17 A fresh new war
1625
The Crimean army grows until Crimea has more than 100 000 men in the field. All are equipped with firearms and with a healthy dose of Crimea fighting spirit.
1626
5 February 1626
Muhammad III builds the foundation of the Crimean empire. He declares some provinces core provinces and moves the capital to Samara, where the current Islamic Inquisition is converting the heathens.
2 June 1626
The Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks. Crimea and Chagatai Khanate join the Ottoman Empire.
Muhammad III: The times when the Ottoman army had a huge army is over. If we act quick, we can grab some nice lands for ourselves. Since the Ottomans have declared war, we will let them decide over peace. We have 35 000 men, mostly infantry and artillery, standing ready in Kurdistan. Let them conquer the coast of the holy land. If we are still at war after we conquered those, go further southwards. God willing, we shall take the holy city of Jerusalem Al-Quds.
1627
10 January 1627
Muhammad III dies without seeing the Crimean banner over the holy land. His successor, Janig Beg II, swears to conquer the holy city to his death father.
February – March
The Crimean army defeats the Mameluks in Aleppo and leave a few thousands troops to siege it. They march through Lebanon and assault Samaria, taking the province.
3 April 1627
Jerusalem is under Crimean siege. The inhabitants of the city expect that the army laying siege to it, will respect the holy places and won’t use cannons. But they never faced Crimeans before and the Crimeans shoot at everything that looks a bit hostile.
20 June 1627
Janig Beg II has some corrupt nobles beheaded.
1628
1 May 1628
The Crimeans storm into Jerusalem. The representatives of the holy places seek to talk with the Crimean general but are send back. General Adji, impressed by all the holy places, orders his men not to loot the religious places.
14 June 1628
The Mameluks take over the Ottoman territories at their borders.
(I switched to religious view, wanting to see the religion of my taken provinces, when I noticed that Lithuania had become orthodox. I must say, I was quite surprised. They have the provinces Volyn, Chernigov and Ukraine. Volyn was catholic but Lithuania got an event “Enforce the state religion” and Volyn converted)
1629
14 November 1629
Aleppo is taken by Crimea.
The Ottoman Empire takes Syria.
1630
15 April 1630
Lebanon is taken by assault. The Crimean flag now waves above their main city.
10 May 1630
New land is claimed in Samara. Population rises by 2000, manpower and taxvalue +1.
1631
12 March 1631
The Mameluk capital is captured by Crimeans. Shiite mosques and writings are destroyed by the Crimean soldiers.
14 November 1631
Crimea secures the Delta of the Nile by assaulting the main fortress.
1632
12 July 1632
The main city in Nile falls to the Crimeans.
1633
18 February 1633
Cataract is taken by the Crimean army.
29 December 1633
A great noble Crimean family requests aid and receives it.
1634
22 May 1634
Batn Al Hajar is assaulted and plundered.
Janig Beg II: The Mameluks are defeated and a final strike is only a matter of time. Send word to the generals that they should not head north to Alexandria but go south.
General: But that’s Nubian territory.
Janig Beg II: Exactly. Time to submit more people to our rule.
War is declared on Nubia.
24 November 1634
The Ottoman Empire makes peace for the entire alliance. Crimea gets almost all the provinces they conquered. The Crimean flag now waves proudly from Aleppo to Jerusalem. The Nile Delta is patrolled by Crimeans and more upstream, the province Nile, is also in Crimean hands. Strangely enough, we still have +90 relations with the Mameluks.
The war in Nubia starts in December. Crimean troops crush the Nubian army in one day an siege Sudan.
1635
27 February 1635
Janig Beg II visists the holy city Jerusalem. As he walks on the temple mount, Janig Beg II collapses and dies. His son, Muhammad IV, takes his place as Crimean Khan. The location of the death of Janig Beg II is considered a sign from God. Imams say that God rewarded Janig Beg II by granting him the honour to die in the holy city Jerusalem Al Quds.
1 March 1635
Muhammad IV rearranges his titles. He declares himself Emperor of the Crimean Empire and Khan of Crimea. He pledges to continue the conquests of his ancestors.
Muhammad IV: To our west, we have mighty Christian nations. Their weapons and tactics are superior to us and we can no longer risk to take up many western nations at once. But if we can’t destroy them anymore, we can still take a final bite at them. My grandfather captured Ragusa for a reason. He wanted to build a fleet and an army there to invade the Papal States and the Austrian Empire. But those wars will have to wait for now. The Papal States are too powerful and the Austrian are allied to Poland. Starting a war with them, would give us a front line of thousands of kilometers. We cannot risk that.
