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Should Afars be for an ahistorically long-lasting Adal or should it be for an ahistorically large Mogadishu?
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Though choice, but since Mogadishu was a coastal Zanj state I would prefere to keep a weakened Adal in the game, than adding to Mogadishu.

If they get a bad event for it's final decline, or included in the last event, with desertions and a bad monarch on top of that, the game will eventually take care of them, often letting them disappear or sometimes linger on. We have washed our hands.
 
Norrefeldt said:
Though choice, but since Mogadishu was a coastal Zanj state I would prefere to keep a weakened Adal in the game, than adding to Mogadishu.

If they get a bad event for it's final decline, or included in the last event, with desertions and a bad monarch on top of that, the game will eventually take care of them, often letting them disappear or sometimes linger on. We have washed our hands.
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Technically speaking, the Afars people formed their own state after Adal disintegrated, that being Awsa.
 
Mad King James said:
Technically speaking, the Afars people formed their own state after Adal disintegrated, that being Awsa.
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I'm not hating, but is there a source (book fine as well) that I can look at for this information? Your story for this region has changed a lot over time.
 
Norrefeldt said:
Should Afars be for an ahistorically long-lasting Adal or should it be for an ahistorically large Mogadishu?
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Though choice, but since Mogadishu was a coastal Zanj state I would prefere to keep a weakened Adal in the game, than adding to Mogadishu.

If they get a bad event for it's final decline, or included in the last event, with desertions and a bad monarch on top of that, the game will eventually take care of them, often letting them disappear or sometimes linger on. We have washed our hands.
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I agree. Massive decentralization, a new peaceful AI, and a "tribal" monarch should allow us to have a rump state that is generally as inactive as we want it to be.
 
OK. It seems we have reached our consensus. I will modify the events so Adal moves to Afar, and will submit them tomorrow. I am afraid they have not made it for 1.50. Looking forward to 1.51 then.
 
Garbon said:
I'm not hating, but is there a source (book fine as well) that I can look at for this information? Your story for this region has changed a lot over time.
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When I started on this region, I knew next to nothing about it. I was misled by three points:

1: I did not fully understand the Oromo invasion, as it is described as "migrations" in most history books and often handwaved as sort of irrelevant. I had confused the Oromo invasion states and the southern kingdoms as being the same thing, thus my original, rather ridiculous setup. I had believed the Oromo, or Galla, to be barbarian tribes. In reality the Oromo are closer to the Mongols, with strict military-style tribal dictatorships, massive military strength, and extremely confusing state organization that to an outside observer appears to be primitive tribal bandits.

2: I was misled by the complete dearth of information on early Somali history to believe that there were only two states there: Mogadishu and Adal. There is literally no information at all about the Ajuran for instance, but they ruled modern Somalia for about 150 years. Mogadishu was very much the weaker of the two, a small Zenj city state. I still have no idea about how certain things played out historically, for instance Majerteen and Hiraab rose from the ashes of the Ajuran collapse, but the Ajuran continued to exist in the interior. There was apparently a revolt against the Ajuran by the Majerteen and Hiraab sometime in the 17th century, but no reason is given why or what happened exactly. Until a month or so ago, I wasn't even aware that the Galla and Ajuran even knew each other, but it is historically documented that the Ajuran drove the Galla out of Somalia in a series of bitter wars that lasted more than a century, and before the Ajuran invaded in the late 1300s, the Galla owned the entire interior up to Adal.

3: Most of all, I was misled by my desire to extrapolate, to assume that no information means nothing happened. This has proven to be a great source of shame for me, as I made assumptions based on a lack of evidence rather than from evidence, which is never good at all. This period is actually highly active for Somalia, with states rising and falling, wars and invasions sweeping across the country from north to south and east to west and back again. The truth is that the reason little Somali history is readily available is that the country has never been opened up to western archaeologists and historians, and the keepers of Somali history, the clan elders, aren't web savvy and posting articles on Wikipedia.

