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Chapter 11: Reign of Pir Muhummad I (9/11/56 - 4/3/61)

Pir Muhummad came to the throne on the death of Adonis Ahmed on September 11. The vanity of his predecessor disgusted him and he swore to his subjects that they would return to a simpler time. No damned paintings were commissioned. No damned explorers to bring glory were sent out. Plain, old Uzbecki values were to be the new vogue.

What are good old Uzbecki values you may ask? Please remember that we have a MONGOLIAN culture in our not too distant past....

On October 2, 1556, Persia continued to try and become somebody. They declared was on The Hedgez, again. Last time, we rode out and conquered the Holy Land during a Persian-Hedgez war. Shall we do that this time? N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O. We have returned to our simpler values. We are reverting back to our ancestors. We are MONGOLIANS.

We ride to the capital of The Hedgez at the head of an all cavalry army. We lay siege to the capital. We deliver an ultimatum: Surrender all your women to us or be plundered, killed and have all your women taken. The Hedgez did not believe us. They attempted to fight back. We are MONGOLIAN, we take the capital. We kill the men. We take the women. The Hedgez groan under our oppressive heel. They sue for peace, and 175,000 UZS are loaded up in a wagon train that is two miles long as it heads back to our MONGOLIAN capital.

The beauty of the siege is a textbook siege that Genghis would have been proud. In fact, a great-great-great-whatever grandson of his is so inspired by our battle that he comes forward and offers his service as a new general. His name is Abdulluh II (4-3-4-1). We welcome our brother to our MONGOLIAN army.

During the next few years, MONGOLIAN preachers are sent out to correct the misled "other" type of Muslims back to the MONGOLIAN way of worship.

On April 3, 1561, the MONGOLIAN leader Pir Muhummad I dies as a MONGOLIAN soldier should, terrorizing the "other" type of Muslims. He is killed as he is raping and burning Kerman after a filed attempt to convert.

 

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Chapter 12: Reign of Iskandar Bahadur (4/3/61 - 6/24/83)

Iskandar Bahadur was an above average leader (6/4/4). In the history books, he will be known as a failure for some of the problems he faced. He was nicknamed The Candyman.

At the start of his reign, the country was at peace. We were respected throughout the world, part in fear and part because of our deeds. (OOC: badboy = 18)

The financial troubles started early. We were strapped for cash after our recent war with The Hedjez. Then, two of the great families of Uzbekistan came before the great Khan.

"Oh, One Who Rules the World With a Mighty Fist and a Giant Heart. Oh, Ruler of All the world that is Civilized. Oh, Great Khan, we have a problem only you can solve. Our two families have been engulfed in an argument that threatens to break out into open war. If only you can see in your grace to give us small alms, we can repair relations."

The Candyman saw fit to give them what they requested, even though this forced the government to take out a loan.

In 1567, the generals came before the Khan and prostrated himself before him. They offered him a new type of warfare never before seen in Uzbekistan. The Khan declared a three day celebration and declared that now he had the means to ground into dust those who would dare to oppose him (OOC: land 4 reached)

In 1568, the Khan fell in love with a beautiful second daughter from the family of the Golden Horde. He was so smitten with her beauty and grace that he commissioned a great painter to render her beauty onto canvas. The money he spent on this meant that when the loan was due next year, he was forced to extend the loan.

In 1570, the Khan declared that the day had arrived when we would take on the greatest nation from the "other" Muslim religion. We declared war on the Mamelukes.

In 1571, we failed in our attempt to convert both Merched and Kerman. The Candyman ordered new missionaries sent to convert them. (The man had no concept of economics).

In 1571, peace was reached with the Mamelukes and we gained Samaria, Syria, Judea and Sinai; places prominent in the Holy books. We had liberated them. There was dancing in the streets.

In 1574, the treasurer hid the books from The Candyman and misrepresented the finances. This allowed him to save enough money from The Candyman that we were finally able to repay the loan that had been dragging down our economy for 10 years. Later that year, there was word from abroad that a great congregation of Infidels had passed something called the Council of Rent -- perhaps a new form of collecting rent from tenants?

Finally, in that important year, there was word among the masses that the Khan was being too lenient on Muslims who were on the wrong path. This led to riots in the streets, especially near the site of our war factory in Bukhara. This forced the Khan to send in the Royal Army before the plant was razed.