Also, the first war against the sheep didn’t go too well. We lost too many men for too few territory. Should opportunity arise, we shall fight them again. In the west, we have no more room for expansion. However, in the east lay nations who are much weaker than us. I shall see to it that we shall expand there. For are we not the sons of the Horde?
Generals rose and started cheering for the new Khan. Finally a new conqueror had arisen, a leader who once again mentioned the Horde which conquered all.
1 July 1635
Bisharin is captured from Nubia.
Nubia accepts the peace deal of Crimea. They shall become vassals of the Emperor and pay half of their income to Crimea.
1636
January – November
The army recovers from its losses and is restored to 100 000 soldiers.
5 December 1636
Recruits are sought for the navy. And they arrive, so many recruits arrive that 10 warships are equipped and put in the port of Ragusa.
7 December 1636
The Ottoman Empire declares war on Ak Koyunlu. Crimea gladly accepts. Ak Koyunlu is still allied with the Uzbek Kaganate and Crimea once again has to fight on two fronts.
1637
January – February
In two months, the Uzbek army is destroyed. More than half of their soldiers die and they gladly accept peace on the 20th February. As a sign of the Uzbek weakness, 9 000 Crimeans defeated an army of 41 000 Uzbeks. They offer 200 ducats for peace and Crimea gladly accepts.
12 March 1637
Crimea lays siege to Nussaybin and assaults it. The city falls and is plundered as revenge for the previous war.
20 August 1637
The Crimeans defeat the Mameluk army in Iraq.
24 August 1637
Bagdad, the AK Koyunlu capital, is under siege by the Crimeans.
1638
28 February 1638
Bagdad falls to the Crimean army. The city is razed and instability razes through the lands of Ak Koyunlu.
5 May 1638
The Ottoman Empire makes seperate peace with Ak Koyunlu. Crimea is now facing them alone.
Muhammad IV: It seems that the Turk is unreliable. We need to find new allies should things change. Dispatch a state gift to the Mughals with my regards.
8 May 1638
Ak Koyunlu offers peace: Crimea gets Nussaybin and 56 ducats. Muhammad IV accepts and connects the holy land with the rest of his empire.
The Crimean Empire
10 August 1638
Lithuania and Crimea have a border dispute. It is settled and relations improve (like that is gonna stop them from hating us).
1639
The Crimean army raises more troops to recover from it’s losses.
1640
8 October 1640
The Persians declare independence from Ak Koyunlu.
12 October 1640
The Ottoman Empire declares war on Persia without asking Crimea to help them.
14 December 1640
The Ottoman Empire annexes Persia.
1641
Relations with the Mughals improve through the year.
27 September 1641
The Mughal Empire and Crimea exchange maps.
18 The East and the Far East meet in battle
1642
1 May 1642
The Chagatai Khanate declares war on Tibet and it’s ally China. The Ottomans and Crimea join in.
20 June 1642
Crimea sends an expeditionary force of 30 000 soldiers through the Chagatai Khanate into East Asia.
1643
15 March 1643
The east and the far east meet each other on the fields of Qinghai. Crimean troops destroy the Chinese and take the province Qinghai from them by assault.
10 July 1643
Crimea takes the unfortified city in Sichuan from China.
15 July 1643
Chinese soldiers bravely attack the Crimeans but would soon die from Crimean bullets
Chinese cavalry attack the Crimeans. The Chinese fire arrows, the Crimeans bullets. After two days, 23 000 Chinese lay dead on the field.
9 September 1643
China demands 75 ducats.
1644
13 March 1644
Crimea takes the Chinese province of Sichuan Pendi.
1 May 1644
The Chinese government falls and Crimea receives the three provinces it had taken from China.
Muhammad IV: This shall be the staging place for conquest in China. Crimea shall stretch from the Mediterranean to the Great Eastern Ocean.
1645
13 March 1645
Ak Koyunlu annexes Aden but is plagued by wandering rebel armies.
14 May 1645
1645 proved to be an exceptional year and inflation drops by 5%. It now stands at 2,1%.
1646
4 September 1646
Malacca refuses our merchants access to their center of trade.
1647
4 March 1647
The Islamic Inquisition in Samara is successful.
Gujarat allows our merchants back in their center of trade.
20 June 1647
Rich nobles give a gift to the state of 300 ducats.