The Genghisid Imperial Family (A WWM Golden Horde AAR)

The Empire of Sweden



The Empire of Sweden began it's routes in 1426 when it freed itself from the Danish Crown, this first king would be Karl VII. He would wage war against both the Norwegian and Danish Crown, since Norway had opted to remain inside the union. Originally the Norweigans would be moderately successful against the Swedish forces conquering several fortified locations, but that would turn around at the battle of Stockholm where KarlVII decisively defeated beat the Danish King forcing him to retreat, during that retreat Karl would ambush the troops and totally route the Danish Army, it's king dying in the process. With his death the union between Norway and Denmark ended with Norway opting for a white peace. Denmark would not relent, however, until after the second Danish Army was thoroughly destroyed. The treaty would result in all Danish provinces on the mainland of Scandinavia siezed and a humiliating treaty was forced upon the Danish, now stuck in a regency council.

As time went on Sweden would fight several more wars with Denmark forcing them even out of the Islands where they were based, in 1467 Denmark was officially evicted from their homeland and forced into the mainland, this was the time that the Empire of Sweden was formally recognized as an Empire rather than just a Kingdom like any other. With Denmark gone the Scandinavians looked towards Norway, after a total defeat the Norweigans gave up many northern territories and recognize Iceland's independence, this would be after Norway's original colonial venture, or rather conquest, of Greenland. Three more wars would follow over fifty years later resulting in Norway being nothing but a shell in Scandinavia.

This was not all, Pommerania would next be a target of siezure which would result in a single war, the war of annexation against the Holy Roman Empire, the weakened Danish Kings had joined the Holy Roman Empire and were in fact Emperor at the time. Several engagements later Denmark was forced to pay a large indemnity fee and recognize Swedish claims on the Pommeranian territories. Some years later the Danish King would die and Sweden would be elected to the Holy Roman Empire, despite not being a member of the Empire, but just a single vote lead against the newly formed Neatherlands. Afterwords every single possession would be made proper Holy territories of the New Roman Empire. This would include the territories recieved from a separate war against the now defunct Teutonic Order in which they conquered most of the Baltic.

The Queen of Sweden would later form a union with the Russians, and though she lost her eldest son, Gustav himself would soon rise to the Throne, inherit the Moscow Crown, and begin a campign of fire against his neighbors. None were safe. First he would officially banish the Norwegians from Scandinavia banishing to the barren tundra of the far off Americas, however Norway has since rebounded and from more direct countrol over the, now proper Norway, territories. They would expand south into much of the rich Hudson bay area and would make a rather large holding for themselves which may lead to the question: Did Gustav do them a favor?

The other nations may not be able to brag about that, Meckleburg would be attacked and then forced to cede half of it's lands to the Swedish Crown, what did the Emperor do about this? Well... Messein did absolutely nothing. They are still an OPM and wished to stay out of the "Holy Roman State Disputes", or so they called it. Prussia would also be invaded. This reformed skeleton of the Teutons did surprisingly well and only lost one territory.

Moving on towards Novogord, Gustav finally decided Scandinavia was for Scandinavians completely forgetting the fact that the parts they occupied in Scandinavia were Russian by culture and language. Still this did not stop the march. During the very reign of Ahmad III Gustav III would destroy the Russia Republic taking most of it's Scandinavian possessions and forced them into servitude towards the Swedish Crown. They would be bound to Sweden when Gustav further declared war against the Golden Horde, the third most powerful nation in the world behind the French and... well... Sweden, Hungary has long since lost the spot of number two and are now sixth behind the Timurids and Mameluks. Gustav had allied with the Lithuanians who had long since bore grudges against the Horde and soon the largest war since the Franco-Hungarian Conquest of the Ukraine.

Gustav III would lead an army of 20,000 Russia troops and would valiantly defend Moscow itself from Ahmad himself. They would fight four battles and each time Gustav emerged victorious! However, sadly, they were not able to stand against another attack by Ahmad, Moscow would soon be put under siege without their Swedish King they were helpless. Novogord was then put under siege but another army, far larger, was approaching the region, the Horde had defeated Gustav himself and the Lithuanians. The Russians were pathetically trying to resist, even if Gustav could win the war it would be far too costly. From a position of power the only thing the Horde could do against the Swedish King was force them to renounce a core on worthless Brandenburg.

