Caliphate and Mutazelite Islam

[MattyG]

The Plan and Ideas for the Abbasid Caliphate and Mutazelite Islam



Just compiling here some ideas from other threads and some of the material that has been worked on by Calipah and myself.


The Order of the Crescent

In the beta4 build there are a whole bunch of new events created by Calipah, a few by me, and we also edited many of the existing events. These are worth reading, or simply encountering as you play the Abbasid Caliphate. One of the issues we tackled was what happens in Anatolia if the caliphate secures this area. There is an event covering choices for governance. The easy option gives it to Arabs, the tougher one gives it to Turkish emirs, but this is also the only way to get Turkish culture. Finally, there is a third option to establish an Islamic military order akin to the TO and have them rule Anatolia and to either hold back Byzantium or capture Greece (and beyond!).

So, there is a new nation now in the game using the TUR tag and a modified version of the ottomans monarchs. (I edited to increase everyone’s MIL rating and decrease their ADM and/or DIP scores).

There are a few events for them, mostly replications of Caliphate events with reversed options, and some events to reverse ai diploannexation by the Caliphate. So, more events will need to be drafted over the coming months, and a proper leader file considered. Feel free to discuss ideas.


Caliphate Looks West

An entirely new branch of possibilities is being thought out. Based around a cleric in the reign of Salim. If not suppressed but taken on instead as an advisor, he outlives Salim. Then youenter the reign of the greatest of the Caliphate’s monarchs, Ismail V. If Ismail choses to retain the cleric, everything changes for the Caliphate. Most remaining events are slept as a result, while an new batch are effectively woken. This will be either reworked versions from the ‘normal’ storyline, or else entirely new events reflecting the caliphates change in direction.

Essentially, the caliphate returns to its former role of centralising authority under the Caliph and enshrining Islam as a centre of learning and artistic achievement. One result of this will be the shift to the Orthodox tech group. Another will be an eventual détente with Byzantium. These events have not been drafted, they are only in my head at present. I promise I will start writing something more concrete soon.

Mutazelite Islam

This concept is advancing well. Calipah has written a number of events that I will post in the next thread.

Based in Cordoba, the heresy is ‘optional’ for the Cordoba player, but will be the default ai action. Once established there, it will become part of the power struggle within the Islamic world between the two dominant nations of Caliphate and Cordoba.

The Mutazelite Islam tag is already in the game, replacing Shiite. This cosmetic only at this stage. It reads Mutazelite but acts as Shiite for all other purposes. There is a lot to resolve here, and if people can contribute to a list of what will need ‘translation’ that would be great.

We know we have to re-write the Caliphate events that deal with Shiite uprisings. Calipah’s plan is to rework these as ethnic disorder, or perhaps a minor civil war.

We know Oman’s leadership is Shia. This is a valuable thing, because it prevents diploannexation of Oman. We can worsen their relations to prevent this happening, but not forever. If anyone has ideas on how this can be handled to prevent that awful Diploannex stuff, let us know. Maybe they could be Bhuddists? (The leadership, not the provinces, relax Calipah …)

Are there other elements that need to be revised?

 

[MattyG]

Here is the first offering of events relating to the Mutazelite heresy.


event = {
id = ??????
random = no
country = CRD
name = "Mutazalite Rebirth"
desc = "Mu'tazili theology originated in the 8th century in al-Basrah
when
Wasil ibn Ata left the teaching lessons of al-Hasan al-Basri after a
theological dispute; thus he and his followers were labelled Mu'tazili.
Later, Mu'tazilis called themselves Ahl al-'Adl wa al-Tawhid ("People
of
Justice and Monotheism") based on the theology they advocated, which
expanded on the logic and rationalism of Greek philosophy, seeking to
combine them with Islamic doctrines and show that the two were
inherently
compatible.The Mu'tazili teachings found refugee in Al-Andalus when the
Caliphs of Baghdad expelled them for heretical teachings.Though the
sect had
found a haven in al-Andalus, they died out thanks to the continous
warring
between the Muslims and Christians.In these times of peace however, the
Mu'tazilites teachings are in revival amongst the elite and aritocratic
members of Andalusian society"

date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1450 }
offset = 128
deathdate = { day = 1 month = december year = 1460 }