For instance, a very detailed list of the sultans of Ajuran does exist somewhere, but it's written on some piece of paper belonging to some old guy in the Ogaden where I can't read it, and eastern Ethiopia is probably the least wired region on the planet. Some Somali dude on Wikipedia posted a few sultan's names offhand in an article on Olol Diinle, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet.
 
The sultans of Awsa are these:
Code: 
1734 - 1749                Kedafu (first sultan)
1749 - 1779                Kedafu Muhammad ibn Kedafu
1779 - 1801                Ijdahis ibn Kedafu Muhammad
1801 - 1802                Ijdahis Muhammad ibn Ijdahis
1802 - 1862                Anfari ibn Ijdahis
 
New Adal (CYR) events and set up from all the posts above:

1. Changes to set-up and scenarios
Late addition: Change income (tax value) of Issas (754) from 1 to 2 in province.csv
Eliminate Bale (1590) as a national province of Adal in 1419 scenario. It will be added by event in 1432.
1419 and 1520 Scenarios: Religion of Arsi (1518) and Harerge (1519) should be changed to sunni
1648 Scenario Adal is reduced to Afars (755). 754 belongs to TUR. All the rest belong to ETH.
Revolt.txt for Adal should have minimum 755 1518 with capital 755 and extra 754 758 and 1519, its expirydate should be 1700

2. New list of leaders for CYR to substitute previous one:
Code: 
#Military leaders for Adal (CYR)

historicalleader = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039800 }
	category = monarch
	name = "Ahmad al-Fath"
	startdate = {
		year = 1526
	}
	deathdate = {
		day = 21
		month = february
		year = 1543
	}
	rank = 0
	movement = 4
	fire = 4
	shock = 5
	siege = 0
}
historicalleader = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039801 }
	category = monarch
	name = "Arwe Badlay"
	startdate = {
		year = 1432
	}
	deathdate = {
		month = july
		year = 1445
	}
	rank = 0
	movement = 3
	fire = 2
	shock = 3
	siege = 0
	dormant = yes
	remark = "sultan"
}
#First free id: 039802

3. New list of Monarchs for CYR to substitute previous one:
Code: 
# Sultanate of Adal / Sultanate of Harar / Emirate of Harar
# updated by Fodoron for AGCEEP 1.5

### Walashma Sultans of Adal

historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039500 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1416
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1421
	}
	name = "Sabr ad-Din II"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039501 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1421
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1425
	}
	name = "Mansur II"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 5
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039502 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1425
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1432
	}
	name = "Jamal ad-Din II"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 5
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039503 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1432
	}
	deathdate = {
		month = july
		year = 1445
	}
	name = "Shihab ad-Din Badlay"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 7
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039504 }
	startdate = {
		month = july
		year = 1445
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1454
	}
	name = "Muhammad I"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039505 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1454
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1472
	}
	name = "Ibrahim I"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039506 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1472
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1487
	}
	name = "Shams ad-Din"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 5
	ADM = 6
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039507 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1487
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1488
	}
	name = "Ibrahim II"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 2
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039508 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1488
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1518
	}
	name = "Muhammad II"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039509 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1518
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1525
	}
	name = "al-Jarad Abu"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 2
	ADM = 2
	Remark = "Not Walashma"
}

### Walashma Sultans of Harar

historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039510 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1525
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1526
	}
	name = "Abu Bakr"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039511 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1526
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1553
	}
	name = "Umar Din"
	DIP = 2
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 2
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039512 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1553
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1555
	}
	name = "Ali"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 2
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039513 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1555
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1557
	}
	name = "Barakat"
	DIP = 5
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 3
	Remark = "Last Walashma"
}

