#Anarchy#
event = {
id = 24033
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Anarchy"
desc = "After the death of al-Muayyad Shaykh, al-Muzaffar Ahmad, a child of three years old, ascended the throne under the regency of al-Zahir Tatar. A few month later, he was deposed by his regent, and the sultanate entered a state of political anarchy and economical collapse. Commercial concessions granted to foreign traders (mostly Venetians) were revoked, and their stay in the sultanate was limited."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = march year = 1421 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 1 month = june year = 1422 }
action_a ={
name = "Let the beys run the show"
command = { type = domestic which = mercantilism value = 2 }
command = { type = stability value = -4 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -2 }
command = { type = revoltrisk value = 4 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -30 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Curtail their power"
command = { type = stability value = -8 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 60 value = 8 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 30 }
}
}
#Rule of Sultan Barsbay#
event = {
id = 24034
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Cyprus Expedition"
trigger = { exists = CYP
atwar = no
NOT = { alliance = { country = CYP country = MAM } }
}
desc = "In 1426-27 sultan Barsbay launched a major offensive against Cyprus. The reason behind the campaign was twofold: to cut off the threat to Egyptian navigation from the French, and to enforce the monopoly on spice trade. The island was taken and its king, Jean de Lusignan, became vassal of the sultan. This success allowed Barsbay to gain an upper hand (albeit temporarily) in his dealings with Venetian traders."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1423 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 1 month = june year = 1433 }
action_a ={
name = "Impose control over Cyprus"
command = { type = war which = CYP }
command = { type = stability value = 5 }
command = { type = galleys which = -1 value = 10 }
command = { type = cav which = -3 value = 10000 }
command = { type = treasury value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = CYP value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Why bother?"
command = { type = relation which = CYP value = 30 }
command = { type = relation which = FRA value = 30 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 30 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 24035 }
}
}
#Rule of Sultan Barsbay#
event = {
id = 24035
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Pepper Monopoly"
trigger = { exists = VEN
event = 24034 }
desc = "Spices, and pepper in particular, from the Orient were carried by Arab merchants and unloaded at Jiddah, which the Mameluks had control of. From here it was shipped to Egypt, and offered for sale to the Venetians, who dominated the spice trade from Egypt by this time. There were no other alternative spice routes to Europe, as Cyprus was controlled by the Mamelukes. In 1426 sultan Barsbay decided to make pepper a royal monopoly by increasing the price of pepper, and then again in 1428 and 1430. The Venetians had a choice of paying up, or giving up the centerpiece of their trade. They paid. The Sultan's demands went up and up in the 1430s, and his successor continued the extortion."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1423 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 1 month = june year = 1442 }
action_a ={
name = "Institute royal monopoly"
command = { type = domestic which = mercantilism value = 4 }
command = { type = treasury value = 200 }
command = { type = trade value = -250 }
command = { type = merchants value = 2 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Conduct fair trade"
command = { type = domestic which = mercantilism value = -1 }
command = { type = relation which = VEN value = 50 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 24036 }
}
}
#Rule of Sultan Barsbay#
event = {
id = 24036
random = no
country = VEN
name = "Pepper Monopoly"
trigger = { exists = MAM
event = 24035 }
desc = "Spices, and pepper in particular, from the Orient were carried by Arab merchants and unloaded at Jiddah, which the Mameluks had control of. From here it was shipped to Egypt, and offered for sale to the Venetians, who dominated the spice trade from Egypt by this time. There were no other alternative spice routes to Europe, as Cyprus was controlled by the Mamelukes. In 1426 sultan Barsbay decided to make pepper a royal monopoly by increasing the price of pepper, and then again in 1428 and 1430. The Venetians had a choice of paying up, or giving up the centerpiece of their trade. They paid. The Sultan's demands went up and up in the 1430s, and his successor continued the extortion."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1423 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 1 month = june year = 1442 }
action_a ={
name = "Pay up"
command = { type = treasury value = -100 }
command = { type = inflation value = 2 }
command = { type = trade value = 700 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Refuse to pay"
command = { type = domestic which = mercantilism value = 1 }
command = { type = trade value = -300 }
command = { type = inflation value = -2 }
}
}
#Succession of Sultan Barsbay#
event = {
id = 24037
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Plague and Syrian Revolt"
desc = "In 1438 sultan Barsbay was campaigning with his troops in Syria, when an epidemic of plague struck and left him and thousands of his soldiers dead. Barsbay's son Yusuf al-Aziz succeeded him under the regency of of his former atabeq Cakmak, but was deposed a mere few days later. Unhappy beys had revolted and were finally subdued in 1439."
