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	Like all lands in north Idiri, Koumbasi is a country of extremes, with blistering heat in the summer but bone-chilling cold on winter nights, infrequent but punishing thunderstorms, challenging mountain ranges cutting across stark desert expanses, and a well-watered but reef-studded coast. But Koumbasi has also been blessed with the Tajeddi River, a broad and navigable flow that tumbles down from the bowl of the Cloud Kingdoms, spills over into the marshy [[Tajeddi Delta]], and then loops itself through the southern part of the emirate, creating the [[Great Bend]] between its tortuous curves. Although still subject to high heat and seasonal drought, the arid plains of the Great Bend allow for raising crops during the rainy season, and pasturing cattle and other livestock during the drier parts of the year. Seminomadic tribes travel through the area, avoiding the widely scattered villages during some times of the year, while in other times stopping to trade at the seasonal markets that spring up at predictable intervals each year.		Like all lands in north Idiri, Koumbasi is a country of extremes, with blistering heat in the summer but bone-chilling cold on winter nights, infrequent but punishing thunderstorms, challenging mountain ranges cutting across stark desert expanses, and a well-watered but reef-studded coast. But Koumbasi has also been blessed with the Tajeddi River, a broad and navigable flow that tumbles down from the bowl of the Cloud Kingdoms, spills over into the marshy [[Tajeddi Delta]], and then loops itself through the southern part of the emirate, creating the [[Great Bend]] between its tortuous curves. Although still subject to high heat and seasonal drought, the arid plains of the Great Bend allow for raising crops during the rainy season, and pasturing cattle and other livestock during the drier parts of the year. Seminomadic tribes travel through the area, avoiding the widely scattered villages during some times of the year, while in other times stopping to trade at the seasonal markets that spring up at predictable intervals each year.

	Along with these markets, the most predictable and anticipated event of the Koumbasi year is the return of the annual rains and the flooding of the Tajeddi river basin. After the severely hot and parched months of Pavana and Ashbat, the spell is finally broken by the arrival of the rains around the middle of Jinniyah, which continue on until the beginning of ~~fall~~. Even before the rain begins to fall in earnest upon Koumbasi the river has already begun to rise, responding to the precipitation that has begin to swell the streams of the Cloud Kingdoms in the preceding weeks. But as the rainy season returns to the emirate itself, the Tajeddi quickly bursts free from its banks and swamps the surrounding lowlands -- the reason many towns and villages around the river are built upon stilts, hills, or artificially constructed earthen platforms. Although some minor destruction is invariably wreaked during the floods, this is largely accepted as the river's due, and a small price to pay for the fish and crabs, fertile silt, and replenishment of irrigation water that the Tajeddi brings. The largest cities of Koumbasi, Jalu-Jaro and the capital Koumbasat, rely both on these gifts and on the river's navigational value for their prosperity.		Along with these markets, the most predictable and anticipated event of the Koumbasi year is the return of the annual rains and the flooding of the Tajeddi river basin. After the severely hot and parched months of Pavana and Ashbat, the spell is finally broken by the arrival of the rains around the middle of Jinniyah, which continue on until the beginning of autumn. Even before the rain begins to fall in earnest upon Koumbasi the river has already begun to rise, responding to the precipitation that has begin to swell the streams of the Cloud Kingdoms in the preceding weeks. But as the rainy season returns to the emirate itself, the Tajeddi quickly bursts free from its banks and swamps the surrounding lowlands -- the reason many towns and villages around the river are built upon stilts, hills, or artificially constructed earthen platforms. Although some minor destruction is invariably wreaked during the floods, this is largely accepted as the river's due, and a small price to pay for the fish and crabs, fertile silt, and replenishment of irrigation water that the Tajeddi brings. The largest cities of Koumbasi, Jalu-Jaro and the capital Koumbasat, rely both on these gifts and on the river's navigational value for their prosperity.