### Sultans of Harar

historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039514 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1557
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1567
	}
	name = "Nur al-Mujtahid"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
	Remark = "Nephew of Imam Ahmad Grañ"
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039515 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1567
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1570
	}
	name = "'Uthman al-Habashi"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039516 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1570
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1573
	}
	name = "Talha I"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039517 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1573
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1574
	}
	name = "Nasir II"
	DIP = 2
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 2
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039518 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1574
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1575
	}
	name = "Muhammad IV"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039519 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1575
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1576
	}
	name = "Mansur III"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039520 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1576
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1583
	}
	name = "Muhammad V"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039521 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1583
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1616
	}
	name = "Saad ad-Din"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039522 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1616
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1640
	}
	name = "Sabir ad-Din"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 5
	ADM = 4
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039523 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1640
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1649
	}
	name = "Sadiq"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039524 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1649
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1657
	}
	name = "Malaq Adam"
	DIP = 2
	MIL = 2
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039525 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1657
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1658
	}
	name = "Ahmad"
	DIP = 2
	MIL = 5
	ADM = 4
}

### Emirs of Harar

historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039526 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1658
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1673
	}
	name = "'Ali"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 5
	ADM = 2
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039527 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1673
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1681
	}
	name = "Hashim"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039528 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1681
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1703
	}
	name = "'Talha II"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 5
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039529 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1703
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1732
	}
	name = "Abdallah"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039530 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1732
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1733
	}
	name = "Khalaf"
	DIP = 1
	MIL = 5
	ADM = 2
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039531 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1733
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1747
	}
	name = "Hamid"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039532 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1747
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1755
	}
	name = "Yusuf"
	DIP = 4
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039533 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1755
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1782
	}
	name = "Ahmad I"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 5
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039534 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1782
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1794
	}
	name = "Mohammed I"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 3
	ADM = 3
}
historicalmonarch = {
	id = { type = 6 id = 039535 }
	startdate = {
		year = 1794
	}
	deathdate = {
		year = 1821
	}
	name = "Ahmad II"
	DIP = 3
	MIL = 4
	ADM = 3
}

#First free id: 039536

4. New Events to be added to AGCEEP_Specific_Adal.eue
Code: 
################################
##  Some Adal Events   ##
##    by Fodoron     ##
###############################

# The return of the Walashma
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155001
        trigger = {
		owned = { province = 755 data = -1 } # Afars
	}
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155001" # The return of the Walashma
	desc = "EVENTHIST155001"

	date = { year = 1432 }
	offset = 150

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155001A" # A great ruler
		command = { type = relation which = ETH value = -75 }
		command = { type = casusbelli which = ETH value = 24 }
		command = { type = addcore which = 1590 } # Bale
		command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = 2 }
		command = { type = domestic which = ARISTOCRACY value = -1 }
		command = { type = provincetax which = 754 value = -1 } # Issas
		command = { type = provincetax which = 755 value = 1 } # Afars
		command = { type = capital which = 755 } # Afars
		command = { type = leader which = 039801 } #Badlay (CYR)
	}
}
EVENTNAME155001;The return of the Walashma;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST155001;In 1415 Ethiopian Emperor Yeshaq had finally destroyed the sultanate of Ifat, that with the help of the Afar Muslims had raised in rebellion against his father. The Walashma sultan Saad ad-Din II of Ifat was pursued and cornered at the important trading port of Saylac. Yeshaq conquered the city and killed the sultan, but his family crossed the sea and took refuge in Yemen. The sons of Saad, returned a few years later, taking the name of sultans of Adal, since Ifat was now under Christian hands. Sabr, Mansur and Jamal were soon killed in fights against Ethiopia or between Muslims. It was then up to the young Shihab Badlay to avenge his father. Since Saylac had been sacked several times, he moved the capital to Dakkar, near Hargeisa. He then conquered the province of Bale, and twice invaded Ethiopia in three years trying to conquer the Muslim state of Dawaro, gaining the nickname of Arwe (the beast). However, at the battle of Gomit, in 1445, he was defeated by emperor Zara Yaqob, killed and dismembered.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155001A;A great ruler;;;;;;;;;;

Code: 
# A new capital in Harar
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155002
        trigger = {
		owned = { province = 1518 data = -1 } # Arsi
	}
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155002" # A new capital in Harar
	desc = "EVENTHIST155002"

	date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1525 }
	offset = 150
	deathdate = { day = 1 month = december year = 1576 }