Gustav had expanded the Empire to it's largest size and would be it's greatest heroes. Gustav would be the first monarch to every be called "The Great" inside the Swedish nation, it was especially peculiar because it happened while Gustav was still alive. Gustav would later reorganize the Swedish Crown into that of an Empire, Gustav the first ruler to ever be called "great" would also be it's first Emperor. As the years went on he would continue to bring the Kingdom to a high status. Tragically... Gustav would lose both of his heirs within a one year period, one to disease, and another died in a hunting accident. Gustav would murder both the doctors and his entire bodyguard for their incompetence. Without an heir a Hapsburg Prince came to the throne, the Hapsburgs have long since been banished from Austria and are now only carried by Saxony from which this prince hailed. This prince styled himself Karl IX Hapsburg, Emperor of Sweden, Autocrat of all Nobility, and King of all Russians. With the fate of the Swedish Empire in the hands of this young Hapsburg, will they continue to meet with success, or will they crash and burn like the nation of Austria a century ago?

I'd pick Karl over Carl. I'm sorry about the long delay, I will update tomorrow.

Kebek II Genghisid, Khan of the Timurids, Lord Protector of the Timurid Confederation.
Born August 26 1543
Reigned April 1 1560
Died May 31 1580
Diplomacy 7
Admin 8
Military 3



Kebek was Bay Sunqur's only son and would openly voice opposition to nearly every one of his father's policies. He would also witness the near destruction of the Timurid Empire because of his father's own misruling of the nation. Kebek would endeavor to stabilize the nation. For many years he would bring peace and stability to his fractionalized people.

Some time after the war of the Blood Kebek would be met with a severe issue in the Khanate. Everyone wanted greater independence or total independence from the Timurids, campaign after campaign ended in disaster, the second largest Islamic Empire on the planet was crumbling from within. Normally such a scenario would be immediately followed by a victorious and glorious war against a neighbor, the problem was twofold.

First was that the very foundation of the Khanate was brought to it's knees because of a series of "Glorious campaigns" that resulted in the Khanate overextending itself and becoming easy prey for the Mangalai, whom while smaller are a lot stronger than the Timurids are. For one they are not bound together by a great Khanate, but the Mangalai are a Kingdom, a Monarchy much like the Sultanate of the Golden Horde. The Genghisid blood has hence made it a Khanate and a Sultanate, like the Golden Horde, which only proved to strengthen it. Meanwhile the Timurid Empire remains fragile and technologically backward in comparison to it's neighbors relying heavily on innovations from the Horde tinkling down to the Empire. The Horde cannot go to war without risking it falling apart because war was the reason that they are in the position they are now.

Second, even if a war could be conducted successfully to instill national pride the nations surrounding the Horde are all powerful. The Empire would not dream of attacking the great Sultan of the Golden Horde, but if they did the Timurid Empire would be destroyed in an instant. Being the second largest Islamic Nation in the world does not mean you are anywhere near the Horde in military might. The Timurid Empire has 1/3 the army that the Horde has. The Empire are also far behind in the number of provinces with the Horde being nearly twice the size in that number. On top of that the Horde has a line of magnificent fortresses and a wide array of developments for it's territories. The Empire has, at best, a few sparse level two fortresses and a few sparse workshops and temples. A war against the Horde... is unthinkable.

Another possibility is the arrogant Mangalai to the far east, but they are the powerful peoples that had resisted invasion after invasion by the Timurids and only lost a single territory of their own lands throughout the conflict, a territory they would gain back with ease along with bankrupting the Khanate. The Mangalai further inhabit rich lands along their border to the Chinese states and control the heartland of the former Mongol Empire. They can easily focus their forces to a few territories to their west and in time any engagement would end in stalemate or with only minor gains on either side after a long and bloody war. Such, attacking the Mangalai is unthinkable.

To the southwest is Persia and Baluchistan, but to do so would be disastrous. Baluchistan, while small and relatively weak is allied with the Shiite Powers which rule over George to the Arabian Peninsula, while individually they are not too strong for the Empire to engage, together all three would make an attack unthinkable. If an attack could be mounted the Golden Horde would need to assist, which they most likely will. But the purpose of the invasion would be to increase Timurid Prestige, not increase reliance upon their larger neighbor to the north, even if they are family. A war with four nations, all of whom occupying rich lands and with powerful armies is out of the question. While The Timurids considered invading Persia, rich, but also weak and decrepit since their decisive defeat to the Jalayirids twice, the war would lead to a border with Shiite powers, instead Kebek guaranteed the small nation as a means to preserve the state as a buffer between him and the heretics to the west.