In 1575, corruption was uncovered in the government, dropping stability even more.

OOC: looking around the known world, there are several interesting things going on. First, Astrakhan is a power, controlling 6 provinces. Second, the Golden Horde is pretty much intact. Third, Novgorod is still holding their own in the North.

Later in 1575, the nobles demand their rights. By this time the position of the Khan has weakened so much that he is forced to concede to their demands.

In 1578, the continuing crises took their toll. For the next year, the rumors were that the great Khan sobbed like a baby and howled like a wolf (OOC: temporary insanity of monarch).

In September of 1578, Persia declares war on the Ottomans and we honor our alliance. However, our support is only moral and we soon sign a white peace.

In 1580, a new military leader arises. Abd al-Mum'in (3/2/3). He is appointed to the Royal Army. In 1583, another military leader arises - Din Muhammad (2/2/3/4)

In 1583, The Candyman finally dies. In his place, rises Abd Allah II (6/6/7), a leader of much promise.

OOC: At this time, our Badboy is 22. We are third in victory points with 941 behind China (1218) and Austria (1275).

 

[Prufrock451]

Criminitly! Go Uzbekistan! *waves pennant*

If you'd got a screenshot, I'd love to see it. *nod*

 

[Lt. Tyler]

Yeah this is fun.

I love this area of the world, and always enjoy reading AARs on countries that it seems everyone else has ignored.

And wow, I didn't realize Uzbek gets so many leaders! Maybe I'll have to try them out!

I second Prufrock451's request: screenie, screenie!

 

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Thanks for the positive feedback.

I will not be posting as frequently the next few days (big holiday weekend starting today here in the US). I will work on getting some screenies up for all you who are not up on the geography of that region (me included).

The leaders are surprising me, too. Hope they continue. I still have to conquer and pillage Siberia (evil grin).

Stroph

 

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Chapter 13: Reign of Abd Allah II (6/24/83 - 2/8/98)

Abd Allah was leader with promise. However, history has shown us time and again that it takes more then promises to be a success. Such was the case with Abd.

Abd Allah was the second Abd Allah to rule Uzbekistan. If you recall, AA the first was a sop. AA the second was determined not to repeat any mistakes made by his ancestors. However, he was so afraid of a wrong step, that for much of his reign he made no step. Uzbekistan drifted during his reign and only reacted to outside prods.

All started out well. In 1588, we had an exceptional year. Inflation, hovering around 35% was reduced to 30%.

Since nothing was happening internally at this time, I will let you know about some of our neighbors. Ukraine was an up and coming power. It owned 6 territories and was still growing. Russia, like Persia, was a stillborn child. Kazan still lived. Novgorod still lived. The Golden Horde still lived.

In 1589, life was so boring for the rich nobles that a bunch of the younger ones decided to join the army and see the world. They didn't. (OOC: enthusiasm for the army, +5000 cavalry).

In 1590, one of the rich young nobles showed so much promise, he was promoted to general. His name was Baqi Muhammad (3-2-3).

In 1592, we finally reached infra level 3. Nobody cared.

Later that year, Baqi decided that laying siege was so, not him. He ordered his men to go over the walls. Nobody cared.

In September of that year, a bored group of regional leaders decided that our fellow Mongolians in the Golden Horde needed freeing. From what, I don't know, but our stability suffered. Nobody cared.

The next year, an explored by the name of Bardianna offered his services with one ship. That brought the size of our navy up to a grand total of one ship. Exciting. We secured him some military access so he had somewhere to sail and sent him off. Nobody cared.

Finally, something different and exciting happened. Not to us, but it did happen. Austria began to come apart at the seams. First Bulgaria decided white was not their color. Then Walachia, Hungary, Bavaria and finally Bosnia all decided that Austrian rule, well, sucked.

OOC: I spent much of this time trying to convert my many provinces to the correct religion. I failed, time and again. After 5 tried, I finally got Elbruz to convert, but this ate up my available cash. I was also using this time to recover my Very Bad reputation. Useful for the game, boring to write about.

In 1596, the Nobles came before the Khan:

Oh, Worthless and Silly, Less than Great Khan, we have given you enough years. Either do something worthy of the name Khan, or DIE. (-2 stability).

