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{{Realm
|image         = [[image:Zeif01.jpg]]
|caption       = The arms of Zeif, as depicted in the ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' (2000).
|alt_name      = 
|alt_spelling  = 
|demonym       = Zeifan
|motto         = Rock of the West
|region        = [[Baklunish West]]
|ruler         = [[Murad]], Sultan of Zeif
|government    = Independent feudal monarchy with hereditary ruler
|established   = 
|capital       = [[Zeir-i-Zeif]]
|major_towns   = [[Antalotol]] (pop. 10,700), [[Ceshra]] (pop. 16,600), [[Dhabiya]] (pop. 14,900), Zeir-i-Zeif (pop. 43,500)
|provinces     = 38 timars; cities and towns and the lands surrounding them are governed by beys, deys, emirs, and pashas
|resources     = Foodstuffs, gems, horses, livestock
|coinage       = Magus (pp), efrit (gp), marid (ep), djinn (sp), dao (cp)
|population    = 1,628,300
|races         = [[Baklunish]] human (88%), [[Orc]] 10%, [[Halfling]] 1%, Other 1%
|languages     = Common, Ancient Baklunish, Baklunish dialects, Halfling, Orc
|alignments    = LN (dominant), N
|religions     = [[Istus]], [[Al'Akbar]], [[Mouqol]], [[Geshtai]], [[Xan Yae]], [[:Category:Baklunish deities|other Baklunish gods]]
|allies        = [[Tusmit]] (sometimes), [[Plains of the Ulakandar|Ulakandar]] (sometimes), [[Mur]], [[Risay]]
|enemies       = [[Ekbir]] (sometimes), [[Tusmit]] (sometimes), [[Ket]] (sometimes), Ulakandar (sometimes), [[Knights of the Watch]]
}}
'''Zeif''' is a political state at the western edge of the [[Flanaess]] in the [[Baklunish Basin]] on the southern shores of the [[Dramidj Ocean]].
==Description==
The Sultanate of Zeif is the westernmost state of the Flanaess, a portion of it extending beyond the north-south dividing line marked by the Ulsprue Range.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}

== History ==
The warm currents of the Dramidj make the land very rich, although the Sultan possesses few mineral resources save a secret source of chrysobervls and peridots which are so fine as to lie sought after as far east as Keoland. Furvondy, and beyond.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}

== Geography ==
The lands of the Sultan stretch from the Dramidj to south of the town of Antalotol, and border Ekbir and Tusmit.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}

== People ==
The native folk of Zeif are predominantly of [[Baklunish]] heritage.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}

=== Population ===
=== Religion ===
The people of Zeif most commonly worship the culturally traditional pantheon of [[:Category:Baklunish deities|Baklunish deities]].{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}
=== Languages ===
While [[Common]] is spoken throughout Zeif, the traditional [[Ancient Baklunish]] language anD its dialects are spoken by most all peoples of the region.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}

== Government ==
Little is known of the Sultan or his court.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}

=== Military === 
The army of Zeif is said to lie comprised mainly of superb mailed cavalry and huge footmen armed with two-handed swords. It is likely that numbers of mercenary Paynim horsemen are also enlisted in its ranks.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}
=== Heraldry ===

== Economy ==
=== Resources ===
=== Currency ===

== Rumors and legends ==
Zeif is supposed to have territorial designs upon both Ekbir and Tusmit, but this is not certain.{{csb|WoG|41|Catalogue}}

== Publishing history ==

== See also ==

== Gallery ==

== External Links ==

== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
* [[Gygax, Gary]]. ''The World of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
:———. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
* [[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
* [[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
* [[Frederick Weining|Weining, Frederick]]. "Zeif: Rock of the West." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #5. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.
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