Zahadar is the capital city of Samarkand. Making its first appearance in Fable: Edge of the World, the desert city thrives on trade from the nearby Great Trade Road, which ends in the capital. The "Jewel of Samarkand" is split into the outer city, the inner city, and the palace, split down the center by the River Zaha. Tidily structured and noted for its "near perfect" geometry, each district served a specific purpose. The northern part of the outer city was devoted to mercantile and textile items while the southern side was dedicated to markets and merchant stalls. In the inner city, the south was built for the higher classes and the north side was the exclusive domain of government buildings, the most magnificent of which was the palace, which once boasted a famous public garden of plent