Tessere
| Allegiance | Sirdabi Caliphate |
| Capital | al-Sabiyyah |
| Demonym | Tessere |
| Official Language | Sirdabi |
| Official Religion | Azadi |
| Currency | fals/dirham/nour |
| Native Heritages | Tessouare, Sirdabi, Razmani, Bissenke |
The province of Tessere lies at the far western end of the Sirdabi Caliphate, the furthest of its north Idiri lands save for the neighboring Emirate of Koumbasi. To the north lies the Adelantean Sea, and to the south the equally vast expanse of the Great Hazari Desert, while its eastern border touches upoin rustic Ifru. Although remote from the Sirdabi capital, Tessere is a thriving land whose cultural and economic prosperity owe much to the Koumbasi gold trade and the province's key position as a middleman on the trans-Hazari and Adelantean trade routes.
Geography & Climate
People
Like neighboring Ifru, Tessere is part of the historic heartland of Tessouare territory and culture, and it is these people who still predominate in the region today. They exhibit a wide diversity of lifestyles, ranging from nomadic pastoralism in the desert interior, to settled farmers and small-town tradesfolk, to sophisticated urbanites in the bustling capital. The Tessouare here are particularly proud of their heritage, as they continue to cherish stories of the great kingdoms of ancient days and their heroic resistance against the Ruvans, which led to centuries of independence in the face of the ever-present threat from both the Ruveran and Kalentoi Empires.
Despite the dominance of the Tessouare, Tessere has a high population of Sirdabi relative to most other provinces in the western caliphate. The Sirdabi have had a strong presence here ever since the early days of Seeking, having arrived in the area not long after the beginning of the New Dawn. The great majority dwell in al-Sabiyyah and Ridmah, where they are involved in various trading and shipping ventures and in local craft industries. But they are widespread in smaller numbers throughout the province, where most have melded almost seamlessly into the local populace over many generations.
Many Bissenke also make their home in Tessere, particularly in the southern portions of the province along the Tajeddi River. The city of Mirzuq in particularly represents a rich blend of Bissenke and Tessouare culture, and despite earlier clashes with Koumbasi in antiquity, the relationship between the two peoples has more often been founded on friendship. Although not as widespread here as in the eastern regions of the Hazari, several Razmani communities reside in their typical cliffside enclaves within the mountains and canyons of the desert.