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155002A" # Move to Harar
		command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = -1 }
		command = { type = provincetax which = 755 value = -1 } # Afars
		command = { type = population which = 755 value = -1000 } # Afars
		command = { type = capital which = 1518 } # Arsi
		command = { type = population which = 1518 value = 2000 } # Arsi
	}
}
EVENTNAME155002;A new capital in Harar;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST155002;Despite its dynastic troubles, Adal was becoming rich through slave-trade at the port of Saylac. Increased power meant also increased needs, and a new base was created at Harar, near the border of the Great Rift, within easy reach of the Christian Northern Highlands and the Afar Delta to raid for slaves. This military base created by then candidate Abu Bakr in 1520, soon expanded, and when finally Abu Bakr rose to power in 1525, he decided to move his capital to Harar. Although it constituted a superb place to launch attacks on Ethiopia, it was a strategic mistake, because it further removed Adal from its real source of wealth, Saylac.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155002A;Move to Harar;;;;;;;;;;

Code: 
# Diraasal-Islaam
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155003
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155003" # Diraasal-Islaam
	desc = "EVENTHIST155003"

	date = { year = 1526 }
	offset = 30

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155003A" # A great leader
		command = { type = relation which = ETH value = -75 }
		command = { type = casusbelli which = ETH value = 228 }
		command = { type = MIL which = 5 value = 228 }
		command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = 1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = offensive value = 2 }
		command = { type = domestic which = quality value = 1 }
	}
}
EVENTNAME155003;Diraasal-Islaam;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST155003;At the turn of the XVI century Adal was submerged in chaos. Since Ethiopia was strong under a succesion of capable rulers, the Sultan of Adal, Muhammad II tried to maintain peace. At the same time, an Imam, Mahfuz, ruler of the port of Saylac started to pursue a rigorous Islamic conduct, including Jihad against the Christians. In control of the port, he was buying flintstock musquets from Ottoman merchants, and conducting succesful raids into Ethiopia to pay for them in loot and slaves. When Muhammad and Mahfuz went together to raid Ethiopia in 1517, the Ethiopian emperor ambushed them. The sultan escaped, but Mahfuz was killed. However the sultan was murdered the next year plunging Adal into a civil war. Under these circumstances, a man emerged that would turn Adal from an obscure sultanate into ''Diraasal-Islaam'', a powerful nation renowed by her virtue and Muslim rigor. He was Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, known as Sahib al-Fath (the Conqueror). His rise to fame started with his marriage with Mahfuz's daughter, atracting to him his powerful party and giving him control of the port of Saylac. He also married his sister to Mattan ibn Uthman, a great Somali commander that would play an important role in his battles. That way he also added a sizeable Somali army to his forces. He then got the support of the Ottomans, who had grown suspicious of the contacts between Ethiopians and Portuguese. It was easy for him then to kill Sultan Abu Bakr and install his brother Umar Din as a puppet. He was ready to take on Ethiopia.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155003A;A great leader;;;;;;;;;;

Code: 
# Jihad
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155004
	trigger = {
		exists = ETH
	}
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155004" # Jihad
	desc = "EVENTHIST155004"

