Revival of the Ancient Caliphate :A Caliphate of Cordoba AAR

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A very fascinating story Calipah, including many elements told from an Arabic point of view, including their own enlightenment and industrial revolution.

 

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Yusufs Reign, a story of Terror​

"They come at night, always in the darkest pinncale of the night.They snatch away the young, the sick, the ailing, never to be seen again.Family cuddle together in fear of the Muhammadan Inquisators, and Men dare not leave their gaze over their offsprinf and spouses.All are kept at constant survelliance.Churches were closed down, the French language and clothing was banned.They began taking heretics to the state, Tolouse lost 691 in the first tribunal.God help us"~Lost Memoirs of Benghamin El-Bergousi,fromTales of the Almohad Inquisators
The 18th century began with a fractured Andalusian Caliphate, a wounded Ottoman Empire, and a distrupted Islamic world.The Turks were losing land to the Austrian Empire, and with no Cordoban support, they could not repel the Austrians in Zagreb, and the Sultan was forced to move the sublime porte to Ankara, where revolutionary Turks held the Sultanate dynasty hostage to establish a more secular republic.
In Egypt, the Al-Sharay Mamluki Dynasty, after rebelling from their Turkish masters, were in a paradox of seeing their own colonial possesions in Africa lost, with a Muslim Eritria and Nubia declaring Independence.In India the Sultanate of Delhi saw a new eruption of violence between the Hindus and Muslims.
The Middle Sea of the Arabs was infested by Frankish ships, and Christian pirates, distrupting trade between the Islamic Empires.Now, most scholars of the Nano Age may debate, that this global chaos in Islam was rooted in the anarchy which erupted in Al-Andalus, others claim it was caused by several other reasons as well.I tend to believe it was a mix of both.
Al-Andalus supported the Turks greatly,in technology, funds, and military expansions, however without the massive Andalusian navy engaged in the Middle Sea, or Andalusian troops stationed in Greece, the Ottoman Empire was forced to fend for herself.Although the massive Industrial programs intiated by the Andalusians benefited the Turks, several revolutionary groups were already in motion.The Turkish group "Belak" and "Kotra" planned for an overthrow of the central Sultanate government and found their calling with the Austrian invasion, somewhat similar to the Almohad rise to power, but with a different outcome.
Egypt was faced with the same conundrums, but in a different stage, she was forced to find her place in the world.Without a stable government, or support from the massive Islamic Empires, she found her colonies, and possesions declaring independence.Thusly, most historians agree, this was truly the twilight of Islam in the "Old World".It was not until the 20th century that we see some sort of revival, unification, and efforts taken to revitalize Islam in the East.
Back to the chapter I guess.Yusuf, the newly crowned Almohad Imperator and Caliph-regent of the Andalusian Caliphate,intiated laws that curtailed Christian freedoms in Al-Andalus.He also proclaimed that "Impure muslims" and "heathens" will be given a period of Grace to repent and return to the bosom of the crescent.He reinforced the Islamic Inquisition,a once peaceful institution, with fanatical Shieks from the Berber and Morrocian lands,intent on rooting out heresy and ensure that everything was in line with Islamic shariah.The loose interpretations of the Hanafi school was banned, and in its place, the Mukanah's own interpretations.
The Inquisition began molesting Shiites in Lissabon, and Batlywas in Badajoz, and converting the French of Southern France by the scimitar.Andalusian nobles were surpressed, and the once tolerant lands of Al-Andalus were cast into a period of darkness and backwardness.The Almohad Emperor also ordained that no "futher support shallith be given to Other Muslim nations unless they return to the true Madhab "sect" ordained by the New Almohad Empire".
Most historians estimate that about 70-130 thousand perished in Yusufs reign.Not to mention the loss of Great works, the closing down of universities, and expulsion of the French-Germanic workers from Al-Andalus all added to the reign of terror which befell the land.
Yusuf , in 1706,almost 30 years after the Great Fraco-Andalusian war erupted, declared himself the "King of the Franks" or the "Infidel King" by the French, igniting a new war between the two nations.
Almoahd troops, equppied with Uzbek Guns and Berber canons ravaged and raided the French countryside.The French army did not respond quickly enough to deal with the Almohads, as they had to contend with the rebellious mood the population presented against the ruling dynasty of France.
The Almohads delt severe blows to the French army in the battle of Sayefallah or simply the "Victory".The Almohads captured all of southern France, up to the city of tours, where the Almohad General, Faris Nasirallah, demanded his troops to burn the city to the ground,as revenge to the Battle of Tours so many centuries ago.When the Almohads sieged Orleans however, they faced serious resistance by the French.The French King Louis of Borbon, plead the Holy Roman Emperor for support, and the Emperor agreed seeing that it was not benefitial to see a fanatic infidel state controlling both Spain and France.He would deal wit the infidels before they reached his borders.Thusly, the Germanic Austrian Empire joined France, and halted the Almohad invasion by the walls of Orleans.The Almohad Empire fleed and regrouped in Cleremont.Now scholars raise the question, why didnt the French army destroy the leftovers of the Almohad army and save France from Yusufs invasion?It remains a mystery yet to be solved Im afraid.Yusuf El-Mukanah arrived with a massive force ,60 thousand strong, and reinvigorated the Almohad army.He took command and led his men to victory in the plains of Lai's by Orleans.The Holy Roman Emperor presisted in supporting the French, and sent several other forces to lay siege on French cities, even sending an expedition against the Almohad island of Beleares but to no avail.The old Andalusian dynasty built massive fortifications before the rise of the Almohads, thwarting the Christians from assulting the forts.
Yusuf gazed at the battlefield of Lia's, and spoke in a poetic gesture to the trimuph of islam :

I sprinkle the Dead on the fields of Lia's As I sprinkle coins on a newly wedded Arosa
This is my thrill, to kill and drench the scimitar I weild
To terrorize the Franks and infidels of Alemand (Germany)
To show them how the crescent can be plunged anywhere
With an Iron fist,a good mare, and a solid scimitar, I weild the heads of the infidel one by one.
I harvest them like a maiden harvesting the roses of Ballyensiyah
I gaze on all the blood upon they plain, and I smile in esctecasy...There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet!Now yee Franks,I am your ruler, and your Master, and Allah is my master! ​

Yusuf led his army to Paris, where he was greated by the King as a "friend".Yusuf as usual, did not meet him in the same air,instead, he behead the King and imprisoned the French dynasty, and declared himself King of France...

Al-Andalus El-Jididah, Ard El-Kayer

In contrast to the bloody rule of Yusuf,Tariq assumed a highly tolerant and benevolent governship.He converted the indian tribes and established newer cities in North America.He treated the colonists of England with upmost respect, and allowed them free reign over their affairs, but that didnt stop him from installing powerful garrisons in the colonies.
Tariq had a love for the Sea, and began the naval development of the "Great Ostol of New Al-Andalus" or navy of Al-Andalus.Abu Yaqub, a scholar at the time quoted that it was "One of the largest fleets in the known worlds, manned with 530 Battleships,700 Galleys and 85 frigates, manned by able admirals and British renegades".
The navy was built to thwart invasions by the Almohads, and by the pirates, who were mostly Christian leftovers from Al-Andalus seeking revenge against Islam's flock.
Tariq intiated more freer reforms, and allowed the Mayas and Aztecs to persue their older faith, but with the condition of not partaking any victims fro the populaiton, but to use cattle instead.This caused some outrage among the shieks, but with the frequency of conversions rising, they didnt further a petition to him.
In 1723, Tariq passed away , and his son, Her'z the enlightened, ruled over Nouva Andalusia.We shall speak of his new reign in the next chapter...