He died. It took him until 1598 to die. But this worthless excuse for a Khan couldn't even die quickly. In disgust, the people of Uzbekistan took his body and dumped it in the refuse pile.

Nobody cared.

 

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Chapter 14: Reign of Abd-al-Mu'min (2/8/98 - 6/30/98)

Abd-al-Mu-min (Mummy) came to the throne upon the death of the useless Abd Allah. He came in with a lot of energy. He came in with a lot of noise. He came in like a true Mongolian leader.

Mummy had barely moved his harem into the royal palace when a messenger knocked on his royal bedroom door on February 27.

"Oh Great Khan, I come before you bringing tidings of war, tidings of a terrible..."

Mummy had already jumped out of bed and rushed past the startled messenger before he had even finished his messenger.

Mummy then came back to the poor messenger and shook him:

"Swine, speak quick or speak never again. Who is marching?"

"Sire, our allies Gujarat have declared war on Baluchistan and have asked for our assistance."

"Then they shall have it. Call out the cavalry. Call out the army. Call out my generals. We march at once."

Two armies were swiftly mobilized and sent into action. One to each province of Baluchistan. Mummy led was with the first one, in the lead as he felt a great leader should be.

As his army approached the frontiers with Baluchistan, Mummy's horse was startled and reared up. Mummy fell off and struck his head. Near death, his aides only had time to come up on him and hear his last words.......

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OOC: wait for it.......

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OOC: and no, it is not what you think....

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"Bully"

OOC: as a nod to another recent writer of another Asian power - go Prufrock451.

 

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Chapter 15: Reign of Pir Muhammad II (6/30/98 - 7/24/99)

Pir was not a good leader (2-2-2). Pir was not a good man. Pir was not even a good lap dog. Therefore, history will know Pir as Super Pir the Terrible or SPT for short.

SPT inherited a war with Baluchistan. Not much of a war for not much of a leader. SPT ordered the draft boards to go out in the streets and round up some scum to impress into the army. What did he care, he wasn't going.

The battle for Baluchistan was strange. There was no enemy there and Din Muhummad was at the head of 20,000 cavalry. Twice, though, he moved into the area and then retreated back off. His morale was still full. No other nations had military there, his or enemy. (OOC: bug?) After the second try, he received a message from SPT. the message had only a single word. DIE. He did. His replacement was a no name soldier and he moved right in and began the siege. SPT was so angry he ordered a purge throughout the land for such inability to move an army in the face of no opposition. The purge was terrible. The armies involved in the two sieges lost thousands of soldiers before the bloodletting was over. (OOC: 22% attrition with each siege, had to keep sending in more infantry to keep it maintained). Finally, the bloodletting neared an end.

On July 24, 1599, a squad of Baluchistan spies assaulted the harem where the Khan was sleeping. The slew the guards and butchered all the ladies in the harem. Finally, they came up to SPT hiding behind a curtain. Each of the soldiers had lost many friends to the silly and dumb war SPT was fighting and they decided to make his death a slow one. Finger by finger, toe by toe, they cut the offending body parts off. Finally, near death, they asked the cowardly Khan to beg for his life. Then they ended it. The bloodletting in the army and in the harem caused a great ripple of discontent to sweep across the land.

OOC: SPT died on July 24 and on July 25 had a nobles ally with foreign power event for a -2 to stability. Thought I should combine the two.

 

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Chapter 16: Reign of Yar Muhammad (7/24/99 - 9/2/00)

Yar Muhammad was known in history as Yar Yar Blinks because his reign was such a short and tumultuous one. He came to the throne upon the assassination of SPT. The country was in turmoil (stability at -1) and at war with Baluchistan. Yar Yar Blinks ordered an immediate assault on the capital of Baluchistan to bring that war to a speedy conclusion. The capital fell and a harsh peace was imposed on them (we get Kalat, we get military access and they become our vassals).

Yar Yar returned to the capital and attempted to bring his mighty nation back to some form of stability.

The new century broke on a nation of citizens very concerned about their future.

