MattyG said:
Calipah,
I've entered these and retained berber as a separate culture. If there is pressure for cultures slots further down the line, then we can always re-visit that (along with Scottish and Kurdish).
With this list done it leaves the following provinces having berber culture:
The Baleares
Mdennan
Azaouad
Do you want these to stay berber?
Matty
Baleares should become andalusi as it is culturally and historically more amiable towards al-Andalus (and most of the time part of it anyway
)
Some of the new flavour events...
event = {
id = ??????
random = no
name = "The Second Mutanabi of Baghdad"
desc = "Called by many as the Second Mutanabi(in honor of the great Arab poet al-Mutanabi), Qutayba al-Aktali(1480-1556) was the greatest Sha-hir(poet) of the Age. Of Persian origin, he gained status in the Abbasid court and became the High Master of the Malahi (Pleasure Halls of the Caliph).He was not only a composer of poems but also a humorist and was known to travel around the Arab World collecting jokes and funny stories, accumulating them into his most famous book 'Fukahat el-Arab wal-Ajam' - The Jokes of Arabs and foriegners.When he was travelling to Alexanderetta to visit a friend, he was captured by Romans and was taken hostage to Constantinople.There, he was able to gain his freedom by entertaining the Emperor whilst mocking the Abbasid Caliph.Of course, when he returned to Baghdad, his insulting humor was not taken lightly by the Caliph, and he was exiled to Persia where he died in 1553. "
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1534 }
offset = 6000
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1550 }
action_a = {
name = "Good one!Another joke!"
command = { type = infra value = 50 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
}
}
event = {
id = ??????
random = no
name = "The Sultanic Poet of Egypt"
desc = "Mohammed Elokium(1526-1600) was the greatest classical poet of Misri(Egyptian) origin. Son of a poor clergyman, he paid his way through university by selling his poetry, and soon gained the attention of the Court and eventually the Sultan of Egypt.His poem's themes circulated around Islam, love and the Nile.His death was greeted with paroxysms of grief in Cairo and he was given a state burial. There, at the banquet of the sky, had Venus struck her lyre, / In mirth and happiness, delighted, joyed and smiling gay. / Taking the keynote for her tune beneath the vaulted sphere, / The tambourinist Sun her visage bright had hid away."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1546 }
offset = 10000
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1580 }
action_a ={
name = "Oh, the delight"
command = { type = infra value = 100 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
}
}
event = {
id = 300403
random = no
province = 483
trigger = {
religion = sunni
domestic = { type = innovative value = 4 }
}
name = "Astrologer or Astronomer?"
desc = "Hassan el-Jistani (1521-1585), a Syrian student of the heavens, had prevailed upon the Caliph to build an observatory on the outskirts of Damascus. However, the leading religious figures were alarmed that he was practising the forbidden art of astrology - and openly! - and pressured the Caliph to tear the building down."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1579 }
offset = 720
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1582 }
action_a = { # Astrologer!
name = "Tear the accursed building down"
command = { type = missionaries value = 1 }
command = { type = infra value = -50 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -1 } #lol you lose 1 innovativness for using tarrot cards?
}
action_b = { # Astronomer!
name = "The skies must be studied"
command = { type = missionaries value = -1 }
command = { type = infra value = 150 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
}
}
event = {
id = ?????
random = no
name = "Yassir al-Idrisi, the Sicilian geographer"
desc = "The year of 1529 saw the death of Yassir (Yassirus Mutrad), a Sicilian Muslim scholar who authored a monumental geographical lexicon called 'The Collection of Nations'. Born in Palamero, he was captured at the age of seven by pirates and was sold in the markets of Tunus, where he was bought by a Muslim noble named al-Idrisi.He was freed on the death of his master and traveled extensively in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Persia. His 'Jamih el-Umam', a geographical dictionary that includes much biographical, historical, and cultural data, is a primary source in Arabic scholarship. The places mentioned are given in alphabetical order, with the correct vocalization of the names, an indication whether they are Arabic or foreign and their locality."
style = 2
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1529 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1529 }
action_a ={
name = "Great work!"
