OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1749-1769
The years of recovery and preparing
Internal policies
The era begun with the horrendous civil war still raging on. The revolting Hekimoglu Ali was indeed dead, but many provinces still where in full revolt, altough Loyal forces held the upper hand.
During 1749 Kirkuk defected to Persia, but that and the independent Hungary where the only provinces Ottomans lost. After a long fight Pest was conquered back, but Magyar remained independent. Then the last rebellions where finally pacified.
The long recovery now begun. Ottoman officials had put forward a plan where it was told the setbacks the civil war had caused would be a thing of the past in five years. Time proved that was overly optimistic. In reality it took the Ottoman Empire 15 years to gain back most of the losses. Many beatiful buildings where ravaged and lost forever. In addition to the horror a devastating fire destroyed the manufactory of Kastamon.
Waves of Obscurism and a political assasinations caused much bloodshed. The stability of the Empire was still low, and those unfortunate happenings saw new rebellions popping up around the Empire.
Sultan Mahmud had certainly not been a diplomatic or an administrator, but he was a soldier. In 1750's the Empire suffered from bad governement policies, and Mahmud lost his support. Mahmud died under shady conditions in 1754. Osman III rose to be the Sultan. It was soon found out he was a horrible monarch, altough he had Mustafa III as de facto ruler from 1756 to 1757 <OOC: Excellent minister -> Osman's values (3-3-2) baceme basically the same as Mustafa III's (4-4-5)> In 1757 Osman III was deposed and Mustafa III became the new Sultan.
Two large tasks was set for the Empire after the Civil War's horrible losses had been partly recovered from. Colonisation projects continued with vigour in Eastern Africa and the Arabian Penninsula, and new Conscription Centers where called for. The civil war had shown that altough th Empire could muster large armies, the conscription was weak if certain key-provinces where not available. Until 1769 14 new CC's had been built (in addition to the one in Thrace) and two more were under building.
A new shipyard was asked to be built so that a massive fleet could set sail on the Indian Ocean if a need arised. An internal debat followed, should the shipyard be built in Basrah or in Nile? In the end Basrah was elected as the site for the new shipyard.
The Ottoman trade center in Muscat encountered a new boon. The hostile-turned Portugal lost their trade center in Zanzibar, and most of its former trade was dirceted towards Muscat. The Persian trade center of Isafhan also lost trading rights to Muscat. Unfortaunately this was not such a boon to Ottomans as would have been hoped for, as Ottoman traders where loathed by basically all nations. Still the belief in the Ottoman economy around the world is strong. Ottoman currency was so strong that it was deflated two times. Ottoman officials has succeeded to fight inflation to 0% even though enormous amounts of money was minted to pay for the new Conscription Centers.
International policies
The Empire began the era with a very weak international political situation. All interest in the nation had been drawn to the Civil War. Unfortunately certain christian nations took this as a sign that the Ottomans can be kicked around as pleased.
Portuagal was put first into line. They stubbornly refused to even discuss an access for Ottoman volunteers wishing to help fellow moslems in India. Ottomans declared Portugal as a hostile nation, and all their trade was banned. Steps where taken to get a land-border with Portugal. One of the new Conscription centers where built in Tanga, and two more are planned to built in the immediate vicinity. Still it is sad that Portugal fell for the Spanish extortion, as the Spaniard well know that if they force somebody to jump across the Ottoman path, the Ottomans will hardly notice the bump.
A few observers (mere 40k) where sent to follow the situation in France. The volunteers also made sure that the Austrians Empress treats her moslem population with decency. Again it was the Spaniard who seemed to fret about the situation, and in return the volunteers staked some (~30k) christian rebels in the German lands just to remind the Spaniards that they can keep their mouth shut at times. The Spaniard should always remember that they should not poke the Ottomans, the Ottomans don't like poking and they start kicking around.
Immediatly when when it was felt that the society was stable enough <OOC. Stab to -2 from -3...> war was declared on Persia and Aden. Kirkuk and Yemen was to be annexed and acces was to be gained through Persia. Suprisingly the Uzbeks also joined the war. All goals where gained and in addition to access was gained throuhh the Uzbek lands.
Next in line was the lands of Zanji. Ottomans needed new lands for colonisation and, more importantly, a land border with Portugal settlements. All the Zanji lands where annexed, and Portugese engineers where seen whipping slaves to death in Lindi as they desperately began building a new fortification there.
In 1763 Magyar was annexed. Thus the Great Ottoman Civil War officially ended 18 years after the war had begun. According to the official records the civil war alone resulted in 750 thousand casualties and in addition 250 artillerypieces where lost. The cost in money can only be guessed as not only recruiting costs, but also rebuilding the lost buildings etc would have to be calculated, but the wild estimate is 75 thousand ducats.
Soon the Empire will have 1 million men marching. The Spaniard and its (sic) puppets should remember that. There are ways for christians and moslems to coexist, but on those ways one does not see the converting of moslem lands or turning friendly nations hostile towards the Ottoman Empire.
A few facts of Ottomans in 1749 to 1769
Land 42 -> 46
Naval 15 -> 16
Infra 7 -> 7
Trade 7 -> 7
Income 242 -> 291.8
Inflation 4.2 -> 0.0
BadBoy 65.6 -> 99.2
The years of recovery and preparing
Internal policies
The era begun with the horrendous civil war still raging on. The revolting Hekimoglu Ali was indeed dead, but many provinces still where in full revolt, altough Loyal forces held the upper hand.