	date = { year = 1527 }
	offset = 150

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155004A" # Allah demands it
		command = { type = relation which = ETH value = -75 }
		command = { type = domestic which = offensive value = 2 }
		command = { type = domestic which = quality value = 1 }
		command = { type = land value = 8000 }
		command = { type = treasury value = -75 }
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155004B" # Pay the tribute
		command = { type = treasury value = -25 }
		command = { type = relation which = ETH value = 50 }
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 165016 } #ETH: War of extermination
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 155005 } #CYR: War of extermination
	}
}
EVENTNAME155004;Jihad;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST155004;After seizing power, Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi decided to launch a Jihad against Christian Ethiopia. Adal was a much smaller country, and with far less resources, but this did not stop Ahmad, who had a plan. Besides uniting Muslims from Adal, Ethiopia, Somalia and Afar under his banner, he created an elite corps drilled according to Ottoman standards, and armed with very expensive flintlock arquebuses imported through Saylac. The Ottomans offered their support for a price. The critical moment came when Adal had to pay the annual tribute to Ethiopia imposed after a previous lost war. Under his orders, the sultan refused to pay, and Ahmad destroyed the punitive expedition sent by Ethiopia. Ahmad had started the fire of the Jihad, but to feed it, he started consuming both countries. To finance the overtaxing war, Ahmad transformed Saylac into the biggest slave market in Africa. Over the years, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of slaves from Ethiopia and Adal, both Christians and Muslims were sold to pay armies and buy arms and munitions. Allah demanded such sacrifice and both countries were ravaged and depopulated. Portuguese accounts speak of the huge sale of Ethiopian slaves Christian and Muslims from Egypt to India in those decades. The Indian princes became very found of Ethiopian slaves as they made very good soldiers, and entire armies of slaves were purchased in Gujarat. Before starting this Jihad, be aware that you must eradicate the Christians before the effects of the war consume your country, or you will pay a hefty price.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155004A;Allah demands it;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155004B;Pay the tribute;;;;;;;;;;

Code: 
# War of extermination
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155005
	trigger = {
		exists = ETH
	}
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155005" # War of extermination
	desc = "EVENTHIST155005"

	date = { year = 1538 }
	offset = 150

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155005A" # Jihad
		command = { type = war which = ETH }
	}
}
EVENTNAME155005;War of extermination;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST155005;After invading Ethiopia, Ahmad met the army of the Ethiopian Emperor Lebna Dengel or Dawit IV at the Awash river in the battle of Shimbra Kure in 1529. Lebna Dengel had 16,000 cavalry and 200,000 infantry against Ahmad 560 cavalry and 12,000 soldiers. Although the Ethiopians were able to kill 5,000 soldiers of Adal, their loses were much higher. Afterwards Ahmad penetrated deep into the highlands, attacking Dawaro and Shewa in 1531, then Amhara, Lasta, Bale, Hadya, Sidama and the Gurage. With half of former Ethiopia under his control, in 1535 Ahmad invaded Tigray in the North, sacking the sacred city of Aksum and destroying the Cathedral were the emperors had been crowned for centuries. But the worst part was the damage inflicted to the people of Ethiopia and Adal by Ahmad, that would change their demography forever. To finance his military campaign against his bigger neighbour, Ahmad used a scorched earth tactic, laying waste to the land and selling every Ethiopian he could capture, Muslim or Christian, as a slave. No Christian priest or nun was left alive by him. Lebna Dengel, outmanoeuvred and out-musketed, fled from one province to another, trying to organize the resistance. There was no possibility of a peace agreement, as Ahmad was bent on the destruction of the Christian country. His elder son, Fiqtor, was killed in battle, and the youngest, Menas, was captured and sent as a slave to the Ottoman overlord of Yemen. In desperation, Lebna Dengel sent a plee for help to the King of Portugal. In doing that, he saved his country, but he would no see the result, as he died on the run, exhausted and miserable in 1540.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155005A;Jihad;;;;;;;;;;

Code: 
# A last attempt
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155006
	trigger = {
		exists = ETH
	}
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155006" # A last attempt
	desc = "EVENTHIST155006"

