Sahir

**Sahir** is a nation in North Zamoroziet
It is ruled by the Transitional Military Council.

## History

The Sahir migrated to the area in 3000 BC from the Iziz Valley (Modern day Maoudi). Political organization remained centered around tribal strongmen. Beginning in the 9th century BC, coastal trade centers began developing more complex social hierarchies. Notable among these was a prominent clerical class. These Shamans became leading figures in Sahir society, leading rituals for the appeasement of spirits. As populations increased through the turn of the century, more formal systems of government emerged. Local strongmen became Chiefs, and then Kings (later relegated to "Princes"), with systems of inheritance creating the first city states.

### The Maoudshi

The History of Sahir is inextricably linked to the now dissolved Nation of the Maoudshi. The word Maoudshi comes from their own word for "wanderers from the west". They first emerged in the lands of modern Maoudi in the early 400s BCE. As can be inferred from any map there is little land west of Maoudi, leaving the origin of these peoples unknown to this day. There they grew and spread absorbing the disparate elements of the Shi and Maoudi as well as the Saku to the evern further North.

### The Fall of Maoudishi

Long chafing under the rule of the reigning nobles, the church and the crown, many of the now former kings were looking for an increase in their power found a way to command vast pools of expendable labor, the meritocratic and individualistic nature of their own peoples made for an expensive labor market. But in the year 1500 there was a famine in neighboring Jabaristan, and there they found an opening as millions of people suddenly became willing to do anything for even scraps of food. Thus did indentured servitude become the way of the land. Over the next two centuries the Barons consolidated their power getting laws passed to regulate who could buy and sell the "labor contracts" and how long they could last.With the system established the "Labor Barons" had their power. But that power had come at a cost, not just their victims but also the traditions of Maoudshi ways. Mines and cities were replacing herds, and few were safe from the "Labor Barons" bottoming out their markets with cheap not slaves. It was not a sustainable situation.

The Jabari woman Nadiyya Abreu came, ironically enough, from the west in the year 1782. Where she was trained is a secrete she took to her grave. Some say L'acqua for their hatred for slavery, some say Arkadyetsiya or Celtica due to their ethnic ties, some incidental evidence points towards the Spider Cult of Kyslev. Some say that all of the above are true, some say none.

Regardless of where she came from she dedicated herself to breaking her people free from their slavery. She used the old laws of Maoudshi to challenge the Labor barons to single combat. Not only did her training serve her well as she won many notable victories, but her timing was impeccable, the old priests of the Maoudshi were simmering in disent as the labor Barons gathered more and more power for themselves. So with a existing feud and an outsider playing more by the laws of their religion than some of the supposed leaders, the stage was set for conflict.

Nine years of ritual duels followed, the Freedom Riders won the majority of them, in particular in the opening years. The movement spread, gaining the assistance of some of the finest duelists of the land. Inside of seven the majority of slaves in the south were freed, some not even by duels but by the actions of local magistrates and/or rulers. The Mid Northern provinces however were more resistant to change. Two factors worked against the Freedom riders there, The first was the mines there gave the Labor Barons a much firmer hold, the other was that they had kept a system of judicial champions in place. Giving them a legal buffer against the challenges as many of the duels had inflicted grievous enough wounds that the Barons had died even if they won. Poison was suspected but could never be proven, lending weight to the interference of outside groups like the cults of The L'acquan or the Spider.

### The Civil War

The Ninth year 1793 was the tipping point, the reigning monarch was the nineteen year old King Kerem Vardanyan. He had been specifically chosen to replace his uncle by the labor barons to be weak and influenceable. They misguided the young man, mistaking his soft spokenness for weakness. They also completely misjudged his relationship with the relatively young and quite fit priest Ihsan Nazaretyan believing him to be another bully trying to use his physical might to intimidate the young king. These misunderstanding well in mind it is perhaps no surprise then that they attempted to have him over turn the cases against them and restore their wealth and power.

Civil wars are never clean affairs. and the breaking of Maoudshi was no exception even accounting for the missteps the Labor barons had made in the lead in. Still however they had built armies at first to prevent ecapies and to enforce their brutal order. They had brought the vanguard these armies with them when they traveled to the capitol Al-Tuz. and when they were rejected they laid siege to the palace. With their leadership currently trapped inside the armies of Maoudshi hesitated, but not for long. Within a week they had entered and driven the Labor Barons out of the city, though the sige was not yet broken.