There is the tiny nation of Kashmir occupying the lands between the former Chagatai and the Delhi sultanate. A victory against them would be easy and quick, but instead of increasing prestige it would merely ruin the Timurid's already declined reputation. The small nation of Kashmir has marital ties to the Genghisids and enjoys a large amount of popularity among the border regions. They are friendly towards the Horde and treat them with reverence. To attack them would only be destroying an ally who has done nothing to harm the Timurids.

The only remaining nation is the great nation of Delhi, which has since reformed itself to a massive empire controlling nearly all of India. While the Horde is larger in terms of size, it is pathetic when compared to Delhi. Delhi has immense wealth, enormous popularity among the populous, a large network of allies, and despite being of Indian origins has technological levels slightly higher than the Timurids. Furthermore the number of vassals and allies the nation has effectively covers the entire subcontinent making them effectively larger than the Timurids and their army along is comparable in size without having to add the mass legion of followers. Furthermore the Delhi Sultanate has recently redefined itself as The Empire of Hindustan (actually all it did was become an Empire, but since it rules most of the important parts of India it get's to be called India), and if it willed itself, could easily wage war against the Timurids and emerge victorious.

This left Kebek with no people to wage war with even if he wished to. It was time for the Timurids to redefine themselves are fall prey to internal strife and be absorbed my their hungry neighbors. Kebek met with his people and spokesmen from every tribe that now made up the Timurid Empire. Every side bickered for greater power and influence of the Uzbeks who currently controlled most of the Horde, Kebek destroyed this heirarchy and reorganized the entire Khanate. Each people would be equal to the other, the Khivans, Khazaks, Nogai, Duranni, Khorasani, and so many more would all enjoy greater privallages than ever before. The Uzbeks resisted this move and even attempted to overthrow the innovative Kebek. The capital province of Samarkand revolted in protest, an army lead by Kazakhs and Khivans put down the rebellion and the Uzbeks were forced to recognize that the Timurid Horde was no longer their Horde, but everyone who lived inside the Timurid Empire would be a Timurid and a master of his own destiny. In 1572 Kebek would proclaim a new Timurid Confederation of Khanates with he, himself, as Great Khan over the nation. A foreigner would mistake the title as "Lord Protector" when visiting, the name as since stuck and many years later would be added to his title as Lord Protector of the Timurid Confederation.

While the Timurids committed themselves to no wars, they were officially at war with Sweden for a couple of years against Gustav III as well as the Lithuanians and Russians. Even though no help was given despite the declaration of war, no ill will ensued between the Timurids and the Horde as they reached a certain degree of understanding that the Timurids needed to reorganize themselves. As the peaceful years went on Kebek would die rather unexpectedly one day before a landmark twenty years on the throne as Great Khan. History would be kind of Kebek. Even though he was actually quite innovative and anything but conservative, his father Bay Sunqur thought of his disagreement with expansive war policies as conservative behavior and he would be branded as a Conservative for much of his reign. That is up until 1572, when he would suddenly be rebranded as a dangerous innovator that threatened Uzbek hegonomy. All in all, despite all the changes on the inside the world simply looked towards them as the Timurid Empire, still lead by a Khan, and the same as it's always been. Kebek would be succeeded by his son Muhammad.

Enewald said:

What are the populations of your allies and yourself?

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Not sure, but I can tell you most of what the Timurids own is sparsely populated, has very few good provinces, and isn't really developed.

The Mangalai own similarly crummy provinces, but it holds many rich border regions captured from the bickering Chinese states, and it will capture more when I do their latest ruler.

The Horde has a few good provinces, a gold province, and some colonies which are developing quite nicely for their resources. Still most of all the good stuff is former Russian territories and those that border it. With that in mind everyone has a market, a workshop, and a temple. Most have level 2 forts, and some other buildings.

I could get the population for you, but WWM has a bug in it that's only recently been solved (by me, though any modder can probably spot the error in the defines) which shows 1000% population growth... yeah... meaning until I fixed it, about twenty years in, every couple was having quite a few kids.

What does this mean for the AAR?

France, Hungary, Sweden, and the others are on turbo-charge. True monsters, which probably explains why Sweden isn't having as much trouble as it might normally have. It's frozen mountains has more people than their entire nation in 1407. It's also why Austria has been demoted to a now three province minor with Styria and Tirol being slightly more powerful.

Terrible provinces are still terrible. They are better than they would be, but they have a population that is still light years behind the others. One city is tinkering on the edge of 100,000. Most of Europe? 999,999. India? 999,999 China? 999,999.

