentence as a slave or wish to spend more time around genies to forge bonds and learn secrets. Very few mortals are born in Rabbani, but it does happen. Those who grow up in Rabbani and manage to make it to adulthood without insulting a genie (a task which is much harder than it sounds) usually have a bond with genies for life. Those who choose to become sha’irs are among the most powerful sha’irs in all of Amsha. Even those who do not choose the life of a sha’ir tend to make bonds with genies that will last their entire lives. These very few are perhaps the luckiest people in all of Amsha.

The buildings and architecture vary widely throughout Rabbani. The efreet tend toward brass buildings with metal and fire very central to their designs. The djinn prefer floating palaces, built from the clouds themselves and filled with the finest rugs and tapestries. The dao prefer solid, earthy tones. They are responsible for the walls that surround Rabbani and their homes are often studded with precious gems. The marids prefer turquoise and pearl accents to their homes and close proximity to the oases is ideal.

The city is built around three large oases. While the Al-Badia tribes in the area would love to have control of the oases, they do not dare challenge the genies for control of them. Such an attack would be suicide at best, damnation for both them and their family for generations at worst. With little in the way of possible enemies to challenge them, the people of Rabbani lead fairly peaceful lives.

## People

The few mortals who are native-born to Rabbani are highly respectful of genies and the power they wield. Where most people in Amsha fear the possibility of the evil eye, Rabbani natives expect it as punishment for the foolish. They expect others to be the same and are absolutely shocked whenever someone isn’t.