In August, news broke that the Mamelukes had bribed the local leaders of their former provinces. Stability, already shaky, plummeted. (OOC: nobles ally, stability down 3 to -3). Rioting broke out in the streets. In the capital, a demonstration against the harsh treatment of Baluchistan grew in size to thousands.
In September, the people marched on the royal palace and demanded action. Yar Yar sent out his guard to squash the rebellion. Instead, the guards panicked and ran away. The angry mob moved in on Yar Yar. Yar Yar moved out to the balcony overlooking the mob in an attempt to calm the masses. One thing you should know about Yar Yar, while he was a competent military leader, he was a terrible orator.

"Misa Yar Yar Blinks. Misa think you shoulda go homa. Misa hopes you listen."

Needless to say, this did not help much and the mob which was angry about conditions began to mock Yar Yar. The mocking grew nasty as mob mentality took over. Yar Yar was last seen being trampled by thousands of angry Uzbecki chanting:

"Misa think Yar Yar should go to a place far, far away. Misa thinks our force go with you..."

The date was September 2, 1600.

The next day, the power of the sultan was handed to his nephew Jani Muhammad.

 

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Chapter 17: Reign of Jani Muhammad (9/2/00 - 11/18/03)

Jani Muhammad never wanted to be Khan. He wanted to be a musician. He wrote and played beautiful pieces of classical music. Ruling a nation was never his plan. Ruling a nation rocked by such turmoil was his nightmare.

All the resources of the nation were turned to recovering stability. Riots were rampant throughout the nation. The military was not immune. When 15,000 cavalry were sent in to suppress an uprising by 3000 infantry in Merched, many of the horsemen switched sides and turned on their fellow soldiers. Finally, this mutiny was put down. (OOC: 15,000 cavalry had been beaten by a 3000 man all infantry army. I felt it needed some rationalization).

In September of 1601, a new crisis hit Uzbeckistan. Even the capital was hit by riots and stability plummeted even further (had recovered to -2, hit by fresh -2 drop and riot in Uzbeck).

The nobles of the core provinces looked out over the nation in turmoil and saw an opportunity. The came before the Khan to petition him:

"Oh Great and Terrible Khan, we who can only grovel at your feet and deserve not to live have come to beseech from you a small favor."

Jani who was strumming a new tune on his grand piano looked up.

"What do you little bugs come to ask of our greatness, now?"

"Oh Great and Terrible Khan, we only ask from you to return to us a little of what once was ours that we may use it to better increase your greatness."

The Khan realized he had no choice but to give the pond scum a few of their rights back.

The constant strain of putting down the riots and trying to calm the nation took its toil on the Khan. On November 5, 1603, his servants found the Khan dead at his piano, his latest composition written on paper lying at his feet. One of them picked up the music and sent it by post to a friend to see if it was any good. The friend read it, liked it and introduced it to the world. A few years later, this servant received a note from his friend:

"Here my friend is a donation from me in appreciation for the composition you sent me a while ago. I have begun playing it and people seem to appreciate it. I even named it after the day the former Khan finished it.

The note was signed Beethoven. The composition was known in history as his fifth.

 

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Chapter 18: Reign of Baqi Muhammad (11/18/03 - 5/20/05)

Baqi Muhammad assumed power after the premature death of the musician-khan Jani. He was an average leader, with average abilities (5-5-5). Due to his short stature, he was known in the history books as Baby Baqi. How short was he? Well, history books tend to exaggerate. I will state for the record, that Baby Baqi was not the shortest Khan we had. He was the third shortest. But he was as short as his reign.

Baby Baqi was sensitive about his height. When a war broke out between the Persians and the Ottomans, he was undecided whether to honor our alliance. He called the ambassadors of the two nations in, one at a time. The first was the Persian (Mahout Magi). Mahout gave a list of grievances and problems between the Persians and the Turks (OOC: this is the scripted Turko-Persian war that is trying to break out). His delivery was impassioned. Next, the Turkish ambassador Farouq Fasadi came before the great Khan.

"Oh most tiny and little Khan, I will keep this short. Support us or we will make short work of you."

The ambassador had the diplomatic skills of a termite, and ten minutes later, war was declared by the Khan. Known in the history books as Farouk's Folly, the war was a false war. Neither nation really felt like sending men to their death. In the end, Baby Baqi and the Turkish sultan agreed to send Farouq into an arena with 10 angry bulls. The end was as expected. The Spanish ambassador, however, was very impressed with the spectacle of a bull fighting in an arena. He wrote back to his countrymen and within a generation, bull fighting had caught on and become the rage.