Colonies are good to have, but are only really good if they are colonies you took from Pagans. Mainly because they will start out at 1000 and stay there. Still, WWM adds hundreds of native states so Colonization isn't entirely not good, it will still expand your power and influence which is always good. It will add modest additions to your tax base which isn't huge as the modifier in WWM lowers what we get from population by a ton. It's why the game hasn't been a boring conquest fest, that and I let the game play out from a role-play perspective only looking for what my Horde would want as a realistic goal instead of... "Oooh, Paris. Let's go there!" and conquer my way in a line of provinces going straight through the heart of Europe to France where it forms a ring around Paris and then after another war takes it. While I have to admit that would be cool...

Colonial revolter states will still be viable, but it also means all of Brazil will be weaker than half of Peru. Still, that will be an interesting thing to read and write about. And don't worry, the Horde may not plow it's way into Paris, but it might be able to crush a nations army in the field long enough to convince them to release colonists, or distract them long enough to force their release. With the culture change system unless they are Spain, France, or Great Britain (or already located in the new world such as Norway, or in Africa, such as Aragon) revolting will be much easier. Also to add to that point, just because they are union countries doesn't mean WE won't go high enough to allow them to revolt on their own. Not only that WWM has a cruel system in place that allows Wales, England, and Scotland to form if GB's WE skyrockets. Sadly that doesn't mean it will be gone for good as it may relocate somewhere where it still has power. It will be funny if the British Isles wants nothing to do with Great Britain, but they are perfectly fine with their new fancy capital in Brenton.

What does this mean for my writing and how you will preceive this AAR?

Next to nothing. So what if my colonies won't every be able to match many of the other crummy provinces that border them? So what if Sweden or Hungary are unusually strong? It's still about Genghisids, the writing style won't change. If you liked reading it before why would you stop now knowing that the game is actually harder on me? The HRE is in Scandinavia and Hungary, it's stuck at the two good resolutions, and France is now in line to become HRE and may choose to add all the wonderful French people in the HRE. It's horrifying, yet... fun. I won't say much about the HRE until we get back to the Golden Horde though. I hope you continue to read and enjoy this AAR, I know I will

I guess nobody liked what I said...

Update coming soon.

Timur Sultan III Genghisid, Sultan of the Mangalai Horde, Khan to the true mongols
Born May 3 1547
Reigned April 15 1561
Died November 1 1584
Diplomacy 6
Admin 7
Military 5



Timur Sultan was born to one of the most suggessful leaders of the Mangalai in it's entire history and propelled them to center stage among the Islamic powers. What Timur Sultan would come to do is attempt to conquer China. The Mangalai's world in the far east:



The far east has changed rather dramatically. The small nation state of Jin was re-absorbed into the Zhao. The Lulong remain a buffer between Wu, Mangalai, and Joseon. The Manchu no longer exist except if you are referring to the Joseon provinces of "Greater Manchuria" under their direct control. The Joseon also exert control over most of the Island of Formosa and part of the land of waves in the distant south. Similarly they invaded the coastal regions of Indo China. Their great success makes them a considerable power, but the nation of Xia remains powerful in the southern Tibetan regions, Shichuan, Dali, and much of Lan Xiang. Kwangtong remains a relatively powerful, but small, region in the south. Wu remains the dominant naval force of the Chinese and ruler of nearly all the coastal regions and centers of trade. The Zhao have not increased or decreased in power since their last engagement with the Mangalai. The Noble Yuans remain resolute as a vassal of the Mangalai.

This would all come to change, through some obscure means Islamic Zealots took control of the mixed Buddhist and Pagan territory of the Yuans. Chaos ensued and after ten long years of strife, chaos, and discord, the territory switched to the Zhao. This would spark a war with the Islamic nation of Zhao. This would come to be known as the war of Mangalai honor, but there was nothing even close to honor being portrayed in this battle. Savage battles ravaged the countryside of both Zhao and the Mangalai, but the Mangalai eventually wore down on the state of Jin which was struggling with it's Taoist brothers and fellow Chinese in the form of revolts, dividing the attention of the state in half. There was no chance they could possible overcome the Mangalai with both internal and external strife. The war would end after two years and all Mongol territories occupied by the Zhao would be 'returned' to the Mangalai.



