Baghdad
Booksellers’ market · Tigris manuscript quarter
Plan your voyage
- Minimum transport
- Navis
- Outbound fare
- 350 gold · 26 corvée
- Horse feed
- —
Requires the fief granted by Queen Isabelle in Acre. Navis to the Levant, then the caravan road and river stages to Baghdad.
Market
| Good | Availability |
|---|---|
| Alexandrian pepper | Local market good |
| Baghdad writing paper | Local market good |
| Damascene figured silk | Local market good |
| Paris parchment | Local market good |
City commission
Paper for the Copyists
Khadija al-Baghdadiyya asks you to bring supplies for the booksellers’ market. Deliver them to earn the city’s mark of thanks.
- Requires Renown
- 50
- Deliver
- 12 × Paris parchment, 3 × Damascene figured silk
- Reward
- Tigris stationers’ stamp
- Renown on delivery
- +5
People
| Resident | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Khadija al-Baghdadiyya | Bookseller |
| Ahmad the Papermaker | Papermaker |
| Shirin of the Copyists | Scribe |
| Abbas of the Tigris | Bargeman |
| Hamid the Pen Cutter | Reed-pen cutter |