style = 1
date = { day = 6 month = june year = 1438 }
action_a ={
name = "Drats"
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -4 }
command = { type = revoltrisk value = 4 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
}
}
#Policies of Sultan Barsbay#
event = {
id = 24038
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Policies of Sultan Barsbay"
desc = "During the rule of the sultan Barsbay, the administration of the Sultanate was cleared of the Jews and Christians; many goods belonging to Europeans were confiscated in Egypt and Syria, high customs duties were imposed on merchants, the circulation of the Christian currencies was prohibited."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = april year = 1422 }
offset = 3200
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1438 }
action_a ={
name = "Replace the administration"
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 2 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = serfdom value = 1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Leave the old administration"
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
}
}
#Peaceful reign of Sultan Cakmak#
event = {
id = 24039
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Pacification"
desc = "After conducting unsuccessful military campaigns against the Knights of Rhodes, sultan Cakmak signed a peace with them in 1444. For the rest of his reign, al-Zahir Cakmak was pursuing a policy of peace inside and tried to maintain good diplomatic relations with the Timurides, Ottomans and the princes of Asia Minor."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = april year = 1442 }
offset = 1000
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1453 }
action_a ={
name = "Conduct peaceful policy"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = 30 }
command = { type = relation which = TIM value = 30 }
command = { type = relation which = DUL value = 30 }
command = { type = relation which = KAR value = 30 }
command = { type = relation which = CAN value = 30 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Conduct aggressive policy"
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -3 }
command = { type = casusbelli which = KNI value = 100 }
command = { type = casusbelli which = TUR value = 100 }
}
}
#Succession of Sultan Cakmak#
event = {
id = 24040
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Succession of sultan Caqmaq"
desc = "After the death of sultan Caqmaq, grand amirs and the caliph chose his 19 years old son Uthman to succeed him. However, he immediately had to face a revolt of Mamelukes, and was deposed by his atabeg al-Ashraf Inal, who managed to gather sufficient support to be recognized sultan. He at once appointed Mamelukes loyal to him to all essential positions of the State and the army."
style = 1
date = { day = 13 month = february year = 1453 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 1 month = march year = 1453 }
action_a ={
name = "Let the beys fight"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -2 }
command = { type = stability value = -4 }
command = { type = revoltrisk value = 4 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Try to control them"
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = 6 }
}
}
#Plague of 1460#
event = {
id = 24041
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Plague of 1460"
desc = "In 1460 a plague devastated Egypt."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1460 }
offset = 120
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1461 }
action_a ={
name = "Drats"
command = { type = population which = 746 value = -2000 }
command = { type = population which = 744 value = -2000 }
command = { type = population which = 745 value = -1000 }
command = { type = population which = 747 value = -1000 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 744 value = -1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 746 value = -1 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = 744 value = -1 }
}
}
#Succession of Sultan Inal#
event = {
id = 24042
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Succession of sultan Inal"
desc = "After the death of sultan Inal, his elder son, Ahmad al-Muayyad, ascended the throne but only for a few months and was soon deposed by his atabeg, Khushkadam. However, he soon realizes that the governors of Damask and Djedda, that helped to bring him to the helm, are frightening rivals."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1461 }
offset = 60
deathdate = { day = 1 month = august year = 1461 }
action_a ={
name = "Let the beys fight"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -2 }
command = { type = stability value = -4 }
command = { type = revoltrisk value = 4 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Try to control them"
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = 6 }
}
}
#Arab uprisings#
event = {
id = 24043
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Arab uprisings"
desc = "From 1462 through 1466 Bedouins and arabic tribes in Syria and Northern Arabia revolted and terrorized the population in these provinces. Sultan Khushqadam had to send multiple expeditions against them, but still couldn't subdue them by the end of his reign."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1462 }
offset = 180
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1466 }
action_a ={
name = "Drats"
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 48 value = 4 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
}
}
#Succession of Sultan Khushkadam#
event = {
id = 24044
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Succession of sultan Khushkadam"
desc = "Sultan Khushkadam has died without naming the successor, and his atabeg al-Zahir Yalbay became a sultan. However, he was quickly deposed by his own atabeg al-Zahir Timurbugha, who, in turn, after the reign of less than a year, is overthrown by his own atabeg, Qa'itbay. Qa'itbay, unlike his predecessors, treats former sultans with honor. His lengthy reign, mostly peaceful, will be followed by increasingly unstable 20 years which will bring the downfall of the oldest Islamic dynasty."
