Aleppo
From Record Of Fantasy Adventure Venture
Center of the Shiite dynasty of Hamdan. Under Hamdanid control (a few weeks in 962 excepted) since 956.
Called Haleb ("milked" in Arabic) because Abraham once milked his cows here; Aram Soba in Hebrew.
The walls of Aleppo are 165’ tall and 100’ wide, surrounded by a moat 65’ deep
Current emir is Junayd, called Sayf al-Dawlah after his father, Sayf al-Dawlah Abu al-Hasan ibn Hamdan. His cousin, Basma disappeared from Aleppo and is currently with Harald.
Head rabbi: Rabbi Simeon