	Aside from the lands the Great Bend, the terrain of Koumbasi consists largely of alternating strips of flat desert land and stark, nearly impassable mountain ranges. The western reaches of the great [[Sentinel Range]] cut across the heart of the emirate, while further to the north, the lower but still treacherous [[Spiny ~~Mountains~~]] run along the back of the coastal strip parallel to the sea. Between these two ranges lies the vast [[Plain of ~~Aughessa~~]], a stretch of the Hazari Desert that ranges from flat baked earth to low swells of sand dunes, marked here and there by a scattering of oases. Koumbasat sits atop the low broken country of the [[Hills of the Hundred]] between the [[Sunset Sands]] to the east and the [[Plain of Red Dust]] to the west, and suffers frequent sand and dust storms in the dry months as a result. The most desolate place of all is the [[Great Bleakness]] that occupies much of the northwest of Koumbasi beyond the terminus of the Sentinels. With only a few poor wells amidst endlessly shifting and blindingly pale sands, and rumored also to be the haunt of malevolent jinn as well as ghuls and other unnatural perils, this waste is almost entirely unpopulated and few dare venture in.		Aside from the lands the Great Bend, the terrain of Koumbasi consists largely of alternating strips of flat desert land and stark, nearly impassable mountain ranges. The western reaches of the great [[Sentinel Range]] cut across the heart of the emirate, while further to the north, the lower but still treacherous [[Spiny Hills]] run along the back of the coastal strip parallel to the sea. Between these two ranges lies the vast [[Plain of Aoughessa]], a stretch of the Hazari Desert that ranges from flat baked earth to low swells of sand dunes, marked here and there by a scattering of oases. Koumbasat sits atop the low broken country of the [[Hills of the Hundred]] between the [[Sunset Sands]] to the east and the [[Plain of Red Dust]] to the west, and suffers frequent sand and dust storms in the dry months as a result. The most desolate place of all is the [[Great Bleakness]] that occupies much of the northwest of Koumbasi beyond the terminus of the Sentinels. With only a few poor wells amidst endlessly shifting and blindingly pale sands, and rumored also to be the haunt of malevolent jinn as well as ghuls and other unnatural perils, this waste is almost entirely unpopulated and few dare venture in.

	The coastal regions are the most temperate parts of Koumbasi, receiving regular late winter and early spring rainfall and experiencing fewer extremes in temperature than inland. Both Tureghat, situated close the Adelantean shore, and Télaba on the south side of the Spinies are able to grow a good share of teff and barley as well as produce. On the Great Stormy coast on the west side of Koumbasat, conditions are less ideal as rain is less frequent than fog and the weather overall is unpredictable. Nevertheless fishing is a thriving industry in Chigokun, and limited farming and grazing are made possible both the fog and the days-long rainstorms that come up with little warning and vanish again just as abruptly.		The coastal regions are the most temperate parts of Koumbasi, receiving regular late winter and early spring rainfall and experiencing fewer extremes in temperature than inland. Both Tureghat, situated close the Adelantean shore, and Télaba on the south side of the Spinies are able to grow a good share of teff and barley as well as produce. On the Great Stormy coast on the west side of Koumbasat, conditions are less ideal as rain is less frequent than fog and the weather overall is unpredictable. Nevertheless fishing is a thriving industry in Chigokun, and limited farming and grazing are made possible both the fog and the days-long rainstorms that come up with little warning and vanish again just as abruptly.

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	Aside from the lands the Great Bend, the terrain of Koumbasi consists largely of alternating strips of flat desert land and stark, nearly impassable mountain ranges. The western reaches of the great [[Sentinel Range]] cut across the heart of the emirate, while further to the north, the lower but still treacherous [[Spiny Mountains]] run along the back of the coastal strip parallel to the sea. Between these two ranges lies the vast [[Plain of Aughessa]], a stretch of the Hazari Desert that ranges from flat baked earth to low swells of sand dunes, marked here and there by a scattering of oases. Koumbasat sits atop the low broken country of the [[Hills of the Hundred]] between the [[Sunset Sands]] to the east and the [[Plain of Red Dust]] to the west, and suffers frequent sand and dust storms in the dry months as a result. The most desolate place of all is the [[Great Bleakness]] that occupies much of the northwest of Koumbasi beyond the terminus of the Sentinels. With only a few poor wells amidst endlessly shifting and blindingly pale sands, and rumored also to be the haunt of malevolent jinn as well as ghuls and other unnatural perils, this waste is almost entirely unpopulated and few dare venture in.		Aside from the lands the Great Bend, the terrain of Koumbasi consists largely of alternating strips of flat desert land and stark, nearly impassable mountain ranges. The western reaches of the great [[Sentinel Range]] cut across the heart of the emirate, while further to the north, the lower but still treacherous [[Spiny Mountains]] run along the back of the coastal strip parallel to the sea. Between these two ranges lies the vast [[Plain of Aughessa]], a stretch of the Hazari Desert that ranges from flat baked earth to low swells of sand dunes, marked here and there by a scattering of oases. Koumbasat sits atop the low broken country of the [[Hills of the Hundred]] between the [[Sunset Sands]] to the east and the [[Plain of Red Dust]] to the west, and suffers frequent sand and dust storms in the dry months as a result. The most desolate place of all is the [[Great Bleakness]] that occupies much of the northwest of Koumbasi beyond the terminus of the Sentinels. With only a few poor wells amidst endlessly shifting and blindingly pale sands, and rumored also to be the haunt of malevolent jinn as well as ghuls and other unnatural perils, this waste is almost entirely unpopulated and few dare venture in.