On January 1, 1604, we received a new military leader, Nadir Muhammad (3-2-3). He was sent to the frontier to patrol against Turkish incursions. However, a white peace was signed a month later.

On May 20, 1605, Baby Baqi died after a short illness. He contracted a painful disease that also destroyed his mind. In the end, he babbled and cried like a baby. It was a fitting end.

He was succeeded by his son, Wadi Muhammad.

 

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Chapter 19: Reign of Wadi Muhammad (5/20/05 - 9/16/11)

Wadi Muhammad came to power on the death of his father, Baby Baqi. Wadi was a fair leader (3-4-4) and history came to call him Wadi the Wanderer.

He came to the throne in a time of great turmoil and unrest. The stability of the nation was still in question as riots and uprisings continued to break out throughout the land. In 1605 the great explorer Bandirma died in Tunis. Great, you ask - how come I never heard of him. Well, he came in forgotten and left forgotten. The nation was unable to support the navy he would have required to do much exploring, so he spent his days in his one flagship, Breaking Wind. He never could figure out why in every port, people snickered and laughed at him and his ship behind his back. On his death, Breaking Wind returned to Judea and took up permanent anchorage there.

Wadi the Wanderer came up with the bright idea to try and stabilize his nation by sending out colonies using the biggest troublemakers as colonists. His first expedition set sail for Goa in November of 1607. In February, a successful colony was set up. This was followed by another success in Bombay and then several failures in southern India. The program gave Uzbeckistan two colonies and only time would tell if they would turn out to be of any benefit.

The people of Uzbeckistan were grateful when stability was recovered partway (to -1) and showed their gratitude with a Gift to State of 500,000 UZS.

In 1610, a petitioner came before Wadi.

"Oh great and Terrible Khan, I come humbly before Your Greatness to beg that you step in and address the tyrants in Turkmenistan."

The Khan considered this until he realized that the tyrants in Turkmenistan were Uncle Kamall and Aunt Rebeki. He had the petitioner sent back to Turkmenistan a piece at a time. This, naturally, upset the citizen of that fair land. The first army sent in to put down the rebellion was sent back, a broken unit. The main army was sent in and was able to restore order by laying out the heads of 2,000 rioters (OOC: deny petition, revolt in Turkmenistan, next month there was a plague in the same zone, combined events.)

On January 1, 1611, the Military Academy of Uzbeckistan (MA of U) graduated two bright young stars who also happened to be the second cousin on his father’s side and third son by way of his fifth wife of the Khan: Iman Quli Bahadur (5-2-3-1) and Yalangtush Bi (4-3-3). These men were the bright future of our great land. We hope they live up to the hopes of the people that are with them after the riots and uprisings of the past few years...

On March 26, 1611, the Khan of Kerman was caught secretly plotting with Siberian to turn over control of his land to that devious land. Our agents intercepted a letter with the whole plot outlined. Stability plummeted as the army was forced to re-impose Uzbecki control Relations with those devious Siberians dropped as the Khan sent them a stern warning what would happen if they were ever caught interfering with internal Uzbecki affairs.

The strain of the Siberian letter (OOC: Zimmerman telegram) proved to be too much for the Khan. On September 16, 1611, he died peacefully in his sleep. His second son assumed the reigns of power. His name was Imam Quli Bahadur. The day he came into the capital at the head of his army, the people danced in the streets and wept at the sight of him. Would he be able to fulfill his destiny?

 

[Prufrock451]

*nod* What did I tell you? Annex Sibir, I said.

And thanks for the nod to Obder Khan.

 

[Lt. Tyler]

The ship 'Breaking Wind!' That's too funny!!

And geez, those military leaders keep coming - it's amazing!


Seems like the conquest has slowed a bit, is it BB problems?

 

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There are some really funny bits throughout this Stroph1. I was waiting for Baby Baqi to fall down and break something...like his Baby Baqi ribs.

I think it'll soon be time to annex the Ottomans...

 

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Prufrock451 - I would love to annex the dastardly siberians but I am waiting for them to give me a legit cause. When they do.... .

