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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9488838" data-attributes="member: 58172">[USER=6780330]@Parmandur[/USER]The planet Oerth intentionally draws inspiration from reallife cultures, with corresponding locations across the global map.Baklun (Baklunish Basin) corresponds geographically to Siberia, and implies a strong presence of the shamanic cultures within Siberia and nearby, including the Evenki.Note, there are also Siberian Cossacks who are Muslims. They arrived to Siberia in the 1500s alongside those who are mainly from Northwest Russia.On the fantasy map of the Flanaess subcontinent, its western part, Baklun, includes placenames that imply inspiration from reallife Muslim cultures. Namely: Sultanate of Ekbir, Sultanate of Zeif, and Pashalik of Tusmit. Thus there is a small exclave of Islamesque cultures. More precisely, there are three cities Ekbir, Zeif, and in Tusmit Sefmur that have Islamesque rulers. Their presence doesnt necessarily mean that the surrounding indigenous populations are also Islamesque. Most of the area appears remote wildernesses where indigenous populations are moreorless autonomous with their own animistic traditions.The term "sultan" derives from Arabic meaning something like "rulership, control", and came to refer to the leader of a Muslim monarchy but who lacks descent from a "kalif" emperor. Ethnically diverse Muslim governments use the term sultan. The term "pasha" of a "pashalik" is more specifically the Ottoman Empire, referring to a military leader or a governor.In fantasy Flanaess, the "Pashalik of Tusmit" implies a farflung exclave of an Ottomanesque empire elsewhere on Oerth. Such an empire can reach great distances because of horseback cultures that can be part of it. It is possible Ekbir is the first Islamesque city, and the other two split away from it. The "pashalik" of Tusmit appears to have been conquered by an other Islamesque empire, the Ottomanesque one. Remote Sefmur in Tusmit maintains an uneasy alliance with Ekbir.The populations are mainly Baklunish, and mainly animistic. However, there are Islamesque colonies that have taken root in these three cities of Ekbir, Zeif, and Tusmit. The cities of Lopolta in Ket and Ulakand in Ull appear to be examples of indiginous Baklunish who are Nonislamesque.Note, the earlier Darlene map referred to the "Caliphate of Ekbir". However the term "kalif" is religiously sensitive in reallife, and the 2024 map instead has the "Sultanate of Ekbir".</blockquote>

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