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City Guard (Liham)

The City Guard of Liham served as a police force within the city as well as a standing army for the "City of Soldiers".

The City Guard of Liham served as a police force within the city as well as a standing army for the "City of Soldiers".

Organization

The composition of the city guard as of 1367 DR was 6,000 infantry, 600 cavalry, and several detachments of mamluks from Qudra numbering 200 men per unit. Mamluks of the Dutiful Mamluk Society served as the palace guard. Liham's navy consisted of only three ships.

Activities

The navy patrolled the waters of the Great Sea off the coast as well as inland along Al-Sari River.

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