			The coastal regions are the most temperate parts of Koumbasi, receiving regular late winter and early spring rainfall and experiencing fewer extremes in temperature than inland. Both Tureghat, situated close the Adelantean shore, and Télaba on the south side of the Spinies are able to grow a good share of teff and barley as well as produce. On the Great Stormy coast on the west side of Koumbasat, conditions are less ideal as rain is less frequent than fog and the weather overall is unpredictable. Nevertheless fishing is a thriving industry in Chigokun, and limited farming and grazing are made possible both the fog and the days-long rainstorms that come up with little warning and vanish again just as abruptly.

	==People==		==People==

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	Like all lands in north Idiri, Koumbasi is a country of extremes, with blistering heat in the summer but bone-chilling cold on winter nights, infrequent but punishing thunderstorms, challenging mountain ranges cutting across stark desert expanses, and a well-watered but reef-studded coast. But Koumbasi has also been blessed with the Tajeddi River, a broad and navigable flow that tumbles down from the bowl of the Cloud Kingdoms, spills over into the marshy [[Tajeddi Delta]], and then loops itself through the southern part of the emirate, creating the [[Great Bend]] between its tortuous curves. Although still subject to high heat and seasonal drought, the arid plains of the Great Bend allow for raising crops during the rainy season, and pasturing cattle and other livestock during the drier parts of the year. Seminomadic tribes travel through the area, avoiding the widely scattered villages during some times of the year, while in other times stopping to trade at the seasonal markets that spring up at predictable intervals each year.		Like all lands in north Idiri, Koumbasi is a country of extremes, with blistering heat in the summer but bone-chilling cold on winter nights, infrequent but punishing thunderstorms, challenging mountain ranges cutting across stark desert expanses, and a well-watered but reef-studded coast. But Koumbasi has also been blessed with the Tajeddi River, a broad and navigable flow that tumbles down from the bowl of the Cloud Kingdoms, spills over into the marshy [[Tajeddi Delta]], and then loops itself through the southern part of the emirate, creating the [[Great Bend]] between its tortuous curves. Although still subject to high heat and seasonal drought, the arid plains of the Great Bend allow for raising crops during the rainy season, and pasturing cattle and other livestock during the drier parts of the year. Seminomadic tribes travel through the area, avoiding the widely scattered villages during some times of the year, while in other times stopping to trade at the seasonal markets that spring up at predictable intervals each year.

