

When you can, leave the area and come back with a large force if you want to attempt to drive out the bandits. Starting in the Sarranid Sultanate is difficult, as many bandits roam the deserts outside of villages and towns.

They occupy a similar portion of the maps (they likely occupied Charas/Shariz from the Vlandians/Swadians), they have very similar troop trees and the Sarranids share a name with the Banu Sarran, one of the Aserai clans. The Sarranids are possibly descendants of the Aserai. His nephew, Hakim, staged a coup against Arwa, ousting her from power on grounds of her bewitching both the previous Sultan and his uncle. However, after Baybak was killed in a skirmish with the Khergit Khanate (likely under the rule of Janakir Khan at that point). After Ayzar's death, Arwa was allowed to rule on the condition that she marry the realm's general, Emir Baybak, and they ruled together for ten more years. Ayzar purchased a slave, Arwa the Pearled One, who would later endear herself to him so much that he eventually let her manage his kingdom and practically adopted her as his daughter. The Sarranids were ruled by Sultan Ayzar prior to the events of Warband.
