Al-Sabiyyah

Al-Sabiyyah is the capital of the Sirdabi province of Tessere, situated along the Adelantean coastline. It is the chief maritime outlet for the trans-Hazari gold trade that connects the gold mines of west Idiri with the Adelantean world, via Koumbasi and Tessere itself. As a result it is a very prosperous and prestigious city, rivaling Koumba City for the reputation of greatest city of the western caliphate.

History

Al-Sabiyyah was founded following the Great Dark and the Deluge which destroyed many coastal cities around the Adelantean Basin. Formerly the area was dominated by the Yehani city-state of Druth, which occupied a promontory east of the present site of al-Sabiyyah. When Druth was drowned in the Deluge, its survivors took refuge upon what had once been a cluster of low hills which now formed an island in the middle of the floodwaters. When the floodwaters departed, little of Druth's promontory still remained and the city itself was entirely gone, while the sea had taken up residence in the deep depression that had formerly been Lake Zegoura. This being the case, the remaining Yehani joined the local Tessouare to found a new city around the tallest hill in their refuge, which eventually came to be known as al-Sabiyyah.