Characters in The City of Brass

Nahri

A con artist and healer on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo who discovers she is the last of the Nahids, a vanished line of Daeva healers.

Also in The Kingdom of Copper, The Empire of Gold, The River of Silver Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

Darayavahoush e-Afshin

A legendary Daeva warrior summoned by Nahri and bound to her protection, remembered by the other tribes as the Scourge of Qui-zi.

Also in The Empire of Gold, The River of Silver Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

Alizayd al Qahtani

The devout second son of the djinn king and the novel's other viewpoint character, secretly funding the shafit cause against his father's rule.

Also in The Kingdom of Copper, The Empire of Gold

Ghassan al Qahtani

King of Daevabad and father to Muntadhir and Ali, holding the six tribes in an uneasy peace by whatever means it costs.

Also in The Kingdom of Copper

Muntadhir al Qahtani

The emir of Daevabad and Ali's elder brother, heir to the throne and far more at ease with the court's pleasures than its duties.

Also in The Kingdom of Copper, The Empire of Gold

Nisreen

A Daeva healer who once served the Nahid Council and now trains Nahri in medicine and the customs of their tribe.

Kaveh e-Pramukh

King Ghassan's grand wazir, a Daeva loyalist who advances his tribe's interests inside the palace and is frequently at odds with Ali.

Jamshid e-Pramukh

A Daeva noble and skilled archer, son of the grand wazir Kaveh, and a close companion of the emir Muntadhir.

Also in The Empire of Gold