The conquests had come with a price, Pagans and Buddhists were in the Sultanate. From the 1573 onward missionaries of the true path of Islam would be dispatched to all the regions, revolts would be common place and peace would not come about till the end of Timur Sultan's reign. But it was not a bad thing, the lands that were conquered, while poor in comparison to the rich Chinese lands to the south, were rich and prosperous in comparison to some of their own lands. The defeat of the Zhao had also stirred some discontent among the Chinese, while they had accepted Joseon as an evil foreigner, they believed them to be prospering based solely on their virtual copy of Chinese government and belief, and that when China was unified again, they would be forced to submit. They had not accepted the Mangalai, whom they considered remnants of the very nation that conquered them and needed to be ousted. The Ming had succeeded in doing one thing and recognized the Yuans, but many of these new states were not nearly as kind. The Zhao recognize just two Yuan Emperors, the Xia recognize one, the Lulong recognize the Yuans that came before, mainly so that they may also recognize Joseon which has since put the Lulong into vassalage. Wu recognized no Yuan Emperors, Chu and Kwangtong do not even recognize the Ming. From this viewpoint it's obvious that tensions that were being elated by previous Mangalai kings were now on the rise. The Zhao may be weak now, but that only hurts the Mangalai, for they may be absorbed into the more powerful Xia or centralized state of Chu. Timur Sultan died in 1581 leaving behind a host of problems that may well plague his successor Muhammad Khan Genghisid.

Enewald said:

You know, the bug of +10000% pop growth came in the original first version of HTTT, problems with suddenly a new value of Heirs death appearing in the common defines.
9 months old, can't believe WWM still suffers from it...

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Well that makes me a little less special :rofl:

As far as I know, the problem only exists during latest beta version of HttT.

Thanks for the comments guys! I know I have quite a few people looking at the thread, but it's always good to know that someone wants to say something.

Alfred Packer said:

I think, for some reason, your AAR has attracted a horde of Lurkers

(except for Enewald...that kind soul has a comment for every update in AARLand)

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I hope you're right!

An update's coming. It has to do with a Jalayirid Sultan, yes they still exist and yes I'm still doing them.

Mahmud Genghisid, reformer of the Jalayirids, Shiite Defender of the faith.
Born 1522
Reigned May 18 1538
Died March 28 1568
Diplomacy 4
Admin 9
Military 8



Mahmud was one of a very long legacy, but his life would be a lasting legacy inside the Jalayirids. While the war of the blood raged on, the collapse and rebirth of the Timurids occurred, and the Mangalai went on a war of domination in Asia, the Jalayirids were rather quiet, at least... from the outside looking in. Mahmud was reforming the state. Ten years into his reign Mahmud done the unthinkable, he founded a kingdom.

A sultanate is more precise, a feudal one of course. There would be no Autocracy in this new state, only an oligarchical society in which most of the power rested with one ruler, one sultan. The rest was evenly divided among the Mongol overlords who ruled over their Iraqi and Persian subjects. Such a change did not come without a price.

The Jalayirids were thrust into internal chaos as this reworking of the Khanate ensued. Mahmud was praised and vilified by this action. The Mongol leaders, who had long since abandoned their tribal ways, were not happy with being reformed. As far as they were concerned they were still a Horde even if most of them lived in nice fancy mansions with many servants and vast riches. They had, effectively, already been absorbed into the culture of Iraq and Persia, but they didn't want to admit it. The move did very little except give more power to the Mongols and raise them to the status of Noblemen. Never the less a revolt occurred. Mongols who demanded that the changes be reversed lead a 13 regiment army onto the capital of the Jalayirids.

The rebel army was lead by a mongol of the name of Nasange Temur-chi Toluilun, he lead an army of mostly Iraqi forces towards the main capital of Iraq-I-Arab. Nasange began to lay siege to the heavily fortified city when Mahmud himself would lead an army of 14 regiments against Nasange. The minor engagement at Iraq-I-Arab ended in a draw, Nasange withdrew from the siege and made a strategic withdrawal to Wasit. Mahmud after receiving fresh supplies and rescuing the capital from aggression, Mahmud pursued nasange to Wasit. There another battle would ensue in which while Mahmud was the victory in terms of battle, Nasange had inflicted more casualties. Never the less, Nasange withdrew yet again into the depths of his original holdings in Basra.

The battle at Basra would echo throughout history as the day Mahmud had received the divine right to rule over all of Jalayirids. The battle would last but two days, but in those two days Mahmud completely destroyed the entire rebel army and captured the rebel leader Nasange. Nasange would have his lands reduced, his rewards curtailed, and all honors previously bestowed upon him revoked as null and void.



