Umbar.

Umbar and the Bay of Umbar, the coastlands, was lying in the South-East of the Bay of Belfalas below Harondor and West of Haradwaith. The coastline may have been quite rocky with cliffs because the Northern extremety of the Southern Grey Mountains reach into Umbar and the Bay of Umbar cut through the lower end of this range.

Umbar had always been of interest to Gondor but it was not before King Tarannon ( T.A.830-913 ) the strength of Gondor had reached the heights that was needed for the task. He was the first in the line of the *Ship-kings* and he extended the realm of Gondor along the shores South and West of Ethir Anduin. His successor Eärnil I. ( T.A.913-936 ) built a great navy and was the first to conquer Umbar and he began to built a fortress and a haven in the buttom of the bay in 933. During the rule of the next King Ciryandil ( T.A.936-1015 ) the people of Haradwaith unsuccesful tried to take Umbar but could not because of the fortress in Umbar and the strength of the Gondorian navy but Ciryandil was slain in battle with them. Ciryahir his son, King of Gondor ( T.A.1015-1149 ) finally defeated the Haradwaith in 1050 and through the rest of his reign and his successors, until the Kinstrife broke out in the reign of King Valacar ( T.A.1366-1442 ), Umbar was a provins of Gondor.

When the Kin-strife had broke out Castamirs sons ( unnamed ) a descendant of Atanatar II. fleed to Umbar and held it as an independent realm in war with Gondor and the lords of Haradwaith took side with Umbar and rebelled.

Umbar was importent to Gondor both because it was there Ar-Pharazon, the last King of Númenor had landed and humbled the might of Sauron as remembered with pride in Gondor but also because of the hold upon the evil in Haradwaith it gave. And it was a great loss to Gondor when it was lost.