action_a = {
name = "Mutazalitism is reborn again"
command = { type = stability value = 1 } #Mutazalites lean to
peaceful
teachings and Mutazalite nobles wont revolt
command = { type = cash value = 50 } # support from Mutazalite
nobility
command = { type = domestic which = serfdom value = -1 } #Freeing
serfs by
Mutazalites
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 } # Forward
thinking by Mutazalites
}
}

event = {
id = ???????
random = no
country = CRD
name = "The Quran and it's essence"
desc = "During this period, several questions were being debated by
Muslim
theologians, including whether the Qur'an was created or eternal,
whether
evil was created by God, the issue of predestination versus free will,
whether God's attributes in the Qur'an were to be interpreted
allegorically
or literally, and whether sinning believers would have eternal
punishment in
hell. Islam was also dealing with a number of doctrines later deemed to
be
heresy, as well as challenges to it from atheists. Mu'tazili thought
attempted to address all these issues.In the reign of the shepherd
King, the
Mutazalite Scholars entered a massive debate that was heard in Baghdad
regarding the Quran's essence, weither it was created or eternal."

date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1492 }
offset = 128
deathdate = { day = 1 month = december year = 1520 }

action_a = {
name = "Entreat the Mutazalites"
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
command = { type = trigger which = 1 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Heretics!"
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -1 }
}
}
event = {
id = 1
random = no
country = CAL
name = "Heresy in the West"
desc = "A great debate arose in Cordoba regarding the nature of the
Quran.To the shock and distaste of the Ulema to the east, the Sultan of
al-Andalus agreed with the heretics that the Quran of Allah was
created.The
Alims urged the Caliph to take action and force the apostate to yeild
and
return to the pure Sunnah."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Threaten Cordoba!"
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = -50 }
command = { type = trigger which = 2 }
}
action_b = {
name = "I have no time for this.."
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = 50 }
command = { type = cash value = 25 }
}
}
event = {
id = 2
random = no
country = CRD
name = "A Choice of Faith"
desc = "Upon hearing of the heretical debates going on in the
Alhambra, the
Caliph of Baghdad dispatched a messenger to facilitate his distaste to
the
Cordoban Sultan.The rough and disgusting language used by the messenger
angered the Sultan immensly.Cordoba was now at a corssroad, either to
break
with Baghdad and embrace the Mutazalite sect, or to yeild and submit to
the
Caliphate's Religion monopoly once again.The decision would wrest on
how the
Mutazalite scholars would be treated."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Protect the Scholars, Mutazalitism is the right
path!"
command = { type = religion which = shiite }
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = -150 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = cash value = 200 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = Innovative value = 1 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -2 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
command = { type = trigger which = 3 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Punish the Scholars, Islam is to remain united!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 150 }
command = { type = cash value = 25 }
command = { type = stability value = 2 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = dip which = -1 value = 120 } # Sultan is weak and
pathetic
command = { type = trigger which = 4 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 5 } # Mutazalite Caliphate
}
}
event = {
id = 3
random = no
country = CAL
name = "Mutazalitism prevails!"
desc = "To the shock of the Caliph, Cordoba, in response to his
insultive
emissionary, embraced the heretical Mutazalite beliefs.By this
miscalculation, Islam has been fractured."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Oh No, Cordoba is lost!!"
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = -100 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
}
}
event = {
id = 4
random = no
country = CAL
name = "Cordoba Yeilds"
desc = "To the pleasure of the Caliph, Cordoba, in response to his
emissionary, retracted from its heretical declarations and embraced ,
once
again, the true beliefs of the Sunnah.Islam remained united by the
Caliph's
political saavy."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Who can outwit me?"
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = 100 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
}
}
event = {
id = 5
trigger = {
NOT = { religion = sunni }
}
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1520 }
offset = 360
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1560 }
random = no
country = CRD
name = "Mutazalite Caliphate"
desc = "Mu'tazilism's rationalism was appealing to the learned classes
of
the time, as was its stance on Free Will, and its perceived opposition
to
the rival theologies. However, being elitist in nature, it never gained
ground with the masses, and its adoption by the rulers and the
subsequent
persecution of scholars made it appeal even less to the
public.Mu'tazilis
initially focused on attacks on Islam from non-Muslims. However they
soon
became focussed on debating other theologies and sects within Islam
itself.