From 1793 on, a series of extended uprisings against Maoudshi rule sprang up in Sahir and across the north. The primary impetus for these revolts were primarily tied to the total outlawing of Slavery, and the enforcement of conscription requirements on the local populace, that had long been largely autonomous. Asymmetric warfare and the targeting of civilians was common. The movement was largely bankrolled by Labor Barons and a few other landowners who held massive influence over the economy, and which had previously benefited from the systems of slavery that the Maoudshi outlawed.

Fighting raged across the North. The Freedom riders were not soldiers and Nadiyya Abreu was not a general, but she still gathered her followers to be placed at the behest of the true military leaders. Though not trained for war their dedication and mobility made them valuable assets in the asymmetric war fare they found themselves in.
The outcome was never really in doubt The South controlled to much land and to many people.But they found a way to hlat the oncoming armies. When it looked like the Nier river would be crossed the (the divide between Modern Maoudi and Shiar) they began attempting to cull the Indentured servants in their employee. This and the threat that they would do like to other peoples in the north, bought them a grudging peace after nearly a decade of war. Thus was born a two new nations, Shair and Maoudi. Saku had declared their own independence at the five year mark citing the dedicant folly of the rest of the nation refusing any further part in it. Thus the remaining Labor Barons in the south were moved to Shiar.The final treaty was signed May 19th, dissolving the old union.

Shiar might have ensured their own survival, but the terms of peace were high. Preventing them from raising their own monarchy, legalising slavery or building forts on the coast.These terms were irksome but they had little room to negotiate. So again they bided their time. Despite its illegality, many of these barons were able to retain these workers through systems of rent. Many of these peoples were of the Jabari, and as a result their suffering was often overlooked by the world at large as the Jabari had little to offer to the world to gather support

### Further Developments

In 1871, the monarchy of Maoudi collapsed to republican rebellion. Taking this opportunity to break away from their treaties with their former overlords, the Sahir declared independence new deal in October of that year. By 1872 a parliament of prominent landowners elected a new King for the Sahir, Juzifit the First. Their position was largely ceremonial however; with the aristocracy controlling much of the nations affairs and economy. Slavery was legalized in the summer of 1872, with many of the Jabari that had been nominally freed under treaty rules returning to bondage. Low level militia conflicts with the New Republic of Maoudi were common; however the Maoudi Republic was too unstable to reassert control over the north. After the stabilization of the Maoudi Monarchy in 1882, Sahir was on strong enough footing to diplomatically resist attempts at negotiation. Having long possessed ties to the mining sector of the region, Firocco supported Sahir independence, to ensure continued access to Sahir mineral resources.

### 20th Century

On May 19th 1907 a coup was staged by many lower ranking, un landed officers. With no single leader they informed as many civilians as they could to not attend the Parade that day. And used the gathering of most of Sahir's nobility to take them prisoner then march on the palace and arrest the King as well. Four days later a message was broadcast declaring Sahir free and the Transitional Military Council was set up to manage affairs while the groundwork for a new government is laid down.
With their position guaranteed by Drakenstaat Sahir moves into the new century looking to step out from the shadows of it's past.

## Present day

### Economy

The Sahir are a member of the Greater Maoudi cultural group, along with Maoudi and Saku. All of the greater Maoudi are a heavily individualist people; however, this expresses itself differently in the cooler climate, and lower population densities of Sahir. Much of the economy is built around coastal enterprises such as fishing and local trade. In the interior, logging, homesteading, and subsistence farming are common activities. Their only notable exports are the products of their mining. With much of the mines now under public ownership due to their previous owners being arrested for violation of New Sahiri laws regarding forced unpaid labor and slavery. It is uncertain how the economy will fare.

### Government

Juzifit II (son of Juzifit I) is the former ruling monarch of Sahir.

Transitional Military Council. Made up of a body of elected officers the TMC's stated goal is to stabilize Sahir in the near term then abdicate in favor of a duly elected government by the people.