	Along with these markets, the most predictable and anticipated event of the Koumbasi year is the return of the annual rains and the flooding of the Tajeddi river basin. After the severely hot and parched months of Pavana and Ashbat, the spell is finally broken by the arrival of the rains around the middle of Jinniyah, which continue on until the beginning of fall. Even before the rain begins to fall in earnest upon Koumbasi the river has already begun to rise, responding to the precipitation that has begin to swell the streams of the Cloud Kingdoms in the preceding weeks. But as the rainy season returns to the emirate itself, the Tajeddi quickly bursts free from its banks and swamps the surrounding lowlands -- the reason many towns and villages around the river are built upon stilts, hills, or artificially constructed earthen platforms. Although some minor destruction is invariably wreaked during the floods, this is largely accepted as the river's due, and a small price to pay for the fish and crabs, fertile silt, and replenishment of irrigation water that the Tajeddi brings.		Along with these markets, the most predictable and anticipated event of the Koumbasi year is the return of the annual rains and the flooding of the Tajeddi river basin. After the severely hot and parched months of Pavana and Ashbat, the spell is finally broken by the arrival of the rains around the middle of Jinniyah, which continue on until the beginning of fall. Even before the rain begins to fall in earnest upon Koumbasi the river has already begun to rise, responding to the precipitation that has begin to swell the streams of the Cloud Kingdoms in the preceding weeks. But as the rainy season returns to the emirate itself, the Tajeddi quickly bursts free from its banks and swamps the surrounding lowlands -- the reason many towns and villages around the river are built upon stilts, hills, or artificially constructed earthen platforms. Although some minor destruction is invariably wreaked during the floods, this is largely accepted as the river's due, and a small price to pay for the fish and crabs, fertile silt, and replenishment of irrigation water that the Tajeddi brings. The largest cities of Koumbasi, Jalu-Jaro and the capital Koumbasat, rely both on these gifts and on the river's navigational value for their prosperity.

			Aside from the lands the Great Bend, the terrain of Koumbasi consists largely of alternating strips of flat desert land and stark, nearly impassable mountain ranges. The western reaches of the great [[Sentinel Range]] cut across the heart of the emirate, while further to the north, the lower but still treacherous [[Spiny Mountains]] run along the back of the coastal strip parallel to the sea. Between these two ranges lies the vast [[Plain of Aughessa]], a stretch of the Hazari Desert that ranges from flat baked earth to low swells of sand dunes, marked here and there by a scattering of oases. Koumbasat sits atop the low broken country of the [[Hills of the Hundred]] between the [[Sunset Sands]] to the east and the [[Plain of Red Dust]] to the west, and suffers frequent sand and dust storms in the dry months as a result. The most desolate place of all is the [[Great Bleakness]] that occupies much of the northwest of Koumbasi beyond the terminus of the Sentinels. With only a few poor wells amidst endlessly shifting and blindingly pale sands, and rumored also to be the haunt of malevolent jinn as well as ghuls and other unnatural perils, this waste is almost entirely unpopulated and few dare venture in.

	==People==		==People==

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	Wealthy in both gold and wisdom, '''Koumbasi''' in far northwestern [[Idiri]] is the ~~westernmost~~ possession of the [[Sirdabi Caliphate]]. As one of only two emirates associated with the caliphate, its status allows it a somewhat greater degree of independence under the rule of a local emir, or prince. Both trade and travel pour down the wide course of the great [[Tajeddi River]] that runs through the emirate's heart, from the nearby [[Cloud Kingdoms]], to the neighboring province of [[Tessere]], down onto the [[Gilded Plain]] -- and it is the Koumbasi people who control the flow of commerce. But they are as proud of their learning as they are of their material riches, and have a great drive both to accumulate more knowledge and to disseminate it throughout the world as widely as their gold dust, for the greater honor and glory of their realm.		Wealthy in both gold and wisdom, '''Koumbasi''' in far northwestern [[Idiri]] is the furthest-flung possession of the [[Sirdabi Caliphate]]. As one of only two emirates associated with the caliphate, its status allows it a somewhat greater degree of independence under the rule of a local emir, or prince. Both trade and travel pour down the wide course of the great [[Tajeddi River]] that runs through the emirate's heart, from the nearby [[Cloud Kingdoms]], to the neighboring province of [[Tessere]], down onto the [[Gilded Plain]] -- and it is the Koumbasi people who control the flow of commerce. But they are as proud of their learning as they are of their material riches, and have a great drive both to accumulate more knowledge and to disseminate it throughout the world as widely as their gold dust, for the greater honor and glory of their realm.

	==Geography & Climate==		==Geography & Climate==

	[[File:Koumbasi small.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|The Emirate of Koumbasi, Sirdabi Caliphate]]		[[File:Koumbasi small.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|The Emirate of Koumbasi, Sirdabi Caliphate]]

			Like all lands in north Idiri, Koumbasi is a country of extremes, with blistering heat in the summer but bone-chilling cold on winter nights, infrequent but punishing thunderstorms, challenging mountain ranges cutting across stark desert expanses, and a well-watered but reef-studded coast. But Koumbasi has also been blessed with the Tajeddi River, a broad and navigable flow that tumbles down from the bowl of the Cloud Kingdoms, spills over into the marshy [[Tajeddi Delta]], and then loops itself through the southern part of the emirate, creating the [[Great Bend]] between its tortuous curves. Although still subject to high heat and seasonal drought, the arid plains of the Great Bend allow for raising crops during the rainy season, and pasturing cattle and other livestock during the drier parts of the year. Seminomadic tribes travel through the area, avoiding the widely scattered villages during some times of the year, while in other times stopping to trade at the seasonal markets that spring up at predictable intervals each year.

