History of the Sovereigns

*History of the Sovereigns* is a historical work by Faraset ra Renazhiq.

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Farah ro Tesan lists the first sovereign rule as Xedou and
his wife Shemelou, but there are no histories elsewhere with a woman named Shemelou.  But I do not think that Shemelou is Xedou’s
wife.  Older records name her Shuraa
where they name her at all.  Furthermore,
Xhemi is said to be the mother of Shiemela, who is Shemelou, who is in a
younger generation than Xedou.  Some say
she is Shiela, but Shiela is the daughter of Xedou by the Taranham account, and
the granddaughter later in the Tesan’s same text.  So this cannot be the case.  Maybe Farah is in error because he assumes
that Xedou and Sataar are two different people, which is a mistake that no one
should have made, especially not a historian as famous as he is.  All other accounts make it clear the first
Xedou, Xedou, is ra’Xedou Shataar.  This
means that he made a mistake about Shemelou, and Shemelou is not the sovereign
with Xedou, but that Xedou was married to Shuraa Xedoshurah.  So the first sovereigns are Xedou ra Sataar
and Shaa Xedou ra Shuraa.  They ruled NS
1 to 46, and then it passed on to their son.

Some historians think that the son of Sataar, Xhemi, ruled
next, rather than Sataar the Second taking the sovereignty.  They use Farah ro Tesan to argue this idea,
quoting him: “The second generation of the Xedouhum: Xhemi first offspring of
Xedou and Shemelou, who some think is da Shiela; her brother Sataar, who became
sovereign.  They ruled nine years, and
then nine more, and then the rule fell to the Xedouhum son.”  Historians think that “then nine more” means
a new sovereignty rule was begun.  Who
was that?  The Taranham author says a
woman by the name of Rashurah da Shiela ruled between Sataar the First and
Sataar the Second.  But this could mean
she ruled first and then married Sataar, and it is not a separate reign.  The name Shiela also is not Xhemi, but rather
the daughter of Xedou, and the only record mentioning a “Xhemi daq Shiela”
lists her as a noble relative within the Xedou family, not a queen.  So Xhemi daq Shiela is not Xhemi daughter of
Xedou, and Shiela is a different daughter of Xedou who may have taken the name
Rashurah, but it is assured that Xhemi never ruled.  Since other accounts do not mention Rashurah,
it is best to assume she did not rule, either.
Why then say “they ruled nine years, and then nine more”?  Because the rule of Sataar the Second was
eighteen years, and the first nine years were drastically different in quality
than the last nine years.  This is
because they entered a war in the last nine years.

Sataar the Second ruled after Sataar the First.  Now Farah says Sataar the Second bore two
sons, Raentak and Raatuk – that is, Renaq and Ratak, the twins.  This much is clear.  What is not clear is whether or not Xedou ra
Raentak ruled as one of the sovereigns, or if he was skipped in the
lineage.  The most ancient accounts by
the Taranham author and the author of the Direct Lineage do not mention Raentak.  However, some say that Raqxedou, who is
mentioned in the Direct Lineage account, is Raentak, because Renaq’s name would
have been written in the ancient language as ra’Xedou Renaq, or Renaqxedou,
which could have been shortened to Raqxedou.
This could mean that Raentak became sovereign and ruled jointly with his
wife, who by the Direct Lineage account is Daqxedou.  Some people remark that this name is similar
to Daqiy, daughter of ra’Xedou, and that the Direct Lineage account even says
that the sovereign is a granddaughter of Xedou; but it is better to postulate
Daqxedou is a separate, younger woman.
Others note that Farah also listed Raqxedou and Daqxedou, but said
Daqxedou had a second husband, suggesting a daughter succeeded the sovereignty and
not the son Raentak.  But the mention of
a second husband might be a second husband of either Daqxedou or Raentak, and
because Raentak’s wife married him, they would have ruled jointly, and she
would have been equally sovereign, and adopted in through marriage as Sataar’s
granddaughter.  So my reconstruction may
not be consistent with all accounts, but it seems the best theory to equate
Raentak with Reqxedou.  So Sataar the
First was succeeded by Sataar the Second, and Sataar the Second was succeeded
by Raentak and his wife, who were formally called Reqxedou and Daqxedou after
the name of their grandfather.

After Raenak it is even less certain who the ruler was.  All accounts list different rulers now.  Farah is unclear in the matter after Reqxedou
and Daqxedou, and might or might not be suggesting that Xedou rules next.  This would align with the Direct Lineage
account, which mentions Xedou.  But other
accounts say differently.  The Taranham
account never mentions that Raenak rules, but still lists a joint couple Sungamaar
and Shurrah Redouk; Redouk sounds like the combination of Renaq and Xhadouk,
and thus is assumed to be the same man, even though no one else calls him
Shurrah.  This inference also means
Daqxedou is the same as Sungamaar, and that after them ruled Shuredouk and
Xedoutarat.  Since no one else mentions
Shuredouk and Xedoutarat, and Xedou is said to be the grandchild of Raatuk who
rules subsequently, it is best to do the following lineage mapping: Sataar ruled
first, then Sataar his son, then Raentak, then Shuredouk and Xedoutarat, and
after them Xedou.  Xedou chose this
simple name to avoid the name changing paradigm of the time of taking on both
mother and father’s surname; he chose to give his name in terms of his great
sovereign lineage alone, beginning a tradition that continues uninterrupted to
the present day.

Both Farah and the Direct Lineage accounts say Shuerafa is
next.  The Taranham only say that the
next ruler is another Xedou, but that is only explaining the tradition of
taking the father’s sovereign name in pride of the dynasty.  The next rulers are clear: Xedou ra Shuerafa,
and after him, his grandson Xedou the Second, and last in the Nomadic Period,
Raentar the First.

As for the number of years, I can only make a guess, and I do
not choose to do so at this present time.
The numerical accounts are just as inconsistent as the names of the
rulers.  But for now, I believe I have
made clear the full dynasty of the Nomadic Period from NS 1 to 233: Sataar the
First, Sataar the Second, Raentak, Shuredouk and Xedoutarat, Xedou the First, Shuerafa,
Xedou the Second, Raentar the First.  And
the line was unbroken through all the Nomadic Period, and indeed through all
subsequent years.