Shortly after the battle Mahmud would have his coronation. While he had already declared himself Sultan, the Coronation was for the world. One of Mahmud's first acts was stripping power away from all nobles who had not given their utmost support of him in his campaign against Nasange. While many of those who did not revolt at the time now wished they had, they could not. Nasange was left with a mere fraction of his lands in a distant corner of the Empire. He was left alive to show that Mahmud was a benevolent and wise leader, some would question the wise part because his later actions only helped increase tensions. Still, Mahmud would not only harm his newly formed noblemen, but he would support and raise in status all those who had supported him, one such inclusion was the first Persian Nobleman, Loft Ali Azizi. This would cause some discontent among the mongols but it proved a point: The mongols could be replaced.

Mahmud would further go on to establish a definitive legal constitution in which Sharia law would be a base, but the laws would be much more modern and wise than those in the past. Taxes were levied on crops, livestock, and other items. Mahmud would also fund a university in the capital of the Jalayirids which would propel the young sultanate into the contemporary era. Mahmud would later die leaving a clear line of succession to his son, Hasan III Genghisid.

Enewald said:

How many Mongols in comparison to locals dwell in Mesopotamia? There cannot be many left after centuries of warring and bloodshed...

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Very few, Mongols are the primary culture, yet there is only one mongol province in the entire Jalayirids (which I assume was through settlement policy), which has quite a few more provinces than my map shows. They are about 5% of the entire population of the state. Persians making up 35% and Iraqi's making up 60%.

Hasan III Genghisid, Sultan of the Jalayirids, Defender of all Shiites, Leader of the Rogue Branch of the Genghisids
Born May 2 1558
Reigned March 28 1568
Died November 22 1590
Diplomacy 8
Admin 6
Military 5



Hasan was the son of Mahmud, the reformer of the Jalayirid Khanate into a fully functioning Sultanate. At least, that's the currently accepted view. What Mahmud had done was form a Kingdom, but he had failed to make it functioning. The spoils system, or so you may call it, had effectively made most of the tribal leaders loyal to the Sultan. Power still rested mostly with support of those tribal leaders, or nobles. There was one place that Hasan would need to go to in order to effectively gain the loyalties of all tribal leaders and convince them to give up some of their powers in the state in exchange for wealth and power on a much more localized area.

That place is Salahaddin, the only territory in the Jalayirid lands that are of a Mongol majority. While many Mongols of high power are rulers of provinces and territories spread throughout the growing lands of the Jalayirids, most still reside in Salahaddin, which was heavily populated by the mongols that conquered the territory. After a few hundred years the region gradually transformed itself into a Mongol society that, unlike the power leaders of specific territories, had kept true to their ways. A few years before the beginning of Hasan's reign Mongols had effectively ousted all non-mongolic peoples living in the area. Now the mongols living in Salahaddin are referred to as The Righteousness of the Faith. Their specific leader is known as the Ayatollah of Islam.

Ayatollah means a sign of god. Now originally these leaders were known as Shamans or the spiritual leader of the mongol people, when the Mongols became Muslim this title was kept, but eventually it changed to Imam. Now when the Jalalyirids became captivated by the true path of Shi'ism, or the Shiite Faith in Islam. When this change occurred the Imam of the Jalayirids changed the title to Ayatollah, this title was much more of an actual standing. To the Mongols living in the Jalayirids he was their spiritual leader, a bona fide sign from god. Since the reign of the Genghisids in the Jalayirids the Imam and later the Ayatollah were the rulers of Salahaddin, they were in fact second only to the reigning Khan and their authority was near absolute. If Hasan was going to make the Jalayirid Sultanate a fully functioning and operating Kingdom he would need the Ayatollah on his side. The current Ayatollah is Jawal Tabrizi Borjigin



At the age of twelve Hasan left the capital of Iraqi-I-Arab to Salahaddin just two years after ascending to the throne of the Sultanate. There was a large number of "Regents" put in charge of the kingdom until Hasan came of age, Hasan himself was of strong will and would not allow himself to have no say in the Kingdom. Hasan had supported several loyal ministers and overthrew his regents and had them all killed at the age of eleven. When he wanted to go to Salahaddin there were no objections because they were all terrified of the young Emirate, but one elderly man who had served both Hasan's father and grandfather for over sixty years approached Hasan and begged him to stay in the capital and wait until he matures to a respectable age before going to see the Ayatollah. Hasan was infuriated by the act, being twelve years old his temperament was poor, but he had the intellect of someone many times his years. Hasan in a moment of rage ordered the old man dragged out and killed. Before a blow was made on the old man Hasan changed his mind and called off the execution. The old man had been crying and even when he was about to die he prayed for the good fortune of the Genghisids. Hasan felt guilty about what he had done and greatly rewarded the old man and promoted him. Out of respect Hasan decided to wait until the old man died before he went to see the Ayatollah.

