Editing Taraj al-Saum

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Rulers of Gharu'n:
* Malik [[Rakhil al-Khur]]
* Malik [[Amul ibn Rakhil]]
* Malik [[Tu'azar ibn Amul]]
* Malika [[Ladriya bint Daum]]
* Malik [[Sunadin the Unlucky]]
* Malik [[Qorsh the Cold]]
* Malik [[Zahir ibn Ma'mun]]
* Malik [[Jawhar al-Shamshir]]
* Malik [[Taraj al-Saum]]
* Malika [[Qadira bint Balj]]
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Taraj al-Saum was a Malik of [[Gharu'n]].<ref name=LashandasHand>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Lashanda's Hand]]</ref>
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Taraj reigned in a time when Gharu'n had known peace for many years, when smiths were forging more plowshares than swords, and no threats loomed on the horizons. During this time, some older men were described as veterans who had been fine swordsmen in their youth and had grown restless for days of action.<ref name=LashandasHand />
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Based on this information, it seems likely that Taraj was the Malik of Gharu'n after the [[Century of Storms]], and prior to the second invasion by Viamont. The veterans would that have been from the force that [[Jawhar al-Shamshir]] gathered to remove Viamont's puppet ruler [[Zahir ibn Ma'mun]] out of power.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Gharu'ndim|Zogblaster Archive - Gharu'ndim Introduction]]</ref> After driving the Viamontian influence out of Gharu'n, Jawhar went on to become Malik, and was said to have restored the kingdom to the glory it had known in [[Yasif ibn Salayyar]]'s time.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /> The peace known during Taraj's reign could have started with Jawhar.
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Culturally, during Taraj's reign, the sight of a women wearing armor and bearing swords was still considered strange.<ref name=LashandasHand /> Men could have more than one wife, and women could have more than one husband, which is still the case in the present day.<ref name=LashandasHand /> Within these polygamous marriages, there was the concept of a First Wife (and presumably, First Husband).<ref name=LashandasHand /> It was not seen as proper for the daughter of a Mu'allim to be anything but a man's First Wife.<ref name=LashandasHand />

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