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| You underestimate your importance. Azir's Oathgate will be vital, and you are the strongest kingdom of the west. With Azir at our side, many other countries will join with us.
| [[Dalinar]] to [[Yanagawn]]{{book ref|sa3|56}}
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=== Origins and Sadees' occupation ===
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| They say that when the Sunmaker rode out of the passes and into Azir, he had one unexpected problem. He conquered my people too quickly, and didn't know what to do with all of his captives.
| [[Yanagawn]]{{book ref|sa3|42}}
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==Politics==
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| Traditionally, the Azish Prime claimed to be emperor of all Makabak—a region that included over a half-dozen kingdoms and princedoms. In reality, he was king over only Azir, but Azir did cast a long, long shadow.
| [[Dalinar Kholin]]'s thoughts on Azir{{book ref|sa3|12}}
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=== Government ===
The Azish government is a bureaucracy, composed of several levels of scribes. One may join the public servant caste by passing a written exam. Though the test is nominally open to all citizens, the test isit's difficult and usually requires expensive formal education; most government officials are therefore people whose social status was already high.{{book ref|sa3|35}}
 
The highest-ranking members of the government, other than the Prime Aqasix, are the [[wikipedia: vizier|viziers]]. They serve as advisors to the Prime, with enough political pull to force their decisions on them, and are responsible for selecting a new Prime following the death of the previous through an application review process. Their high status and broad knowledge means that each Prime will often be a former vizier, as they can make their applications the most convincing.{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}
 
[[File:Gawx Portrait by Marie Seeberger.jpg|thumb|right|200px|<center><small>by {{a|Marie Seeberger}}</small></center> [[Yanagawn]] the First, the current [[Prime Aqasix]] ]]
 
=== The Prime Aqasix ===
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[[File: Azish Public Servant Designs.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|<center><small>by [[Dan dos Santos]]</small></center> A folio page of Azish male public servant fashion from [[Liafor]] ]]
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| Alethi liked to joke about them—insult one of their soldiers, it was said, and he'd submit a form requesting an opportunity to swear at you.
| [[Dalinar]] on the Alethi stereotypes of the Azish{{book ref|sa3|65}}
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=== Language and Writing ===
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|Azish, a funny language made of little markings that looked like cremling tracks.
|[[Dalinar]] on the Azish language.{{book ref|sa3|65}}
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The people of Azir speak Azish, the most widespread of the Makabaki languages, though it is possible that other languages from this family are also present.{{wob ref|3977}} Azish or Azish-adjacent words can often be recognized by the letters "x" (Kadasix, [[Snoxil]]) and "q" ([[Prime Aqasix]], [[Unoqua]]), which are far rarer outside of [[Makabak]].
 
 
== Trivia ==
* The Azish view of homosexuality is based on some middle-ages Indian societysocieties, wherein the gay person would be "socially reassigned" and be expected to exist and act as the opposite gender.{{wob ref|1443}}
* The Azish government is partially based on the Chinese Confucian system.{{wob ref|1752}}
* The Azish script might be similar in appearance to [[wikipedia:cuneiform|cuneiform]].{{url ref|url=https://www.tor.com/2019/02/14/oathbringer-reread-chapter-sixty-five/ |text=Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Sixty-Five | site=Tor.com}}
- sa1: I-5, 71
- sa2: 2, 4, 46, 49, 59, 60, 71, 89, I-9, folio art
- edgesa2.5: 1-6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18-20
- sa3: 1, 8, 12, 15, 24, 27, 28, 35, 38, 43, 46, 53, 56, 59, 64, 65, 88, 96,
100, 104, 111, 116, 117, 121, 122, I-8
- sa1: prologue, 5, 14, 18, 27, 40, 42, 43, 46, 43, 63, 68
- sa2: prologue, 4, 22, 31, 35, 46, 40, 44, 63, 71, I-2, I-9, folio art
- edgesa2.5: 1-4, 8, 9, 13, 14
- sa3: 4, 8, 12, 16, 35, 42, 44, 53, 56, 57, 59, 64, 65, 81, 86, 90, 92, 96, 98,
102, 107, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 122, I-8, I-13
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