In the middle of the 16th century, Abu Kamal of Valencia , the famous
Muslim
astronomer and noble embarked on an ambitious plan to make the
Mu'tazali
teachings more appealing, by constructing the magnificent Library and
University of Al-Tawheed(Monotheism) in Cordoba that would act as a
beacon
for the rational and logical teachings of the Mutazalites.He also
vouched
for establishing a new Caliphate in Cordoba to completely severe
relations
with Baghdad forever."
action_a = {
name = "We are the new Caliphate!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = -200 }
command = { type = stability value = 2 }
command = { type = cash value = -250 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
command = { type = trigger which = MOR } # Dont have ids
command = { type = trigger which = ALG }
command = { type = trigger which = TUN }
command = { type = trigger which = TRI }
}
action_b = {
name = "Let us not anger Baghdad"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 50 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 120 value = 2 }
}

}
event = {
id = MOR
random = no
country = MOR
name = "A Religious Question"
desc = "The Religious movement in al-Andalus had an immediate effect
in
North Africa.With the rising power of Cordoba shadowing Baghdad, many
were
compelled to join the new movement."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Mutazaliteism!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = 100 }
command = { type = religion which = shiite }
command = { type = conversion which = -2 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Heretics!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = -100 }
command = { type = cash value = 50 }
}
}

event = {
id = ALG
random = no
country = ALG
name = "A Religious Question"
desc = "The Religious movement in al-Andalus had an immediate effect
in
North Africa.With the rising power of Cordoba shadowing Baghdad, many
were
compelled to join the new movement."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Mutazaliteism!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = 100 }
command = { type = religion which = shiite }
command = { type = conversion which = -2 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Heretics!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = -100 }
command = { type = cash value = 50 }
}
}

event = {
id = TUN
random = no
country = TUN
name = "A Religious Question"
desc = "The Religious movement in al-Andalus had an immediate effect
in
North Africa.With the rising power of Cordoba shadowing Baghdad, many
were
compelled to join the new movement."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Mutazaliteism!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = 100 }
command = { type = religion which = shiite }
command = { type = conversion which = -2 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Heretics!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = -100 }
command = { type = cash value = 50 }
}
}

event = {
id = TRI
random = no
country = TRI
name = "A Religious Question"
desc = "The Religious movement in al-Andalus had an immediate effect
in
North Africa.With the rising power of Cordoba shadowing Baghdad, many
were
compelled to join the new movement."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Mutazaliteism!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = 100 }
command = { type = religion which = shiite }
command = { type = conversion which = -2 }
command = { type = conversion which = -1 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Heretics!"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 100 }
command = { type = relation which = CRD value = -100 }
command = { type = cash value = 50 }
}
}
event = {
id = ???????
random = no
country = CRD
name = "Legal Reformation of al-Andalus"
desc = "One of the tenents of Mu'tazalitism was Justice.Facing the
problem
of existence of evil in a world where God is omnipotent, the Mu'tazilis
pointed at the free will of human beings, so that evil was defined as
something that stems from the errors in human acts. God does no evil,
and he
demands not from any human to perform any evil act. If man's evil acts
had
been from the will of God, then punishment would have been meaningless,
as
man performed God's will no matter what he did.Thus the Mu'tazalites
pressured the Caliph of al-Andalus to embark on reforming the law
system on
which the state was founded, a kinder and more tolerant version of
Islamic
shariah.The Caliph immediatly embarked on a complete overhaul the likes
never seen in al-Andalus."
style = 2

date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1590 }
offset = 3649

action_a ={
name = "A New law system?"
command = { type = domestic which = CENTRALIZATION value = 1 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = infra value = 200 }
command = { type = gainbuilding which = -1 value = courthouse }
command = { type = gainbuilding which = -1 value = courthouse }
command = { type = gainbuilding which = -1 value = courthouse }
}
}

 

[unmerged(21937)]

Omani leadership could be Mutazelites too perhaps?

 

[MattyG]

Possibly, but in this concept Mutazelite Islam gets its foothold in Cordoba, not the Arabian Peninsula. And there would be a good chunk of time before them in which some ais and almost every player would go for the big DA.

Perhaps it's easier to compose an scenario in which the Omanis hate the Caliphate (or at least some of the earlier monarchs do) and they are allied with the Timurids.