			Along with these markets, the most predictable and anticipated event of the Koumbasi year is the return of the annual rains and the flooding of the Tajeddi river basin. After the severely hot and parched months of Pavana and Ashbat, the spell is finally broken by the arrival of the rains around the middle of Jinniyah, which continue on until the beginning of fall. Even before the rain begins to fall in earnest upon Koumbasi the river has already begun to rise, responding to the precipitation that has begin to swell the streams of the Cloud Kingdoms in the preceding weeks. But as the rainy season returns to the emirate itself, the Tajeddi quickly bursts free from its banks and swamps the surrounding lowlands -- the reason many towns and villages around the river are built upon stilts, hills, or artificially constructed earthen platforms. Although some minor destruction is invariably wreaked during the floods, this is largely accepted as the river's due, and a small price to pay for the fish and crabs, fertile silt, and replenishment of irrigation water that the Tajeddi brings.

	==People==		==People==

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	Wealthy in both gold and wisdom, '''Koumbasi''' is the westernmost possession of the [[Sirdabi Caliphate]]. As one of only two emirates associated with the caliphate, its status allows it a somewhat greater degree of independence under the rule of a local emir, or prince. Both trade and travel pour down the wide course of the great [[Tajeddi River]] that runs through the emirate's heart, from the nearby [[Cloud Kingdoms]], to the neighboring province of [[Tessere]], down onto the [[Gilded Plain]] -- and it is the Koumbasi people who control the flow of commerce. But they are as proud of their learning as they are of their material riches, and have a great drive both to accumulate more knowledge and to disseminate it throughout the world as widely as their gold dust, for the greater honor and glory of their realm.		Wealthy in both gold and wisdom, '''Koumbasi''' in far northwestern [[Idiri]] is the westernmost possession of the [[Sirdabi Caliphate]]. As one of only two emirates associated with the caliphate, its status allows it a somewhat greater degree of independence under the rule of a local emir, or prince. Both trade and travel pour down the wide course of the great [[Tajeddi River]] that runs through the emirate's heart, from the nearby [[Cloud Kingdoms]], to the neighboring province of [[Tessere]], down onto the [[Gilded Plain]] -- and it is the Koumbasi people who control the flow of commerce. But they are as proud of their learning as they are of their material riches, and have a great drive both to accumulate more knowledge and to disseminate it throughout the world as widely as their gold dust, for the greater honor and glory of their realm.

	==Geography & Climate==		==Geography & Climate==
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	*'''[[Koumbasat]]''', "the Ever-Changing" capital of Koumbasi, as famed for its libraries and university as for the wealth of its gold trade.		*'''[[Koumbasat]]''', "the Ever-Changing" capital of Koumbasi, as famed for its libraries and university as for the wealth of its gold trade.
	*'''[[Adé]]'''		*'''[[Adé]]''', a mountain village that serves as an epicenter for jali culture.
	*'''[[Chigokun]]''', a fishing town sheltered from the [[Great Stormy Sea]] by its school of barrier islands.		*'''[[Chigokun]]''', a fishing town sheltered from the [[Great Stormy Sea]] by its school of barrier islands.
	*'''[[Jalu-Jaro]]''', Koumbasat's traditional rival in fame and prestige, known especially for the grandeur and sanctity of its Olufemi Mosque.		*'''[[Jalu-Jaro]]''', Koumbasat's traditional rival in fame and prestige, known especially for the grandeur and sanctity of its Olufemi Mosque.
	*'''[[Mbolu]]''', the ~~City~~ of ~~Boats~~, the ~~floating center~~ of the ~~Lassanda river people's culture~~.		*'''[[Mbolu]]''', a river town once destroyed in the Time of Turmoil, now rebuilt around the grand Tower of the Wind.
	*'''[[Okele]]''', a market village where the bounty of the sea is exchanged for the produce and goods of the interior.		*'''[[Okele]]''', a market village where the bounty of the sea is exchanged for the produce and goods of the interior.
	*'''[[Oursalit]]'''		*'''[[Oursalit]]''', a sheep-raising town in the West Sentinel foothills where Tessouare and Bissenke mingle along the Tureghat Road.
	*'''[[Souare]]''', the great mountain town of northern Koumbasi, where Bissenke jalis come together with Tessouare poets for the renowned Festival of Harmony.		*'''[[Souare]]''', the great mountain town of northern Koumbasi, where Bissenke jalis come together with Tessouare poets for the renowned Festival of Harmony.
	*'''[[Télaba]]'''		*'''[[Télaba]]''', a farming town overlooking the desert from the south side of the Spiny Hills.
	*'''[[Tureghat]]''', a port town of stilt-legged buildings overlooking the [[Adelantean Sea\|Adelantean]] coast.		*'''[[Tureghat]]''', a port town of stilt-legged buildings overlooking the [[Adelantean Sea\|Adelantean]] coast.
	*'''[[Yedele]]		*'''[[Yedele]]''', the City of Boats, the floating center of the Lassanda river people's culture.

