Jarifis

The Jarifis are a Calesian Ahummic ethnic group that traditionally lived an itinerant lifestyle. Major populations of Jarifis exist in southern and eastern Calesia, in a belt roughly stretching from Hyacinthe and Melia to Olcabria.

Originating from a group of confederated Abbasian tribes in the western outskirts of the Shiraq, the ancestors of the Jafiris played a key role in the Abbasian invasions during the 8th century. As the Shiraqic Qal'aldesh consolidated, however, the ruling authorities grew concerned about the unruly nomadic tribes occupying their territories. As a result, the ancestors of the Jafiris, alongside other Abbasian tribes, were sent to the eastern frontier in order to subdue the Nishic states to the east. During the 9th century, many of these tribesmen later served as mercenaries in the Tashar raids in Calesia; this seems to have driven a second major migration of Jarifi tribes. These mercenaries went on to established various short-lived states, most famously the Bardal kingdom in modern Olcabria.