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The term "Southern Kingdoms" has different meanings:
In Nordling historiography, the term Southern Kingdoms refers to the Nilfgaardian provinces south of the Northern Kingdoms during their period as independent realms, such as Gemmeria or Metinna.
In Nilfgaardian historiography, it references the Barsamen kingdoms known as taifas that once encompassed part of the vast Barsa region and part of present-day Lower Alba, more specifically to the ones located south of the Ardawanne Mountains, with a few exceptions. This term was used, especially before and during the period known as The Reconquest, when the future empire engaged in conflict with these kingdoms during its initial expansion.
Known taifas[]
- Ahaggar
- Aussa
- Bukhala (with its capital being present-day Baccalà)
- Byara
- Darfur
- Kunar
- Makhir
- Ruach
- Sadat
- Tarim
- Utetera
- Zaia
- Zerzura (the far of the taifas, technically still existing as a city-state)
Trivia[]
- Taifas were independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula, eventually absorbed by Catholic monarchies during the Reconquista.
- Ahaggar is a reference both to the mountain range of the same name located in Algeria and to the Tuareg confederation of Kel Ahaggar, which existed until 1977.
- Zaia is a reference to the Zaian Confederation, a confederation of Berber tribesmen in the interior of Morocco, which resisted French conquest in the Middle Atlas mountains for several years.
- Darfur is a reference to the Sultanate of Darfur, a precolonial state and later an Anglo-Egyptian condominium that existed in Sudan.
- Makhir is a reference to Maakhir, a quasi-state that existed in the Sanaag region in eastern Somalia.
- Sadat is a reference to Sadat, a suffix given to families believed to be descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
- Aussa is a reference to the Sultanate of Aussa, a kingdom that existed in eastern Ethiopia between the 18th and 20th centuries.
- Zerzura is a reference to the legendary city of the same name.
- Utetera is a reference to the Tippu Tip's state, an Arab sultanate established in East Africa.
- Tarim is a reference to both the Sultanate of Tarim, located in Yemen, and to the city and district of the same name, also located in Yemen.
- Kunar is a reference to the Islamic Emirate of Kunar, a quasi-state established in 1991 in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It also refers to a valley and a river located in the same country.
- Byara is a reference to the Islamic Emirate of Byara, a short-lived unrecognized Kurdish Islamic state ruled by Sharia law, which declared independence from Iraq in 2001 and ended in 2003. It also serves as a reference/explanation to Dandelion's words about "a Barsan custom demanding that all girls guard their virginity until they wed".