 

[yourworstnightm]

And when Abe 3 is ready and the Timurids ditched they're allied to the Ilkhanate!

 

[MattyG]

Abberation 3, that sounds a long way off.

Is there a plan to get rid of the Timurids? Or is this all heavy sarcasm?

 

[yourworstnightm]

There's a plan to redo Central Asia, I'm acctually working on that. It consist of having an desperate Ilkhan fighting rebellious vassals. and it consist of fundamental uzbekkhs jihadding on the infidels. Check Mongol Hordes and religons thread!

Anyway, the Timurids should not be in, since they can become the Mughal empire, which can invade India and India is going to be redone!!

 

[unmerged(31994)]

Oman?BUDDHIST?!

rather, give them a core on Basrah and see relations on both sides going down.

 

[MattyG]

Oman?BUDDHIST?!

rather, give them a core on Basrah and see relations on both sides going down.

He he, thought you'd like that one.

Your second idea is the way to go.

 

[unmerged(31994)]

Currently, lets make all shiite provinces = sunni.Persia has no basis, as most of Iran became Shia on the enforcement of the Savavids, and it was in majority Shia.Same thing with Baluchi.I would say :- The shias never arose to begin with

 

[MattyG]

Currently, lets make all shiite provinces = sunni.Persia has no basis, as most of Iran became Shia on the enforcement of the Savavids, and it was in majority Shia.Same thing with Baluchi.I would say :- The shias never arose to begin with

Well, that IS the plan. The question remains, what to do to ensure Oman is not Diploannexed by 1500 along with the others to create the Caliphate Empire.

 

[unmerged(31994)]

Hmmm, I think Arabia's fate is always to become part of the Caliphate, I see no point in stopping them, but if you wish so, give the Omanis a colonial empire, Zanzibar again, a part of southern India?Colonial possesions, especially well grown, tend to become pesky.Also, a larger and stronger Oman is usualy harder to diploannex.All in all, I see no point

 

[unmerged(21937)]

Only option to certainly prevent Caliphate diploannexing Oman is having Oman as Shiite / Mutazelite. I don't see why Oman in particular should not be diploannexed though.

 

[MattyG]

It's only a game balance issue. The problem most commentators have voiced is that the Caliphate is too strong early on. It's growth rate ensures that Byzantium can rarely put up a fight (when both are ai controlled, anyway). Oman as Shiite could not be DA, although once Sulayman (?) goes Shiite they simply join the caliphate, but that is later.

Also, I completely and utterly disagree with the DA process in the game and believe there is little historical precedent to match its plague-like existence in EU2.

 

[unmerged(31994)]

Hmmmm Matty, consider going through the ai files of EEP, they have some intresting stuff we may even use peaceful ai, and warlike ai to tone down the Caliphate and many many other states.And anyway, the Caliphate is supposed to conquer much

 

[MattyG]

Conquer, sure. That's fine. Get five free wealthy provinces? That's a bit different to conquering. Now, I realise that you find an affront anything that stands in the way of the Caliphate conquering the entire world and converting it to Sunni Islam, but I feel we need to make a game with more than just you in mind.

I'll look at those event sometime. Thanks!

 

[unmerged(31994)]

oh come on, are you sure you dont want to look at my events for the Caliphate's conquest of China?

 

[MattyG]

oh come on, are you sure you dont want to look at my events for the Caliphate's conquest of China?

Is that the one where as soon as the caliphate has a province adjacent to China, they secede their entire country and convert instantly?

 

[MattyG]

Here are the core events relating to the Caliphate going 'west'. This path generally means the following:

1. They will gain Orthodox tech

2. They are less conquest driven, more centralised and liberal

3. They have fewer internal revolt issues

4. They will not by event head relentlessly eastwards into India, despite superior forces on their north-west border ready to pound on them when they are weak.

5. A detente between the Caliphate and Byzantium which sees each concede cores and some terrain. (There are many variables, it will be based on their situation when the event triggers).


Note that I have a some [bracketed text]. This text especially relies upon Calipah to provide the right names and locales and titles, as he feels is appropriate.

