A team of explorers has sought fit to reach the oft heard of Aral sea, and to traverse and map the entirety of the river basin in the region. The Amu Darya and the Syr Darya are the two great rivers that flow out of Alai lands towards the inland Sea, and it has long been expected that they will be part of the Alai expansion expectations. Whilst currently the administration of Begum Guli is focussed on the Mountains rather than the plains, it is very unlikely that the Darya basin is to be ignored or abandoned in the long run, given it's proximity.

The expedition travelled up the Syr Darya, through explored and unknown tribal territory, up to the Aral Sea itself, and then skirted to edge towards the Amu Darya. They are then expected to continue south towards the Afghan border towns of Alai territory and report their findings to their local ruling Family in Kulob.

There have been rumours of a great Turkish Warlord from the west, and the expedition is eager to investigate the rumours, and spread word of the wonders of the Alai Beylik.