	date = { year = 1556 }
	offset = 150

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155006A" # Kill Ethiopia or die
		command = { type = INF which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = CAV which = -3 value = 5000 }
		command = { type = relation which = TUR value = 100 }
		command = { type = fortress which = 1518 value = 1 } # Arsi
		command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = -5 }
	}
}
EVENTNAME155006;A last attempt;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST155006;When the Portuguese arrived to help Ethiopia, Ahmad was about to win the entire kingdom, with the emperor in hiding and the Ethiopians accepting his supremacy. The King of Portugal had sent Cristovão da Gama, son of famous explorer Vasco da Gama, with 400 soldiers and 1000 arquebuses, plus some small cannons. Surprised, Ahmad was defeated three times, but he had a last card to play. He offered his vassalage to the Ottoman bey of Yemen, Zebid Pasha, in exchange for help. He was granted 900 Turkish soldiers and additional arms, and at the battle of Wofla, on August 28, 1542, the Portuguese were defeated, and Cristovão was captured, tortured and beheaded. Believing the Portuguese destroyed, Ahmed dismissed 600 of the Ottomans to other duties, but was then confronted by the remaining Portuguese and the army of Gelawdewos, rearmed with the stored weapons. The battle of Wayna-Daga on February 21, 1543, was initially indecisive, but the Portuguese had sworn to avenge their leader, and singling out Ahmad, killed him. His army fell in confusion and was completely destroyed. The remaining of the forces of Adal abandoned Ethiopia and fell back to Harar. The war continued, now favorable to Ethiopia, and Bale was lost. Afars and Somalies abandoned the war, leaving exhausted Adal almost an empty shell. Ahmad's widow, Del Wambara, offered herself to Ahmad's nephew, Nur ibn Mujtahid, on the condition of continuing the fight. Nur reinforced his base, by walling the city of Harar with the famous Jugol, to prevent another sacking, and in 1556 he launched a two front coordinated attack with Ottoman help. The Ottomans, leaded by Ozdemur Pasha, conquered Massawa, the best port of the Red Sea, and the only one the Ethiopians had, but their attempt to reach the highlands failed against the determined Ethiopian resistance. The attack by Nur was an even worse failure, taking the life of the last of the Walashma sultans of Adal, Barakat. The death of Ethiopian Emperor Gelawdewos at the walls of Harar did not compensate the last failure of Adal. The survival of Ethiopia meant the death of Adal. Nur took over the crown of Adal, but his authority didn't extend far beyond the walls of Harar, and things were about to get much worse.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155006A;Kill Ethiopia or die;;;;;;;;;;

Code: 
# The end of Adal (Afars owned)
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155007
	trigger = {
		exists = ETH
		owned = { province = 755 data = -1 } # Afars
		event = 155002 # CYR: A new capital in Harar
		NOT = {
			event = 155008 # CYR: The end of Adal (Afars not owned)
		}
	}
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155007" # The end of Adal
	desc = "EVENTHIST155007"

	date = { year = 1577 }
	offset = 150

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155007A" # Move to Aussa
		command = { type = capital which = 755 } # Afars
		command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = -5 }
		command = { type = domestic which = offensive value = -3 }
		command = { type = domestic which = quality value = -3 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = independence which = DEL } # Mogadishu
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 752 } # Massawa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 753 } # Keren
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 758 } # Ogaden
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1516 } # Welo
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1517 } # Shewa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1518 } # Arsi
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1519 } # Harerge
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1588 } # Gonder
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1589 } # Kefa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1590 } # Bale
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = TUR value = 754 } # Issas
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 757 } # Somalia
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 759 } # Mudugh
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 760 } # Mogadiscio
		command = { type = trigger which = 165020 } #ETH: The disintegration of Adal
		command = { type = trigger which = 301052 } #TUR: The end of Adal
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155007B" # Remain in Harar and beat the odds
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = independence which = DEL } # Mogadishu
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 752 } # Massawa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 753 } # Keren
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 755 } # Afars
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 758 } # Ogaden
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1516 } # Welo
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1517 } # Shewa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1519 } # Harerge
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1588 } # Gonder
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1589 } # Kefa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1590 } # Bale
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = TUR value = 754 } # Issas
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 757 } # Somalia
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 759 } # Mudugh
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 760 } # Mogadiscio
		command = { type = war which = ETH }
		command = { type = trigger which = 165020 } #ETH: The disintegration of Adal
		command = { type = trigger which = 301052 } #TUR: The end of Adal
	}
}
EVENTNAME155007;The end of Adal;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST155007;By 1567, when Nur died of pestilence, the sultanate of Adal had been reduced to the city of Harar and the Oromo had cut the vital connection to the ports of Saylac and Barbera. What had been Adal disintegrated, part falling under control of Somalies, and most becoming Oromo lands. The Ottomans took control of the Red Sea ports as payment for their help. Meanwhile Harar was consumed by internal instability, and coups and counter-coups were responsible for the short rule of Harar Emirs. In 1575, Emir Muhammad IV made the mistake of joining the rebellion of the governor of a Muslim province in the North East of Ethiopia. He was captured and executed by Emperor Sarsa Dengel, and this defeat saw the end of Adal's last army. In 1577, the emir transferred the sultanate to the Aussa oasis in the Danakil depression. This desert below sea-level was located in no-mans land between the Afars, the Ottomans at Massawa and the Ethiopians. By moving to one of the nastiest places in Africa the sultanate prolonged its nominal existence until it was overrun by Afars and Oromo in 1672. The city of Harar, remained viable behind its walls, independent from the sultanate since 1647, as a city-state. It always has been Muslim, and today is considered the fourth sacred city of Islam. For all practical purposes, 1577 saw the end of Adal as a state. In the long chain of mistakes, one had to be the last.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155007A;Move to Aussa;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME155007B;Remain in Harar and beat the odds;;;;;;;;;;