He wouldn't have to wait long. In just twelve days the old man died peacefully. The old man claimed that those last days of his life were the happiest in all his days in service to the Genghisids. Hasan attempted to find the living descendants of the man, but what he had found out was that in his long years of service he has had ten sons and two grandsons. He had outlived them all, eight of his sons had served in the military and died in the campaigns against the Persians. His other two died of old age long before their father. One of his grandsons died while putting down Nasange and the other had died in childbirth. The entire family had served the Jalayirids and their Genghisid leaders with the utmost loyalty towards the state. Hasan cherished the old man henceforth as an honored teacher to all those in the Jalayirid Sultanate. The old man did have one living descendant, a granddaughter who was eleven living with distant relatives. She was summoned to the Imperial Capital and befriended by Hasan. Once this was done Hasan finally left for Salahaddin.

The meeting with the Ayatollah did not go according to Hasan's designs. He had wanted the Ayatollah's support in assisting him in bringing the empire under his own control. The Ayatollah was far more interested in learning of the spiritual cleanliness of the Sultan and his overall leadership of the empire. He even inquired as to his religious practices. Hasan, while being a shiite, was far too young to be able to adhere to Islamic ritual as well as his elders. Being intelligent does not mean you have patience. The Ayatollah rebuked him and sent him back to the capital when neither could agree on the topic to discuss. It was when he returned to Iraq-i-arab that he had realized the meaning of the old man's words and recognized their wisdom. When he met with his granddaughter, Seri Ratu Kamalat Syah. They became quick friends. When Hasan turned thirteen the two became married. Seri would provide wisdom to Hasan throughout his reign.

When Hasan turned fifteen he removed all his loyal ministers as regents and scattered them in positions of relative significance to show that he does not simply do away with those he does not need anymore. When he turned eighteen he adopted the title Defender of the Shiite Faith after the Khan of Qara Koyunlu passed who had previously claimed the title after Mahmud's demise. The move had began to instill the notion that Hasan would be a wise and enlightened ruler. The Kingdom of Aragon sent an ambassador to the Sultan in 1577 requesting an alliance against the Mamelukes. Hasan eagerly agreed to such a request. After dining in luxury for one week the ambassador was sent back with many gifts for the "Great King Peter of Aragon". When the ambassador arrived at the capital in Constantine he described the Sultan of the Jalayirids as a wise and enlightened ruler, a man of great military skill and superb diplomatic skill. King Peter was then recorded to have said: "May God never allow us to meet this man in battle if he is an enemy of the Catalans"

The request, however, would not also be sent to the Qara Koyunlu nor the Sultanate of Oman. The result shattered the unity of the three Shiite nations. Each declared that they would assist the each other along with the Jalayirids if it was in case of defense and would not come to one another's aid in terms of offensive campaigns. The move was made to counteract the alliance with what they deemed heathens who should either be educated or destroyed. This move would further aggravate the Ayatollah of Salahaddin. He demanded that the alliance be revoked and that Hasan join with his fellow Shiite brethren in propagating the faith against the Persians, who still remained very much alive and... sunni. The word Sunni was an insult to most Persians in the empire. They were sickened that their ignorant brethren were being ignored in favor of politics. Hasan was in a very... very dangerous situation. Any rival claimant to the Sultanate would automatically have the support of the Ayatollah, Qara Koyunlu, and Oman. Any war like that would be... unthinkable in the amount of destruction it would cause, it would also end the Genghisids in the Jalayirids. When Hasan was in utter turmoil over the events that were unfolding before him, his wife, Seri, approached him to help ease his burden. Seri advised him to play on the influence of his ancestors and their roles in paving the way for the Jalayirids.

Hasan acted immediately, playing on his father, his grandfather, and his great grandfather, all the way until the first Genghisid Khan of the Jalayirids. He made the entire country aware of all their deeds and that they owe their very lives towards these individuals who rescued them from the abyss and from Persian Mamelukian control. That the Iraqi's were be serving the Mamelukes. That the Persians would be ruled by a country ravaged by civil wars, internal strife, and utter chaos. Hasan's actions caused quite a stir. People actually began turning away from the Ayatollah and any hopes for rebellion by the new Aristocracy would be dashed. With the populous firmly behind him Hasan began making preparations for war in case the Oman or Qara Koyunlu dared take action against him. When they did not the Ayatollah expressed his outrage towards his followers, but his actions had caused him to loose the last bit of support that he had among none Mongolians. They had served the true path of Islam and recognized him as Allah's conduit on Earth, behaving as a proper servant of Islam, it's tenants, and it's creator as well as the creator of all things. To the people the Ayatollah has showed himself to be a selfish man who abused the word of god for his own means.

