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Duke of Wellington: ...A set of diplomatic tools bought with the increased funding

is it not time to put those new tools to use ? ? :D

awesome updates ! ! :cool:
 
This Güyük is a worrying sort of chap isn't he.

Probably a fan of progress, before you know what's going on there'll be fire and the wheel.

He probably uses moisturiser without shame.
 
@ Mandead

Allenby's HOI 1 AAR 1914-1924 'British interests; British honour; British obligations' is still running, started 24-05-2004, which makes it ancient!

It's a really good read with fantastic treatment of naval battles and trench warfare.

I have no idea if this is the oldest AAR still running but it can't be far off.

@ DOW, Apologies for the OT
 
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PrawnStar - A fan of progress truly is a bit worrying for a nation like the Horde. No problem with the posts about AAR length. It's interesting to see that they go on for so long. It's not something I really notice with my own.

mandead - Well there you have it not the longest. But I guess it has gone on for a wee while now.
 
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Güyük : Part 6
In 1789 Sultan Abdül-Hamid of the Ottoman empire acquired the nickname he would forever be known to history as, unlucky. It was not however a reference to the poor Sultan's skill at gambling but rather a reference to the fate of his family and ultimately himself.

During the year one by one all the Sultan's relative fell victim to deaths resulting from various unlucky situations. For instance his first son Selim came to an early end as his hands and feet became knotted in rope and he fell off a dock late one night. His next son Duyal tripped and fell through a small tower window five storeys onto cobbles below. The third and final son, Gâwân, was even unluckier, suffering an unpleasant death following a sip of wine.

Next the Sultan's close relatives began to also find their numbers thinning day by day as runaway ox carts, sudden fires and combinations of gravity and open windows took their toll. It was a mysterious turn of events but one welcomed throughout the land by funeral parlours as they began hosting expensive royal funerals one after another.

Soon Abdül-Hamid was one of the few remaining male members of his family. That too would be a short lived fact as the Sultan carelessly forgot to check his bed for knives one night. Apparently one had been left between the sheets for during the night he managed to stab himself a total of seventeen times.

The series of unlucky deaths throughout the year had claimed all but one of the heirs to the Ottoman throne. That heir was one that should be familiar to all readers of this Horde history. For he was none other than Güyük, Khan of the Horde related to Abdül "Unlucky" Hamid through a marriage to the Sultans second cousin.
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At last the two mightiest nations of Islam are united under one banner.​

Some people throughout time have claimed that the deaths of 1789 were not freak at all but in fact the result of a comprehensive undercover operation by the Horde's recently expanded Diplomatic Corp. However the evidence for this is anecdotal at best and remains accepted only by a few. Maybe Güyük simply was lucky?
 
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What a frightful run of bad luck there, for the Ottomans. anyone would've thought fate was out to get them. Ahh well, it's not like someone had scripted their deaths for the benefit of the Horde, is it? ;)

Who's that yellow blob in Macedonia btw? Spain?
 
So what will it be, some sort of personal union or an outright annexation?

I hope for an annexation :p
 
Lord_D said:
So what will it be, some sort of personal union or an outright annexation?

I hope for an annexation :p
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did you not see the map? its annexation.

One of the brightest Monarchs the Horde ever got! one of your best moves too!
 
Very nice work! .. erm, I mean, wow, youre lucky! ;)
 
Mettermrck - Conqueror of fortune? I like it.

Falastur - Tis Spain indeed. A Spain allied with Austria. Interesting.

Chief Ragusa - Quite true. Khan to Caliph. Or should that be changed to Khaliph now? :D It sure is the season for that.

Lord Skane - Thanks!

Lord_D - Yip its annexation already, none this wimpy EUIII personal union stuff. By chance did the gif not work properly?

gis - He is rather a good monarch. Thanks.

Specialist290 - And around Baghdad too I fancy.

germanpeon - All luck in the end ;)

nette001 - An excellent quote for this event.
 
Duke of Wellington: ...during the night he managed to stab himself a total of seventeen times.

methinks that the Turks should have realized that this is a typical Horde death, not a typical Turkish death... ;)

Duke of Wellington: ...At last the two mightiest nations of Islam are united under one banner.

YES ! ! :D

Duke of Wellington: ...the result of a comprehensive undercover operation by the Horde's recently expanded Diplomatic Corp...

at least, those tools were put to good use ! ! :)

awesome updates ! ! :cool:
 
GhostWriter said:
Duke of Wellington: ...during the night he managed to stab himself a total of seventeen times.
methinks that the Turks should have realized that this is a typical Horde death, not a typical Turkish death... ;) [/COLOR][/B]
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No self-respecting member of the Horde would need to stab a khan 17 times to kill him. More than once, just isn't a natural death in the Horde.

All hail Khaliph Guyuk, Conqueror of Fortune!

[Fortune might have a thing or two to say about that.]
 
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