Code: 
# The end of Adal (Afars not owned)
# by Fodoron
event = {
	id = 155008
	trigger = {
		exists = ETH
		event = 155002 # CYR: A new capital in Harar
		NOT = {
			owned = { province = 755 data = -1 } # Afars
			event = 155007 # CYR: The end of Adal (Afars owned)
		}
	}
	random = no
	country = CYR
	name = "EVENTNAME155007" # The end of Adal
	desc = "EVENTHIST155007"

	date = { year = 1577 }
	offset = 150

	}
	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME155007B" # Remain in Harar and beat the odds
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = independence which = DEL } # Mogadishu
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 752 } # Massawa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 753 } # Keren
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 755 } # Afars
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 758 } # Ogaden
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1516 } # Welo
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1517 } # Shewa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1519 } # Harerge
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1588 } # Gonder
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1589 } # Kefa
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = ETH value = 1590 } # Bale
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = TUR value = 754 } # Issas
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 757 } # Somalia
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 759 } # Mudugh
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = DEL value = 760 } # Mogadiscio
		command = { type = war which = ETH }
		command = { type = trigger which = 165020 } #ETH: The disintegration of Adal
		command = { type = trigger which = 301052 } #TUR: The end of Adal
	}
}
Yes, option A in this event has ACTIONNAME155007B


5. New Event to be added to AGCEEP_Specific_Ottomans.eue
Code: 
# The end of Adal
# by Fodoron
event = { 			
	id = 301052 #triggered by CYR_155007 or CYR_155008
	random = no     
	country = TUR
	name = "EVENTNAME301052" # The end of Adal
	desc = "EVENTHIST301052"
      
	action_a = { 
		name = "ACTIONNAME301052A" # Free ports in the Red Sea
		command = { type = trade value = 200 }
	}
}
EVENTNAME301052;The end of Adal;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST301052;Between 1526 and 1576, the sultanate of Adal conducted a full fledged war of conquest against Ethiopia. With firearms bought from Ottoman merchants and using Ottoman tactics, Adal almost succeeded, but last minute help from Portugal allowed Ethiopia to ultimately defeat Adal. The Ottoman governor of Yemen lent help to Adal to try to overcome the Portuguese, under promise of vassalage. In the end Adal disintegrated consumed by the war effort, the defeat, and the invasion from nomads that seized the opportunity. The Ottomans then took control of several of the former ports of Adal in the Red Sea, without anybody opposing them.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME301052A;Free ports in the Red Sea;;;;;;;;;;
 
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oday said:
hi guys, it is interesting. I am from that part of wold and you are knowlegable in some extent. would you like some explanations, I may contribute.

Thanks
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Whatever information you could provide would be appreciated. :)
 
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