Mehrshahr
The city of Mehrshahr, situated amidst the ruins of the ancient Babkhan capital - Kamalshahr - and the Alexandrian colonial era township of New Berlin, was favoured by the Khans of Raspur as a showpiece for their ancestral Euran culture. Transferred to the sovereignty of the Surenid as part of the Fontainebleau Accords which brought the Confederacy into the Euran Economic Union and the Raspur Pact. The Imperial & Emirati Bank of Alalehzamin and Constancia has had a branch in the city since 1677, which has significantly assisted in the increase of trade via lending, banking, and financial services, as well as providing the Suren with suitable foreign exchange.
Presently the second largest city of the Surenid, the majority of the population being employed in the systematic excavation and remediation of the ruinous ancient city by the Industrial Archaeology Programme of the Honourable Company as well as the ambitious project to restore the Imperial Shahriyar Palace to condition of splendour it was famous for during the heyday of the Kapav Dynasty. As the city was outside of Babkhan control during the unfortunate events of 1598 AN the city was spared the worst of destruction and fallout that befell the continent. Such looting, destruction, and environmental degradation as occurred, came later. As such it is considered one of the more liveable cities of Eura and the premier entrepôt for trade with the Suren.
In 1704, negotiations resulted in the establishment of the Mehrshahr Special Economic Zone, comprising a walled settlement just south of Mehrshahr, and the smaller island of the Trucial Isle. In exchange, tribute was exchanged (said to be around 500 million Natopos) along with an annual franchise tax.
Since 1708 AN, the city has served as the headquarters of the Committee of Euran Salvation, a body instituted under the authority of the Trans-Euran Command of the Raspur Pact to coordinate the governments of Constancia, the Suren Confederacy, and Zeed.
The city was badly affected by the Kapavian insurgency, which commenced in 1715 AN, and was profoundly altered by the subsequent influx of allied forces during the following year, which saw the establishment of large garrison cantonments such as Camp Trident, established by the Florian Contingent of Forces as a transport and logistics hub for the deployment of 60,000 personnel to the region.
In late 1728, the Committee of Euran Salvation was prevailed upon by the Trans-Euran Command to make Camp Trident a permanent fortification of the Raspur Pact forces, and plans were launched to either reconstitute the Kamalshahr International Airport, or build a new one within the vicinity of Camp Trident.
The city hosts the Moabadan-Moabad, with claims to a continuous presence in the city dating back to 1400 AN.