	==Points of Interest==		==Points of Interest==

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	* [[Bleak Coast]]		* [[Bleak Coast]]
	* [[Delusion Bay]]		* [[Delusion Bay]]
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	* [[Fishhook Isle]]		* [[Fishhook Isle]]
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	* [[The Great Bend]]		* [[The Great Bend]]
	* [[The Great Bleakness]]		* [[The Great Bleakness]]
	* [[Ifrit Spires]]
	* [[Jali Wander]]		* [[Jali Wander]]
	* [[Plain of Aoughessa]]		* [[Plain of Aoughessa]]

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	==Cities & Towns==		==Cities & Towns==

	*[[Koumbasat]], "the Ever-Changing" capital of Koumbasi, as famed for its libraries and university as for the wealth of its gold trade.		*'''[[Koumbasat]]''', "the Ever-Changing" capital of Koumbasi, as famed for its libraries and university as for the wealth of its gold trade.
	*[[Chigokun]], a fishing town sheltered from the [[Great Stormy Sea]] by its school of barrier islands.		*'''[[Adé]]'''
	*[[Jalu-Jaro]], Koumbasat's traditional rival in fame and prestige, known especially for the grandeur and sanctity of its Olufemi Mosque.		*'''[[Chigokun]]''', a fishing town sheltered from the [[Great Stormy Sea]] by its school of barrier islands.
	*[[Mbolu]], the City of Boats, the floating center of the Lassanda river people's culture.		*'''[[Jalu-Jaro]]''', Koumbasat's traditional rival in fame and prestige, known especially for the grandeur and sanctity of its Olufemi Mosque.
	*[[Okele]], a market village where the bounty of the sea is exchanged for the produce and goods of the interior.		*'''[[Mbolu]]''', the City of Boats, the floating center of the Lassanda river people's culture.
	*[[Souare]], the great mountain town of northern Koumbasi, where Bissenke jalis come together with Tessouare poets for the renowned Festival of Harmony.		*'''[[Okele]]''', a market village where the bounty of the sea is exchanged for the produce and goods of the interior.
	*[[Tureghat]], a port town of stilt-legged buildings overlooking the [[Adelantean Sea\|Adelantean]] coast.		*'''[[Oursalit]]'''
			*'''[[Souare]]''', the great mountain town of northern Koumbasi, where Bissenke jalis come together with Tessouare poets for the renowned Festival of Harmony.
			*'''[[Télaba]]'''
			*'''[[Tureghat]]''', a port town of stilt-legged buildings overlooking the [[Adelantean Sea\|Adelantean]] coast.
			*'''[[Yedele]]