Matty

event = {
id = 1
random = no
country = CAL
name = "The Dictates of Imam [name]"
desc = "[name] emerged from the periphery of Islam. Born in [place] to poor [race] the origins of his desire for centralising and liberalising Islam can be seen in the many conflicts he endured in his youth. Blessed with a sharp intellect, personal charisma and a gift for public speaking, he quickly rose in stature as a [preacher] in the mosques, first in [city] and eventually in [another city, not Bagdhad]. By this time he was gaining the attention of the most powerful imams in the Caliphate, as well as that of the secular officials. During the weak and decentralised rule of Salim II, his demands that the Caliph unite all of Islam and return to its former glory as the home of liberal thought, artistic excellence and scientific research seemed to many as dangerous, if not actually heretical. How should we respond to this Imam. Is he a threat or a seed of greatness?"
date = { day = 22 month = june year = 1534 }

action_a = {
name = "Have the Imam silenced"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralisation value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 2 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Make [name] my [chief advisor]"
command = { type = stability value = -2 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralisation value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 48 value = 3 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 36 value = 1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = 1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = 1 }
command = { type = DIP which = 3 value = 48 }
command = { type = ADM which = 3 value = 48 }
command = { type = MIL which = 1 value = 48 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = cash value = -50 }
}
}

event = {
id = 2
random = no
country = CAL
trigger = { event = 1 }
name = "Ismail's Choice of [chief advisor]"
desc = "With the death of Salim II, Ismail had many great and talented men to chose from as his advisors. Salim II had caused much disturbance and division by taking [name] as his [chief advisor].
date = { day = 25 month = june year = 1538 }

action_a = {
name = "Retain [name] and Reawaken Islam and the Caliphate!"
command = { type = stability value = -2 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralisation value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 48 value = 1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 36 value = 1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = 1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = 1 }
command = { type = DIP which = 2 value = 67 }
command = { type = ADM which = 2 value = 67 }
command = { type = MIL which = 1 value = 67 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = revolt which = -3 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = LOTS & LOTS OF THEM }
}
action_b = {
name = "Choose a Powerful Emir as [chief advisor]"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralisation value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -1 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = LOTS & LOTS OF DIFFERENT ONES }
}
}

event = {
id = 3
random = no
country = CAL
trigger = {
NOT = { war { = counttry = CAL country = BYZ } }
NOT = { war { = counttry = CAL country = TIM } } #or Ilkhanate
NOT = {
owned = { province = 478 data = -1 }
owned = { province = 477 data = -1 }
owned = { province = 1609 data = -1 }
owned = { province = 476 data = -1 }
owned = { province = 485 data = BYZ }
owned = { province = 491 data = BYZ }
owned = { province = 492 data = BYZ }
}
[not slept by event 2]
}
name = "Ismail Turns from Jihad"
desc = "Following the advice of [name], Ismail reasoned that Islam and the Caliphate would need to be consolidated and reformed before it could be properly expanded. The first step in this process would be to establish a lasting peace in which the Caliphate could restore its economy and build the instituions for future greatness. To this end, Ismail considered engaging in extensive diplomacy with their oldest foe, the Rum. To do so successfully would mean to concede to them their ownership of lands long thought the homf of Islam. Shall we trade land for peace?"
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1539 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1562 }

action_a = {
name = "Let us settle our grievances with diplomacy"
command = { type = diplomats value = -4 }
command = { type = cash value = -90 }
}
action_b = {
name = "There will be no compromise with the Rum"
command = { type = sleepevent which = event 4 }
}
}

event = {
id = 4
random = no
country = BYZ
trigger = {
event = 3
}
name = "Envoys from the Caliph"
desc = "In an unprecedented move, the Caliph of Bagdad has sent us envoys bearings gifts of treasure and of artifacts from the holy land. They are a measure of good faith and a sign that after centuries of conflict, the Caliph wishes for peace. He offers that the Caliph gives up any claims upon Christian lands, but that we must forgoe our anceint claims upon the Levant and Turkish Anatolia. How shall we respond?"
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1541 }
offset = 700
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1564 }