MrT - I wish I had thought of Baby Baq Ribs. I thought of his scepter becoming his rattle and him breaking it but decided not to have him decline that far. The day of the Turks will come. I am treading water a bit while I recover that long stretch of stability problems and then spend a little time getting back up in line tech-wise before I strike out....

Lt. Tyler: I couldn't come up with anything real to do with one ship and my little port on the wrong side of the Med. I tried to get access rights to get out, but nobody seemed to be in the mood that had a port. I hope these leaders keep coming. Surprising the heck out of me.... And yes, I have slowed down until I get my badboy back in line a bit. I am not strong enough yet to take on more then one foe. The Persians somehow have been keeping this army of 80,000 in their capital (they own only that one and a second disjointed territory). And they are jumping up tech wise and are pretty far ahead of me. I am falling a bit behind the West (surprise surprise) in land tech so I am not looking forward to taking them on just yet. But my reputation is recovering...

 

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Chapter 20: Reign of Iman Quli Bahadur (9/16/11 - 11/11/41)

Imam Quli Bahadur was the second son of Wadi the Wanderer and assumed the throne upon his death. Imam was to be known in the history books as Iman Imam.

His reign began peacefully enough. He continued to repair the stability problems he inherited from his father. He also looked out over the world and determined that he needed to mend some fences with his neighbors. To this end, he spends the next few years showering his neighbors with extravagant gifts. For the Sultan of Delhi, he sent a Golden Fleece. For the Persian Shah, he sent several gifts. The first was supposed to be a statue of the second daughter of Mohammed, rumored in the history of Islam as one of the great beauties of all time. When this gift failed to overly impress the Persians, he decided to continue his sheep theme that had worked so well with the Sultan of Delhi. Thus, he sent 7 solid gold statues of sheep to the Shah. Over the course of time, the identity and origin of these two gifts became confused. In fact, history remembers them as a single gift and not two separate gifts. You may have heard of them? Mohommed's daughter was nicknamed Bo Peep.

In 1614, the clerics came before the Khan.

"Oh Great and Terrible Khan, we feel that our great empire has begun to drift away from the teachings of our founder. He never intended for us to use these modern devices. We feel that in your greatness, you will see fit to lead us back to the chosen path to enlightenment."

The Khan looked over the still shaky state of his nation's stability and decided to concede to the demand and our nation became a bit less innovative. The mullahs were so impressed with our Khan, that they began to call him Iman Imam to all the mass of common people. In fact, they went one step further, and had built for the Khan a great goods manufactory in Mekran. All this was good for Uzbeckistan and full stability was finally restored in 1618.

In 1619, Siberian assassins snuck into the Khan's great palace. They came upon the figure sleeping in the master bedroom and attacked with their poisonous knifes. Luckily for our future, they only succeeded in killing the third son by the fifth wife of the Khan who was visiting his mother and had felt like staying in the great Khan's bedroom that night since the Khan was miles away. Nonetheless, the people were concerned with this and anger with the Siberians was on the rise, again.

In 1620, Fars saw fit to convert to Sunni and was now on the path to salvation.

In 1621, a terrible plot was uncovered in the court. It seems that the Western nation of Spain was trying to keep us from expanding our influence to either India or the Mediterranean. They cooked up a plot to buy influence with our Shi'ite provinces. However, these provinces were loyal to our great Khan and the plot was discovered. The scandal was to have far reaching results. We sent out a delegation of nobles to Madrid to protest these actions. The men we sent were actually some of our greatest military minds. While they were in Madrid, they managed to steal some of the Spanish secrets in the Military. (OOC: land 6 reached.)

In late 1624, the excellent state of our affairs was such that we were actually able to pay down some of the long term debts of our government and inflation actually went down 5%. This so pleased the people that full stability was finally restored in early 1625. Later that year, Siberian assassins once again struck. This time they attacked the harem itself and butchered wives #4 and #8. We will have our revenge when the time is right! This so upset the nobles, that they began to demand some of their old rights that they believed would help them defend themselves against the Siberians. We agreed to calm them down and became less centralized and less power from the aristocracy. This so pleased the nobles that one of them became a loyal follower of ours and we gave him command of one of our armies. His name was Sayyid Abd al-Aziz (3-2-4-1).