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			* [[Adianke Heights]]
			* [[Afrit Spires]]
	* [[Bay of Little Fishes]]		* [[Bay of Little Fishes]]
			* [[Bedalet Massif]]
	* [[Bleak Coast]]		* [[Bleak Coast]]
			* [[Delusion Bay]]
			* [[Fishhook Isle]]
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			* [[The Great Bend]]
	* [[The Great Bleakness]]		* [[The Great Bleakness]]
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	* [[Ifrit Spires]]		* [[Ifrit Spires]]
			* [[Jali Wander]]
			* [[Plain of Aoughessa]]
	* [[Plain of Red Dust]]		* [[Plain of Red Dust]]
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			* [[Marid Lake]]
			* [[Oursalit Valley]]
	* [[Sentinel Range]]		* [[Sentinel Range]]
			* [[Spiny Hills]]
	* [[Sunset Sands]]		* [[Sunset Sands]]
	* [[Tajeddi Delta]]		* [[Tajeddi Delta]]

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	==Geography & Climate==		==Geography & Climate==

			[[File:Koumbasi small.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|The Emirate of Koumbasi, Sirdabi Caliphate]]

	==People==		==People==

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	Koumbasi is a staunchly Azadi land, which helps to explain its willingness to bring itself under the aegis of the Sirdabi Caliphate during Koumbasi's [[Time of Turmoil]]. Originally pagan, both its rulers and its ordinary folk converted more or less fully to Azadi within the span of about a century, from approximately 30-130 N.D. Since that time Koumbasi has produced an astonishing amount of religious and legal scholarship as well as a number of leading imams and holy women and men, and it has contributed strongly to Azadi theology and philosophy.		Koumbasi is a staunchly Azadi land, which helps to explain its willingness to bring itself under the aegis of the Sirdabi Caliphate during Koumbasi's [[Time of Turmoil]]. Originally pagan, both its rulers and its ordinary folk converted more or less fully to Azadi within the span of about a century, from approximately 30-130 N.D. Since that time Koumbasi has produced an astonishing amount of religious and legal scholarship as well as a number of leading imams and holy women and men, and it has contributed strongly to Azadi theology and philosophy.

	Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Koumbasi practice of Azadi includes veneration of holy persons and their lineage, the saints and marabouts common as well in the Tessere provinces of the caliphate. A great number of such holy persons and movements have arisen in Koumbasi, to the point where Koumbasat itself is said to be under the protection of a full hundred different saints whose remains are ~~said to be~~ buried in the Hills of the Hundred which encircle much of the capital. Meanwhile in Jalu-Jaro, the great Olufemi Mosque is famed as one of the most unusual and beautiful mosques in the entire caliphate, attracting a small but steady stream of travelers wishing to see it with their own eyes and take the waters of its lovely sirdab.		Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Koumbasi practice of Azadi includes veneration of holy persons and their lineage, the saints and marabouts common as well in the Tessere provinces of the caliphate. A great number of such holy persons and movements have arisen in Koumbasi, to the point where Koumbasat itself is said to be under the protection of a full hundred different saints whose remains are buried in the Hills of the Hundred which encircle much of the capital. Meanwhile in Jalu-Jaro, the great Olufemi Mosque is famed as one of the most unusual and beautiful mosques in the entire caliphate, attracting a small but steady stream of travelers wishing to see it with their own eyes and take the waters of its lovely sirdab.

	==Cities & Towns==		==Cities & Towns==

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	==Religion==		==Religion==

			Koumbasi is a staunchly Azadi land, which helps to explain its willingness to bring itself under the aegis of the Sirdabi Caliphate during Koumbasi's [[Time of Turmoil]]. Originally pagan, both its rulers and its ordinary folk converted more or less fully to Azadi within the span of about a century, from approximately 30-130 N.D. Since that time Koumbasi has produced an astonishing amount of religious and legal scholarship as well as a number of leading imams and holy women and men, and it has contributed strongly to Azadi theology and philosophy.

			Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Koumbasi practice of Azadi includes veneration of holy persons and their lineage, the saints and marabouts common as well in the Tessere provinces of the caliphate. A great number of such holy persons and movements have arisen in Koumbasi, to the point where Koumbasat itself is said to be under the protection of a full hundred different saints whose remains are said to be buried in the Hills of the Hundred which encircle much of the capital. Meanwhile in Jalu-Jaro, the great Olufemi Mosque is famed as one of the most unusual and beautiful mosques in the entire caliphate, attracting a small but steady stream of travelers wishing to see it with their own eyes and take the waters of its lovely sirdab.

	==Cities & Towns==		==Cities & Towns==