command = { type = infra value = 300 }
command = { type = trade value = 300 }
command = { type = ADM which = 1 value = 60 }
command = { type = DIP which = 1 value = 60 }
command = { type = relation which = -1 value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = -1 value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = -1 value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = -1 value = 25 }
}
}
event = {
id = 330404
random = no
province = 489
trigger = {
domestic = { type = innovative value = 4 }
infra = 4
}
name = "The Armchair Geographer"
desc = "Hamidullah Bakri (1609-1667) was the greatest Muslim cartographer and armchair traveller after the Arab Al-Idrisi of Sicily.He spent 30 years travelling the Muslim world from Timbuktu to Turkey, Byzantium, Central Asia, China, Ceylon, India and Russia. His works included the massive 'View of the World' - a distillation of the best in Western and Eastern cartographical and geographical knowlege.Educated Muslims were for the first time truly opened up to the world beyond Europe and the Middle East."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1635 }
offset = 1000
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1640 }
action_a = {
name = "What a big world it is"
command = { type = infra value = 150 }
command = { type = diplomats value = 2 }
}
}
event = {
id = ??????
random = no
name = "The Engineer of Alexandria"
desc = "Born in 1585, Sufyan Alwafi was the greatest Engineer and Architect of the day.He constructed countless Mosques, Palaces, Universities, Bridges and Taverns and was an indispensible asset to the Sultanate as he was adorned with the title 'Kabir el-Muhandiseen' - The High Engineer.Though he rarly travelled outside of Egypt, he visited Cordoba and Baghdad , learning from other well reputed engineers.His greatest project , the Reconstruction of the Light house of Alexandria marked the mile stone of his career, and the genuis of his skill.The new Light House was built on the exact ruins of the Pharoh Light House, which was destroyed from an earthquake in the 12th century.Using White Marble, and Metal alloys he attempted to resurrect the old design whilst adding more additions to the building itself, like the grand clock made of Metal and Gold situated on the other panel of the Light House.The Construction took five years, ten thousand hands of labour, and fifty tons of marble to complete.He had hoped it would reflect the magnificence of Alexandria and the glory of Misr."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1622 }
offset = 6000
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1635 }
action_a = {
name = "Build the Light House"
action_b = {
name = "Dont build it..."
}
}
event = {
id = ??????
random = no
name = "The Father of Medicine"
desc = "The Arab World was for a long time, the Mecca of Medicine.Centuries of Medical works were collected in the libraries of Baghdad, Isfahan, and Cairo and the physicians of the Middle East had no parallel in both expertise or Mastery. During the late 16th century, Damascus was a growing center of Medicine and surgery.The printing press had allowed the works of Ibn Sina and al-Faribi to be distributed amongst a wider spectrum of people.New techniques were hailed from the west and applied in Bimyastans(Hospitals).In this atmosphere of Scientific frevor, a young Arab from Halab found his passion in Medicine .He went by the name of Hisham from the lowly house of Manfalouti. Excelleing in his schoolwork, he attracted the attention of Abu el-Huda, a noble physician.El-Huda took the boy under his wing,and Hisham emerged a well reputed doctor.Of course, Hisham's intrest forced him to the road.From Constantinople to Cordoba, he studied with zeal all existing Medical treatise, and when he returned to Damascus, he was an authority in all branches of Medicine.He penned down countless books and tomes, introducing new theories in anatomy and doing away with popular beliefs in Medicine such as the assumption that plauge depended on foul air to spread.Rather, Hisham attributed the spread of plauge to the lack of hygiene.He was laid to rest in 1632 and on his tomb the honorary title was inscribed 'Here lies the Father of Medicine, may God Heal his Sins as he Healed Man's injuries'. "
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1590 }
offset = 10000
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1630 }
action_a ={
name = "A Great Man"
command = { type = infra value = 100 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
}
}
event = {
id = ?????
country = CRD
random = no
name = "Abu Gondur el-Marakeshi, the Great Philosopher"
desc = "Abu Gondur, also known as 'AbeGondorius', served as physician in Marakesh from 1530 to 1541. His good work took him to the service of Sultan Muhammad XIII of Cordoba. When his son Muhammad XIV ascended to the throne, he appointed Abu Gondur first as his personal physician and then as vizier also in 1547. In 1582, Abu Gondur resigned of his medical duties but kept his work as a vizier until his death in 1585.He compiled extensive works in Medicine,philosophy and political science.He remained a Sunni though he adopted many Mutazelite tenants.He was given full honors at the state burial."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1569 }
offset = 90
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1582 }
action_a ={
name = "Appoint him as counsellor for Cordoba"
command = { type = infra value = 100 }
command = { type = ADM which = 2 value = 180 }
command = { type = vp value = 2 }
}
action_b ={
name = "No, we don't need him"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = vp value = -2 }
}
}
event = {
id = ??????