style = 1
date = { day = 9 month = october year = 1467 }
offset = 20
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1469 }
action_a ={
name = "Let the beys fight"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -2 }
command = { type = revoltrisk value = 3 }
}
}
#Policies of sultan Qa'itbay#
event = {
id = 24045
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Policies of sultan Qa'itbay"
desc = "During his exceptionally long reign, sultan Qa'itbay resumed the trade policy by granting new privileges to Italian merchants, and exercising a stricter control over governors. He also undertook a massive construction program in both Cairo and in Medina. Unfortunately, the coffers of the State were empty by then and the country was struck heavily and impoverished by natural disasters."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1476 }
offset = 1200
deathdate = { day = 1 month = august year = 1490 }
action_a ={
name = "Try to improve the economy"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = [ type = domestic which = mercantilism value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -1 value = 1 }
command = { type = infra value = 600 }
command = { type = trade value = 500 }
command = { type = treasury value = -100 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Try to improve the army"
command = { type = domestic which = land value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = land value = 600 }
command = { type = inf which = -1 value = 6000 }
command = { type = casusbelli which = -1 value = 48 }
command = { type = relation which = -3 value = -80 }
command = { type = treasury value = -100 }
}
}
#Sultan Cem#
event = {
id = 24046
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Sultan Cem asks for asylum"
desc = "In 1481 brother of Ottoman sultan Bayezid II Cem revolted, but was quickly defeated and had to flee. Mamelukes offered him asylum, partially because Qa'itbay was concerned with the growing might of the Ottomans and their meddlings in the affairs of smaller states in Asia Minor."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1476 }
offset = 1200
deathdate = { day = 1 month = august year = 1490 }
action_a ={
name = "Give him asylum"
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = -100 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Send him back to Bayezid"
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = 50 }
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
}
}
#Plague of 1492#
event = {
id = 24047
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Plague of 1492"
desc = "On campaign against the Ottomans, Mameluke army suffered a devastating blow, as plague decimated their ranks, and they had to sue for peace."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1492 }
offset = 120
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1493 }
action_a ={
name = "Drats"
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = -5000 }
command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = -5000 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
}
}
#Plague of 1494#
event = {
id = 24048
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Famine of 1494"
desc = "In 1494 a severe famine completely devastated the lands of Egypt."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1494 }
offset = 120
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1495 }
action_a ={
name = "Drats"
command = { type = population which = -2 value = -4000 }
command = { type = population which = -1 value = -2000 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -2 value = -2 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = -2 value = -1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -1 value = -1 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = -3 value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -2 }
}
}
#Succession of Sultan Qa'itbay#
event = {
id = 24049
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Succession of sultan Qa'itbay"
desc = "After the death of Qa'itbay, a 5 year long struggle for power between various clans ensued. al-Nasir Muhammad, who succeeded Qa'itbay, is quickly deposed by Khamsumia. He, in turn, is assassinated at the instigation of Qansuh less than a year later. In the middle of this struggle, plague strikes the country again in 1498, the year Qansuh seized the power thanks to the support of the Bedouins and the clan of the former sultan Qa'itbay. But in 1499 Qansuh is faced with yet another uprising by rival Mamelukes, who force him to abandon the throne and flee Cairo. Finally, in the time period of 1499-1501 al-Ashraf Djanbulat is brought to the throne with the support of emir Tumanbay, then replaced by Tumanbay himself, but not for long. Tumanbay is proclaimed sultan in Damascus, then assassinated after a few months of reign. al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri is proclaimed sultan following the revolt of emirs in Cairo."
style = 1
date = { day = 7 month = july year = 1496 }
offset = 20
action_a ={
name = "Let the beys fight"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -2 }
command = { type = stability value = -4 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 60 value = 3 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = population which = -1 value = -1000 }
command = { type = population which = -1 value = -1000 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = -3 value = -1 }
}
}
#Rule of Sultan al-Ghawri#
event = {
id = 24050
random = no
country = MAM
name = "Rule of Sultan al-Ghawri"
desc = "The reign of sultan al-Ghawri was characterized by continuous attempts to impose his authority over the emirs of Syria and other clans of Mamelukes. The decline of the Egyptian economy continued, under the repeated blows of the epidemics of plague. The freedom of trade is again granted to foreign traders in Egypt to stop the decline of the economy of the sultanate. Finally, in 1511, against the will of the Mamelukes, al-Ghawri creates a unit of artillery in its army and a foundry of guns."
style = 1
date = { day = 7 month = july year = 1496 }
offset = 20
action_a ={
name = "Conduct the reforms"
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = { type = domestic which = mercantilism value = -1 }
command = { type = stability value = -2 }
command = { type = revoltrisk which = 90 value = 2 }
command = { type = trade value = 300 }
command = { type = infra value = 300 }
command = { type = revolt which = -1 }
command = { type = population which = -2 value = -2000 }
command = { type = population which = -1 value = -1000 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = -3 value = -1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -3 value = -1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -2 value = -1 }
}
}
.