Seeing that his support had died out the Ayatollah had declared outright rebellion in Salahaddin, he assembled an army of Mongols to wage war against the Sultan. All the Mongols who supported him outside Salahaddin were removed from control by the very people they ruled. The Mongols were becoming unnecessary. Most were overthrown regardless of their actions, there were only a few that still maintained power among the people by the popularity of their own rule and even then their rule was granted only because Hasan did not declare them a traitor. As the army left Salahaddin Hasan raised his own army of fanatically loyal Persians and Iraqis. The Ayatollah and Hasan clashed in the battle of Fallujah. Not only would Hasan be victorious, but he completely destroyed the Mongolian army. Centuries of peace under the Jalayirids had weakened them. They may have kept to their ways but very few of them served in battle relying heavily on Persians and Iraqis for war. The Ayatollah would be captured his pathetic last attempt at power ended in complete tragedy.



Despite his actions the Ayatollah would not be executed with treason, instead he would be banished to the Baluchi, where fate would not be so kind to him. After he attempted to raise the Baluchi people in the name of Islam against the very people who they owed their independence he was stoned to death. Hasan would from there begin dramatically reformatting the state and making it a far more workable state. The Mongols would be removed from most of their power. The few that remained loyal to Hasan were raised to the status of emirates and each of their lines would be honorary persons inside the Jalayirids, for the most part, however, the mongols would be deemed irrelevant to the state. The only position of influence they held was the one that was granted to them in the province of Salahaddin. A new Ayatollah was chosen to lead them in faith, but as soon as he assumed the title he would abolish it completely. He would rather be an Imam, or teacher, rather than a sign of god. He deemed the title too arrogant for any man to have for Islam itself was a sign of god. Hasan would support this new Imam and stability returned to the Mongol people who would have to accept their new position in the Jalayirids.

Hasan would then finally be able to honor his arrangement with the Catalan King of Aragon. War with the Mamelukes occurred in 1582. As expected Qara Koyunlu and Oman refused to assist Hasan. Hasan however thought that he no longer needed those allies and could move against the Mamelukes and make enough gains to become the preeminent power in the Middle East. The Baluchi, however, assisted the Jalayirids.


(There are a lot less provinces than actually shown. For some reason HoI 2 increases the provinces in some areas while making them huge in others. Still it's better than EU3's proper map)

Hasan lead his forces to quickly take Muthamma and Najaf. The forces the Mamelukes dedicated to this region were minimal and within a few months the Mameluke territories fell before Hasan. As this victory occurred Peter of Aragon had conquered most of tripoli and decisively defeated the Mameluke Shiek. However, Peter was forced back when another equally large force engaged him days after the defeat of it's shiek. Hasan would later face a similarly large foe while besieging Al Jawf, being outnumbered two to one Hasan retreated to Badiyat Ash Sham, the Mamelukes pursued, there Hasan was reinforced by his general and they defeated the Mamelukes. Hasan pursued them to Al Jawf and decimated their forces and resumed the siege. The Siekdom then became embroiled in rebellion after rebellion. Syria declared independence in the lands bordering the Mediterranean. It was at this time that Peter and Hasan decided to opt out of the war. They each made their own treaties enforced upon the Mamelukes, Within days they were accepted and the Mamelukes were left to crumble.



Gaining most of the Middle Eastern territories that were under Mameluke control at the time Hasan had solidified himself as the absolute ruler of the Jalayirids and even the Middle East. The Qara Koyunlu would send an emissary to resume relations with the Jalayirids and were accepted. The Oman only sent insults. Hasan had disrupted the balance of power in the middle east and it was obvious who was in control. Furthermore the Kingdom of Aragon became to reach hegemony among north Africa and began to look south for new conquests and colonial opportunities as Europe began it's massive colonization efforts in the Americas. Hasan in the utmost fitness of health and still only 31 suddenly became ill in the year of 1589. After an agonizing year of serious pain and illness Hasan departed from this world leaving his young son in the care of his wife, that young son would be Muhammad IV, but his reign would have problems of it's own.