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It's not just to those cultures, and some other information from the book can be inferred as well.


* FantasyCounterpartCulture: To Middle Eastern and Islamic cultures.

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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: To Middle Eastern and Islamic cultures.



** The Soo Republic stands in for DarkestAfrica. Not enough information is given to determine which specific parts of Africa.

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** The Soo Republic stands in for DarkestAfrica. Not enough information is given to determine which specific parts of Africa. However, if the map is similar to Earth it might be East Africa ("Soo" could echo Sudan, though two large rivers are mentioned in their country).



** The War Lands to the north probably stands in for Europe. The sole named region is Braxony.

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** The War Lands to the north probably stands in for Europe. The sole named region is Braxony.Braxony, a possible {{portmanteau}} between Brittany and Saxony, both in Western Europe (though not connected).
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Famous Last Words is being dewicked per TRS


* FamousLastWords: "Cheated. Mouw Awa the manjackal hath been ''cheated''."

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* ActionGirl: Zamia Banu Laith Badawi.
* BigBad: Orshado.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Miri Almoussa.
* BigEater: Adoulla again.

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* %%* ActionGirl: Zamia Banu Laith Badawi.
* %%* BigBad: Orshado.
* %%* BigBeautifulWoman: Miri Almoussa.
* %%* BigEater: Adoulla again.



* DeathSeeker: Zamia.
* TheDragon: Mouw Awa to Orshado

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* %%* DeathSeeker: Zamia.
* %%* TheDragon: Mouw Awa to Orshado



* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Miri.

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* %%* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Miri.



* JustLikeRobinHood: The Falcon Prince.

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* %%* JustLikeRobinHood: The Falcon Prince.



* MouthOfSauron: Mouw Awa to the mute Orshado.

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* %%* MouthOfSauron: Mouw Awa to the mute Orshado.



* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Skin-ghuls.

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* %%* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Skin-ghuls.



* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Barbarian Race Girl]]: Zamia.

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* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Barbarian Race Girl]]: %%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Zamia.



* TheStoic: Raseed.

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* %%* TheStoic: Raseed.
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* BadassGrandpa: Adoulla might count as one of these.
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A fantasy series by Saladin Ahmed that takes place in an Islamic-inspired fantasyland, the Crescent Moon Kingdoms, rather than the typical MedievalEuropeanFantasy. Dr. Adoulla Makhslood is a ghul-hunter in the city of Dhamsawaat, accompanied by his trusty sword-wielding assistant, Raseed bas Raseed.

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A fantasy series by Saladin Ahmed Creator/SaladinAhmed that takes place in an Islamic-inspired fantasyland, the Crescent Moon Kingdoms, rather than the typical MedievalEuropeanFantasy. Dr. Adoulla Makhslood is a ghul-hunter in the city of Dhamsawaat, accompanied by his trusty sword-wielding assistant, Raseed bas Raseed.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: The magic practiced by Adoulla and other ghul-hunters borrows its power from a pantheon transparently standing in for the Abrahamic one, complete with a capital-G God, a Traitorous Angel, a host of Ministering Angels and a tome of Heavenly Chapters.
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** Abassen, the caliphate (khalifate?) in which the book takes place is patterned off of the Middle East (the name is taken from the Abbasids).

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** Abassen, the caliphate (khalifate?) in which the book takes place is patterned off of the Middle East (the name is taken from the Abbasids). The city of Dhamsawaat in particular is clearly inspired by the mythical Baghdad of the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' fame.

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