Samaarkhand

Samaarkhand
Part of	Altgird
Mentioned	This topic does not appear in the main story, but can be found in the Foundling explicarium. This topic does not appear in the main story, but can be found in the Lamplighter explicarium.

Samaarkhand is a country in the far north of the Altgird and beyond the Marrow. It is one of the three northern countries from which sagaars originated and is mentioned in the song "The Wide-faring Merchant".

Behind the scenes

Samaarkhand does not appear on a map of the Harthe Alle that D. M. Cornish posted on his blog in September 2009, suggesting that it is so far north that it is off the map.

Trivia

Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and was centrally located on the Silk Road between China and the West.