trigger = {
atwar = no
stability = 1
}
random = no
name = "Abdul Rahman el-Aktal, Ibn al-Muhayman"
desc = "Abd al-Rahman al-Aktal, generally known as Ibn al-Muhayman after a remote ancestor, was born in Algeirs in 1532 AD. Ibn al-Muhayman's chief contribution lies in philosophy of history and sociology. He sought to write a world history in the lines of the Great Philosopher Ibn Khaldun. His work, the "The Faces of History", was based on Ibn Khaldun's unique approach and original contribution. The chief concern of this monumental work was to identify psychological, economic, environmental and social facts that contribute to the advancement of human civilization and the currents of history. In 1562,Ibn al-Muhayman left the Barbary Coast to Cairo, where he spent the remainment of his days teaching in the prestigous university of al-Azhar."
style = 3
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1562 }
offset = 50
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1565 }
action_a ={
name = "What a great man!"
command = { type = infra value = 100 }
command = { type = trade value = 100 }
command = { type = diplomats value = 1 }
}
}
event = {
id = ?????
random = no
country = CRD
name = "The Scientific works of Nasr Abu-l Hajjaj"
desc = "Nasr Abu-l Hajjaj was not only a king but also a scientist and that is what made him most famous.He was a freverent Mutazelite and surrounded himself with a throng of Scientists, Astrologers, and Chemists.He constructed the 'Dar el-Iktibar' , a laboratory which acted as an addition to the Palace Library.His most important works were his historical and geographical treatments. Till 1532 he released yearly books on general world history, the 'The Given History of Humanity' while his very accurate topographical work 'The Lands of the two Dars' that gives very specific localizations of many important cities was of great value for geographical studies ."
style = 1
date = { day = 15 month = february year = 1528 }
Offset = 1000
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1538 }
action_a = {
name = "A King and a Thinker, Go figure"
command = { type = infra value = 500 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 2 }
}
}
event = {
id = ????
random = no
country = CRD
name = "Ambsat Habiballah el-Ghernati"
desc = "The Nasrids of Muslim Spain entrusted many civil service jobs to Jews, especially ones involving financial matters. The most important of these administrators was Ambsat of Granada, a Jewish minister who served as finance minister and chief advisor from 1478 to 1481. He succeeded in balancing the books, and went a long way toward turning a hugly ram shackle state into a unified authority, starting with serious tax reform. He also caused legal disputes between Christians to be resolved according to Catholic rites and not Muslim courts. Finally he encouraged endowments to schools, scholars, and pious institutions. Nevertheless, Christians resented him because he was a Jew, and Muslim nobles resented him for imposing more taxes and restrictions. When Mulay Abu-l Hasan was off fighting Christian rebels in the North, the minister's enemies arranged for his death, depriving the state of a truly great administrator."
style = 2
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1478 }
offset = 60
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1481 }
action_a ={
name = "Appoint him as chief advisor"
command = { type = DIP which = 2 value = 30 }
command = { type = ADM which = 2 value = 30 }
command = { type = inflation value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
}
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 30 value = 6 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Appoint him only to financial matters"
command = { type = ADM which = 2 value = 30 }
command = { type = inflation value = -5 }
command = { type = domestic which = serfdom value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = mercantilism value = 1 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 30 value = 3 }
}
action_c ={
name = "We have no need for him"
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -1 value = -2 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -1 value = -1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -1 value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = 3 }
}
}
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Random Building Constructions Throughout Muslim World
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event = {
id = ????
random = no
province = Tunis
name = "Sidi Oqba, the Great Mosque of Kairouan"
desc = "A center of pilgremege and learning, the Sidi Oqba Mosque was a sacred place to the Moors.It contained the mausoleum of Saint Jallal Nafiz ad-Din, a Sufi teacher and scholar who lived in Kairouan.He showed courage and valor in battle, and tolerance in peace.Under his care many converted to the light of Islam.Alas, his life ended when he died defending the tower of Yeni Sufa in Tunus after a Norman raid on the city.He was martyred at the age of 103.The Mosque itself was a magnificent structure, blending Andalusian and African architecture whilst her gardens and many 'Good Homes' gave sanctuary to the homless.Runned by a group of Monkish Sufi Warriors, it held many debates between Mutazelite and Sunni Scholars.Alas, the Mosque needed continous care to function properlly, maintain it's infrastructure, and administer Zakat (alms money) to the poor.Such expenses usually fell on the treasury."
style = 3
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1520 }
offset = 150
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1570 }
action_a ={
name = "Give the Mosque a lavish gift"
command = { type = infra value = 400 }
command = { type = missionaries value = 1 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = vp value = 5 }
command = { type = cash value = -100 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Give them what is needed"
command = { type = cash value = -25 }
command = { type = infra value = 200 }
}
action_c ={
name = "We can not waste state funds!"
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = vp value = -5 }
}
}
