Sogdan

The Sogdan city-states were located in the west of the Cradle of the World. These cities had been plagued by internecine war and the depredations of a terrible manticore, whose trickery and treachery created fresh conflict whenever peace emerged. The Qamarist Caliphate came to their aid, and clever Qamarist teachers bested the manticore at its riddle game, breaking its influence on the region. In turn the inhabitants of the Sogdan city-states accepted the leadership of the Caliph Mahmoud ibn Mansur.