Telmar was originally an unstable colony of the Calormene Empire, within the World of Narnia. However, after the decay of its society and population, its political structure eventually dissolved. It was finally abandoned altogether due to subsequent centuries of disorder and, ultimately, a famine. The colony's location has not been precisely recognised, though it was probably north of an Unknown Land, south of the Witch Country, east of the Western Sea, and west of the Western Wild region and the Conglomeration of Nations.