action_a = {
name = "Peace with Islam"
command = { type = removecore which = 485 }
command = { type = removecore which = 491 }
command = { type = removecore which = 492 }
command = { type = removecore which = 1610 }
command = { type = removecore which = 482 }
command = { type = removecore which = 476 }
command = { type = removecore which = 474 }
command = { type = removecore which = 483 }
command = { type = removecore which = 1611 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 1611 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 483 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 474 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 473 }
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 200 }
command = { type = diplomats value = -4 }
command = { type = cash value = -70 }
command = { type = trigger which = event 5 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -25 }
command = { type = relation which = HUN value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = SER value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = BUL value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = UKR value = -50 }
}
action_b = {
name = "There can be no peace with the saracen"
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = -400 }
command = { type = trigger which = event 6 }
}
}

event = {
id = 5
random = no
country = CAL
name = "The Rum Accept Our Offer of Peace"
desc = "The gifts and noney tongues of our emissaries have won over the confrontational and arrogant Rum. Perhaps they will yet convert to the true faith? There is hope even for them!"

action_a = {
name = "Excellent"
command = { type = DIP which = 1 value = 60 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = removecore which = 477 }
command = { type = removecore which = 478 }
command = { type = removecore which = 484 }
command = { type = removecore which = 1610 }
command = { type = removecore which = 1609 }
command = { type = removecore which = 475 }
command = { type = removecore which = 472 }
command = { type = removecore which = 471 }
command = { type = removecore which = 470 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 1609 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 472 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 475 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 484 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = 471 }
}
}

event = {
id = 6
random = no
country = CAL
name = "The Rum Reject Peace"
desc = "The emmissaries have returned with no tongues. The Rum will bleed for their foolishness."

action_a = {
name = "Perfidious Infidels"
command = { type = DIP which = -2 value = 60 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
}
}

Events 7 - 18 will repeat the previous structure but be based on diffenent configurations of owneship.

event = {
id = 19
random = no
country = CAL
trigger = {
monarch = Ismail V
[not slept by event 2]
}
name = "The Expansion of Libraries and Colleges"
desc = "The cornerstone of Ismail Vs legacy would be his advancement of learning in the Caliphate. Over a period of his reign he invested heavily in the building of libraries in [3 major cities] to rival that in Bagdad. To these he attached colleges for the study of mathematics, physics, geometry and medicine. The colleges included schools for study of the Qu'ran, but the Caliph's [proclamation] forbad the teachers of science to also be imams, to ensure that the learning ofscience would not be cloudy by arguments over theology."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1540 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1550 }

action_a = {
name = "Discover all of God's Glories!"
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 2 }
command = { type = cash value = -800 }
command = { type = inflation value = 4 }
command = { type = infra value = 1000 }
}
}

event = {
id = 20
random = no
country = CAL
name = "The Library and College at [city name 1]"
desc = Ismail's Library and College at [city name 1] has been completed and the city is now a centre of learning in the Islamic world."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1550 }
offset = 2000
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1570 }

action_a = {
name = "Excellent"
command = { type = gainmanufactory which = [province of city 1] type = luxury }
}
}


event = {
id = 21
random = no
country = CAL
name = "The Library and College at [city name 2]"
desc = Ismail's Library and College at [city name 2] has been completed and the city is now a centre of learning in the Islamic world."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1550 }
offset = 2000
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1570 }

action_a = {
name = "Excellent"
command = { type = gainmanufactory which = [province of city 2] type = goods }
}
}

event = {
id = 22
random = no
country = CAL
name = "The Library and College at [city name 3]"
desc = Ismail's Library and College at [city name 3] has been completed and the city is now a centre of learning in the Islamic world."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1550 }
offset = 2000
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1570 }

action_a = {
name = "Excellent"
command = { type = gainmanufactory which = [province of city 3] type = goods or luxury }
}
}

event = {
id = 23
random = no
country = CAL
trigger = {
stability = 1
event = 20
event = 21
event = 22
}
name = "The Age of [Great Learning]"
desc = Though Ismail did not leave to see the full flowing of his many libraries and colleges, he became known as Ismail [the Wise] and Ismail [Bringer of God's Knowledge] Ismail's Library and College at [city name 1] has been completed and the city is now a centre of learning in the Islamic world."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1570 }
offset = 2000
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1620 }

action_a = {
name = "Excellent"
command = { type = technology which = torthodox }
}
}

 

[unmerged(31994)]

Im loving the events though the Imams name should be Hussien perhaps and the cheif advisor is named in the Arab world Wali ad-Dawla.

Perhaps there should be a connection with the Mutazalites?