Houses of Dahab

The Merchant Houses of Dahab was the most important faction in Medinaat al-Salaam, based in its economic power. The Caliphate and the Sultanate had the authority in the Jewel, the truth was that both must consider what the Dahabi would think before they took action.

Foundation
When the Jinn were beaten back at the end of the First Age, many decided that man should not be ruled by the deific powers, as Jinn, sahir or even Ashalan. Man should rule his own destiny and future. They formed a secretive group known as the Qolat. Being the money and water which controlled man, and controlling man they could be steered away from the celestial, the Houses of Dahab were created.

Houses
Each House was run by a merchant prince.

After the Awakening
The Houses of Dahab were working to massage the life back into the Jewel of the Desert’s economy. Damage done thirty years ago by the Erba’a Alliance’s siege and the Awakening was being repaired. With Sultan Yusef III’s bizarre, Immortal Caliph-influenced policies repealed by the current Sultan, the last barrier was gone and the Houses were ready to take over the Jewel’s economy once again. However, there was a significant barrier to this: the Houses’ internecine fighting. Two factions were sparring for control of Houses of Dahab.