During 1749 Kirkuk defected to Persia, but that and the independent Hungary where the only provinces Ottomans lost. After a long fight Pest was conquered back, but Magyar remained independent. Then the last rebellions where finally pacified.
The long recovery now begun. Ottoman officials had put forward a plan where it was told the setbacks the civil war had caused would be a thing of the past in five years. Time proved that was overly optimistic. In reality it took the Ottoman Empire 15 years to gain back most of the losses. Many beatiful buildings where ravaged and lost forever. In addition to the horror a devastating fire destroyed the manufactory of Kastamon.
Waves of Obscurism and a political assasinations caused much bloodshed. The stability of the Empire was still low, and those unfortunate happenings saw new rebellions popping up around the Empire.
Sultan Mahmud had certainly not been a diplomatic or an administrator, but he was a soldier. In 1750's the Empire suffered from bad governement policies, and Mahmud lost his support. Mahmud died under shady conditions in 1754. Osman III rose to be the Sultan. It was soon found out he was a horrible monarch, altough he had Mustafa III as de facto ruler from 1756 to 1757 <OOC: Excellent minister -> Osman's values (3-3-2) baceme basically the same as Mustafa III's (4-4-5)> In 1757 Osman III was deposed and Mustafa III became the new Sultan.
Two large tasks was set for the Empire after the Civil War's horrible losses had been partly recovered from. Colonisation projects continued with vigour in Eastern Africa and the Arabian Penninsula, and new Conscription Centers where called for. The civil war had shown that altough th Empire could muster large armies, the conscription was weak if certain key-provinces where not available. Until 1769 14 new CC's had been built (in addition to the one in Thrace) and two more were under building.
A new shipyard was asked to be built so that a massive fleet could set sail on the Indian Ocean if a need arised. An internal debat followed, should the shipyard be built in Basrah or in Nile? In the end Basrah was elected as the site for the new shipyard.
The Ottoman trade center in Muscat encountered a new boon. The hostile-turned Portugal lost their trade center in Zanzibar, and most of its former trade was dirceted towards Muscat. The Persian trade center of Isafhan also lost trading rights to Muscat. Unfortaunately this was not such a boon to Ottomans as would have been hoped for, as Ottoman traders where loathed by basically all nations. Still the belief in the Ottoman economy around the world is strong. Ottoman currency was so strong that it was deflated two times. Ottoman officials has succeeded to fight inflation to 0% even though enormous amounts of money was minted to pay for the new Conscription Centers.
International policies
The Empire began the era with a very weak international political situation. All interest in the nation had been drawn to the Civil War. Unfortunately certain christian nations took this as a sign that the Ottomans can be kicked around as pleased.
Portuagal was put first into line. They stubbornly refused to even discuss an access for Ottoman volunteers wishing to help fellow moslems in India. Ottomans declared Portugal as a hostile nation, and all their trade was banned. Steps where taken to get a land-border with Portugal. One of the new Conscription centers where built in Tanga, and two more are planned to built in the immediate vicinity. Still it is sad that Portugal fell for the Spanish extortion, as the Spaniard well know that if they force somebody to jump across the Ottoman path, the Ottomans will hardly notice the bump.
A few observers (mere 40k) where sent to follow the situation in France. The volunteers also made sure that the Austrians Empress treats her moslem population with decency. Again it was the Spaniard who seemed to fret about the situation, and in return the volunteers staked some (~30k) christian rebels in the German lands just to remind the Spaniards that they can keep their mouth shut at times. The Spaniard should always remember that they should not poke the Ottomans, the Ottomans don't like poking and they start kicking around.
Immediatly when when it was felt that the society was stable enough <OOC. Stab to -2 from -3...> war was declared on Persia and Aden. Kirkuk and Yemen was to be annexed and acces was to be gained through Persia. Suprisingly the Uzbeks also joined the war. All goals where gained and in addition to access was gained throuhh the Uzbek lands.
Next in line was the lands of Zanji. Ottomans needed new lands for colonisation and, more importantly, a land border with Portugal settlements. All the Zanji lands where annexed, and Portugese engineers where seen whipping slaves to death in Lindi as they desperately began building a new fortification there.
In 1763 Magyar was annexed. Thus the Great Ottoman Civil War officially ended 18 years after the war had begun. According to the official records the civil war alone resulted in 750 thousand casualties and in addition 250 artillerypieces where lost. The cost in money can only be guessed as not only recruiting costs, but also rebuilding the lost buildings etc would have to be calculated, but the wild estimate is 75 thousand ducats.
Soon the Empire will have 1 million men marching. The Spaniard and its (sic) puppets should remember that. There are ways for christians and moslems to coexist, but on those ways one does not see the converting of moslem lands or turning friendly nations hostile towards the Ottoman Empire.
A few facts of Ottomans in 1749 to 1769
Land 42 -> 46
Naval 15 -> 16
Infra 7 -> 7
Trade 7 -> 7
Income 242 -> 291.8
Inflation 4.2 -> 0.0
BadBoy 65.6 -> 99.2