In 1628, another province that was Sunni saw fit to rejoin the true faith. OOC: inquisition successful in Merched.

In 1632, we decided that the time was right to once again attack the leader of the "other" Muslim faith and we declared war on the Mameluks. The war went very well, and within 3 years every province but one was controlled by us. However, in the midst of this, the Siberian assassins struck again and this time they killed our 1st son by first wife, Akim Mohommid. This man was our heir and our favorite. The news of this shocked the nation to its bones. Stability plummeted by 3. Soon after this, a meteor was seen across the night sky. All seemed lost. We were forced to accept a lesser peace with the Mamelukes. We got the trading center at Alexander and military access to it. We then once again began to recover our stability.

In 1639, Basra was converted to the True Faith. For some reason, this upset the people of Gujarat and they declared war on us. This silly war accomplished nothing and they soon accepted a White Peace.

On October 1, 1640, the great military leader and Khan Imam Quli Bahadur died. So strong was his power that even though he was dead and no longer able to command an army, his government continued to function as though he were the leader. Finally on July 1, 1641, even the civil government set up by Imam Quli Bahadur faltered and a new Khan was selected. OOC: military leader Imam who had symbol with him as ruler of Uzbekistan died but civil leader Imam continued to rule.

Top five nations at the time of the death of the great Iman Iman:

Austria - 1897
Uzbeckistan - 1309
Delhi - 1206
Spain - 1173
Pirates - 1039

Notice who is in fifth place. Go Blackbeard!

 

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Chapter 21: Reign of Sa'id Nadir Muhummad (11/11/41 - 4/28/45)

After the long and tumultuous reign of Iman Imam, the reign of his grandson by number six wife was very tranquil. Nay Nadir went down in the books as a failure after being compared to his grandfather.

If you remember correctly, there was a period of nine months from the time the Iman died until the people felt the need to elevate a new Khan. When the Great council met to elect the Khan, they were a very divided bunch. Two of the Iman's sons were both put forward for elevation. However, each could not command enough power. In desperation as the months of wrangling and bickering continued, the Council elevated a relative dark horse candidate. The one stricture they put on Nay Nadir was that he did not change things much from the way the Iman had ruled.

A few weeks after he became Khan, the generals came before him:

"Oh Great and Terrible Khan, we see that our mortal enemies are beset by the Turks. If we strike now, we could seize much of their remaining lands easily."

Nay Nadir then asked his advisors what that would require, as he knew little of the details of ruling. They told him that it was a simple matter; he need only cancel the military access and then he could declare war.

"Nay, we will not destroy any treaty that the Iman worked out."

Thus, there was no war on the Mamelukes and the Turks occupied much of their remaining lands.

In the spring of 42, the mullahs came before him:

"Oh Great and Terrible Khan, we have seen that this policy of trying to convert the "other" Muslims to the true faith. Perhaps, we could forestall sending anymore expensive attempts at conversion and instead spend the money on the military or on fortifications."

"Nay, we will not stop what our Iman has begun. The conversions will continue."

Thus, two more expeditions to attempt conversation were sent out, using up most of the ready cash available to the realm.

In January of 45, a new military leader rose from the ranks of the army. Of course, being second cousin on the side of Wife #6 didn't hurt either. This man was named Sayyid Sibhan Quli Bahadur and he was at best a fair leader who would never have risen to command but for his family connections (3-2-3). Land 9 was reached in April of 45. Sayyid of course took full credit for the innovations. In truth, the changes came about through nothing he did, but to the relatives go the spoils.

On April 28, 1645, Nay Nadir died. This time the government reacted immediately and elevated a new Khan (Sa'id Abd al Aziz 5/5/6). So ended the sad tale of Nay Nadir.

 

[Prufrock451]

You're getting a LOT of assassinations.

The Khan's Secret Service strikes again...

 

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Stroph1,

I'm getting in on this late...but...just wanted to say:

Great writing...well...other than that Buffalo comment...totally untrue....I mean...it's a great city...tons of people want to live in Buffalo. Pls ignore the fact that I moved to California.

Originally posted by Stroph1
...okay, we are in Buffalo, New York, but that is the final place on Earth that I would want to be living in...