Current world of 816
Stories from the Orient
There was some action going on in the Middle-East as well. I, as the Emir of Oman, had a pretty decent run, continuing my expansion down the coast and across the strait to begin conquering parts of Africa. After some expansion, I was also able to use the new Form Kingdom decision to make myself the Sultan of Oman. My ongoing success was however, stopped by the fact that my ruler was skilled enough to get himself killed in battle... Thus giving the throne to a child of one year old. Who is now five. I've also been quite successful in spreading the true Ibadi faith to most of my conquered counties.
The glory of my expansion to date.
And the heretical Caliph of the Abbasids, remains in power for the time being. There were some attempts of revolts trying to tear the blob apart. But alas, that was not meant to be, as the Abbasid ruler was able to beat them down, but only after having to put quite some effort into the revolt. It makes me wonder if it's just a matter of time before the Abbasid will start to crumble?
Meanwhile, we have a growing neighbor with the Buddhist rulers of Afganistan. While the Andalusian rulers of Umayyad, somehow, was able to get some lands just north of the Abbasids. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. The Zunbils are still Zun-worshiping pagans. We'll see how long that last, but I suspect they will be safe for as long as the Abbasids will remain decently unstable, and as long as the rulers of India doesn't go so far west.
