On the counterroundwards side of the Bay of Badir is a lush tropical peninsula; warm, verdant and fertile. It was a plentiful land split between the Barit wood elves along the bay, and the Xilaq Xu more inland. The two cultures quarrelled amongst each other, but the land was rich, and neither felt the need to fully expel the other. The Barits were like those living in what is now the Sijivikh Rajdom / Sijivhic Republic in gods and tongue, while the Xilaq Xu were not so dissimilar from the other Xilaq tribes, with the exception of being more prone to agriculture and less migratory due to the abundance of their homelands - this led to their sun based religion having more of a fertility focus than the other Xilaqs.
In 492YM, Dost, one of the forerunners of the Line of Dost and Dast led a "grand expedition" along the lightwards coast, further than any Magnapuri sailor had gone before. Eventually, he reached the beautiful tropical peninsula. This was uncharted land at the time - the furthest counterroundwards any Magnapuri colony had reached was Biltukh, and Dost wanted to go much further. His exploration of the coast is perhaps one of the catalysts for the significant Magnapuri settlement in Luxiterra in the 500s and 600s YM. Dost's eventual settlement - one of the furthest from Magnapur outside the Jisvic Hierarchy, was a masterstroke of integrating his few Magnapuri sailors with the local Xilaq and Barit populace. Whereas most Magnapuri conquerors liked to subjugate and enslave the native peoples, Dost realised that he lacked the manpower to make that a success. Instead, he brokered a peace treaty between the largest Xilaq Xu and Barit tribes, in return receiving a strip of land along the Bay to build upon. Here he founded the city of Dostipur, with the aid of local craftsmen and labourers to build it. From here, he traded the tropical resources of the land, especially rare woods, furs and other flora and fauna back to Magnapur in return for additional coin, supplies, and settlers. In a rare display for a high elf, Dost encouraged many of the local Barit and Xilaq Xu to join his city, especially of those of seniority in the local tribes.
Not all the Xilaq were peacefully integrated however, and to protect the nascent city, Dost built the Fortress of Dostipur surrounded by the Great Maze, an enchanted labyrinth filled with all manner of traps and creatures to protect his fortress. In the siege of 504YM, several Xilaq tribes united in order to try to expel the Imperials, laying siege to the city. It's said that whole regiments disappeared into the Maze, never to be seen again, though to this day there are some areas of the Maze where the sounds of marching soldiers can be heard. Dost took the lands from the attackers, and enslaved their people, setting clear precedent: cooperate with the new regime and thrive, or fight it and face death and enslavement.
With the expansion of his lands, and the lack of a local power structure, the Magnus at the time granted Dost the position of Raja of Dostipur, declaring him the Empire's representative and most senior administrator in the region, essentially ratifying the existing situation legally. The Rajdom stayed within the Line after Dost's death, with subsequent rulers acquiring more lands through diplomacy, threats and some direct conquest. Eventually, all the Xilaq Xu and a few Xilaq Jilqi came under the rule of Dostipur, while the Barits were divided between the Sijivikh Rajdom / Sijivhic Republic and Dostipur. Dostipur was used as a staging post for further expansion in the area, including the settlements of Sijivh and Salijh (now part of the Ignic Theocracy) to the Roundwards, and the islands of the Jisvic Hierarchy further down the coast.
With the Burning of the Book of Names, Dostipur was far enough away from Magnapur and any of the Bookburner crusades that it avoided being caught up in the main revolution. Dost's less oppressive method of building a city reduced the underlying racial tensions, with many free citizens being Xilaq or Barit who identified as being citizens of the Dostipuri or Dosti Rajdom. A few revolts occurred, but were swiftly put down, and areas with significant slave populations were either emancipated, distributed or exterminated. As such, the Rajdom quietly stopped paying taxes to Magnapur, and continued to operate as independently as it always had.
Since, Dostipur has had a few minor skirmishes with the Ignic Theocracy and other nearby Bookburner states like the Carab Oligarchy, but the majority of these have been naval, with military doctrine being to keep any would be invaders off of Dostipuri soil. A little more land has also been conquered from the Xilaq Jilqi, including some a little more counterroundwards. At the time, some considered this an act of military sabre rattling and showing off, but it has had the effect of providing a port nearer to the Jisvic Hierarchy both for trade and for potential future warfare, with the exiled Magnapuri nobility of Jisvicacea now residing in Dostipur.
In 1181YM, Dostipur is ruled by Raja Dost-Dashmir (many Rajas of Dostipur add the name Dost to their taken names upon rising to power), an amiable and young ruler, known for his diplomacy especially amongst the various factions within Dostipur itself. However, his foreign policy is dictated heavily by his twin sister, Descent, who has a much more ruthless edge. For the time being, Descent has been playing the Bookburner states against the surviving slaving states to prevent attack from roundwards, whilst making suggestion of attempting to reinstate the exiled rulers of the Jisvic Hierarchy. Whether she will go through with this plan, or if it is a bluff or cover for something else has yet to be seen, but whichever way it turns its attention in the region, Dostipur will turn out to be a major player...