The Sarmani tribes
Kuda, the main protagonist of Know, O Princess grew up among the Staaka, one of a group of nomadic steppe tribes known collectively as the Sarmani. The Sarmani tribes are mainly inspired by real-world central Asian steppe nomads such the Scythians and Sarmatians.
...Only instead of horses they ride domesticated horse-sized alioramin tyrannosaurs.
Mostly known for their ferocity on the battlefield and for the fact that their women routinely fight alongside the men, the Sarmani tribes have spent the last few hundred years sweeping out of the east in waves, with each new tribe displacing the one before it and pushing them further west and into conflict with the people already living there. Able to move quickly and masters of mounted archery, the Sarmani tribes are both feared by the surrounding peoples and prized as mercenaries.
