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===Simurgh===

Graced by Darius Cyaxares during his youth and reformed under the enlightened rule of the Primarch's disciple, Ashpenaz the Golden, the Hive World Simurgh is the most important of the Sand Keepers' recruiting worlds.  Three of the Sand Keepers' Chapters would draw their strength from the multitudes of Simurgh.

The world is ruled by descendants of Darius Cyaxares' adoptive mother, Bithia.  For centuries, this line has invested the rule of Simurgh in their daughters, naming a "Successor" or ''Califa'' from among the girls of Bithia's blood.