Uzbek - Land of the Free

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All,

I will finish this very soon. I have company over and do not think it would do me much good to ignore them in order to destroy Oman

 

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I'll be the first to confess that I've been terribly remiss in staying current with this, Stroph1. Having spent the last little while reading through the last half-dozen instalments I can certainly echo the others' sentiments and applaud you for your continued craftsmanship and humour. I loved the St. Patty bit, and so many more, and the most recent instalments' "typo" error in the letter was pretty drastic...amazing how hitting just a few wrong keys can plunge nations into some nasty wars.

Only sixty years left in this great AAR...you're going to do it man!

Oh...and a belated happy birthday.

 

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Ubayd'Allah II was a scholar. He was another loser with his abilities (2-2-2). He was the third son of the eleventh wife of Mommy.

Well, to correct you: Ubaid'Allah II was a younger brother of Mommy, and I bet he was a very decent scholar at the age of 6.

 

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Crook,

Thanks for reading. Not sure why Ubbie II would have to be 2, but I made no attempt for real history historical accuracy in this AAR (I don't recall St. Patrick being a fertility specialist!)


New installment coming up....

 

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Chapter 29: Reign of Abu'l-Ghazi (1/1/1758 - 1/1/1785) Part One

Abu'l-Ghazi (3-3-3) was a very happy man. He enjoyed life, enjoyed his family, enjoyed himself. He became known in history as Happy Ghazzi. Judge for yourself if he was a successful ruler or simply a happy failure...

He took the throne and immediately called his advisors before him:

Happy: "Oh Worthless Tubes of Decaying Dog Poop Goo, come before Us and tell Us the state of Our great kingdom...."

Advisor 1 (Jakob Ta'ariksta, minister of internal affairs): "Oh Great and Terrible Khan, your nation is fairly stable, your people are ready to love you. Things are very good. Blah Blah Blah...." (Happy tuned him out when he heard that things were pretty good; these advisors can run on and on)

Advisor 2 (Sheik Sharfiari, minister of the military): "Oh Great and Terrible Khan, you army is the scourge of the Arab world. In fact, we are close to being able to give you a tremendous new weapon. Blah Blah Blah"

Advisor 3 (Omar Sharifi, minister of foreign affairs): "Oh Great and Terrible Khan, Our nation is respected. We have only one small item -- we were recently dragged into a war with Tibet by our silly allies. We ne...."

At this, Happy stood up and turned a dark red. Then he smiled very quietly. (It is always a bad sign when your Khan smiles quietly). "Oh former minister, it might have been useful if you had told Us this earlier. How long have We been at war?"

Omar: "Err, Oh Great and Terrible Khan, I am not sure..."

Happy then pulled a rope he had near him. Without another word, three of his personal guard entered the throne room. One left with the head of Omar; the second left with the heart of Omar; the third left with the rest of Omar.

Advice to all future ministers: never, never, never, never surprise your Khan with a war he didn't know existed.

In December of 1758, Karem Mustafi, new Minister of
Foreign Affairs, came before his Khan:

"Oh Great and Terrible Khan, only a very very short time ago, we received a messenger from some unhappy Nogai citizens asking for our help. I came before you as fast as I could to get your advice. Please tell me what I should do..."

Kahn: "We have read the history books. In the distant past, the Nogai did not support us and once even attacked us. Fund the dissidents with as much as they need. Go, before We get unhappy with you..."

In 1759, Sheik Sharfiari, minister of the military came before his Khan and informed him that Uzbeckistan had reached Land 15. A few months later, the same minister once again came before his Khan and informed him of a great arms plant that had been built in Khorasan. the Khan was so pleased with him, that the minister was given the title of Sheik over Khorasan and given a new palace.

Advice to all future ministers: always, always, always surprise your Khan with good news he didn't know existed.

In 1760, the Khan decided to continue his war with Oman. The army of Uzbeckistan (45,848/0/141) in Basrah was moved to the front and a declaration of war was sent to the Omani...

 

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Chapter 29: Reign of Abu'l-Ghazi (1/1/1758 - 1/1/1785) Part Two

The war was dramatic. The Uzbecki army moved on Al Kharam and assaulted it in one giant wave. Then the army moved on to the capital. The fortifications the Omani had built in their capital were impressive and Mustafa, the Uzbecki general, decided to lay siege rather then try and carry the seven great walls that encircled the city. The war was so popular on the home front that a new conquistador came forth and offered his services. Further, the enthusiasm among the masses led to rushes at the recruiting centers as 5000 horsemen rushed to join.

The Omani capital fell and the great army moved on to Dufkar, the last remaining territory outside the colonies and islands owned by Oman. Dufkar, too, fell to the wave.

In 1765, Oman caved in and gave Uzbeckistan control of Dufkar and Al Kharam. Across the nation, there were parades of delirious citizens in the streets. Such was the joy that Land 16 was reached.

All was not good across the great land. In 1766, whispers spread from person to person. Jakob Ta'ariksta, minister of internal affairs, was found in the midst of a great plot. It seemed that he was secret controller of UziCom, a great messenger service that connected the land through the use of fast Arabian stallions. Word came that Jakob had misled the government by overcharging them for some of the services they provided. The scandal was shocking. Uzicom went bankrupt. Stability plummeted to 1. Shockwaves dried up investments across the country and a great depression began. Things only improved 3 years later when a new company was formed by merging together three of the great messenger services (Atjeh United, Tajikistan Communications and Tepu Messengers). The new company was named AT&T.

In 1770, Novgorod morphed into Russia as Moscow was annexed by them.

In 1775, land 17 was reached. We were beginning to catch up with our neighbors. Now was the time to finish Oman....

On December 25, 1780, Uzbeckistan renewed the war with Oman.

On December 29, 1783, Uzbeckistan signed a white peace with Oman.

On December 30, 1780, the new minister of the military, Ahaamad Abdoula, laid before his Khan a long term plan to achieve final victory over Oman. the first step of this plan was to leave the alliance with Delhi and form a new alliance with Nogai. This immediately paid dividends as Delhi began to come apart at the seams. Afghanistan declared independence.

On January 1, 1785, Happy Ghazi passed on. Can Uzbeckistan fulfill its destiny?

 

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Chapter 30: Reign of Marsum Shah Mured (1/1/1785 - 12/14/1799)

Marsum Shah Mured became Khan after the long reign of Happy Ghazi. He was a man of great promise (8-6-6) and even greater ego. He came to be known in the history books as Messy Marsum.

When Messy became Khan, he sat on his throne and reviewed the record of Happy. He decided that the problem was that Happy had sat back and let his inferiors do things. Well, in HIS kingdom, that would not happen.

First thing he did, was call all his advisors before him...

"My slimy inferiors, in My kingdom, I do things, not you. All decisions will be made by ME. I will move all of us to the army where I will live. So I say it, so it shall be done.

So for the first time in many, many years, a ruling Khan took command of HIS army. Messy was a general of fair talents (4-2-4) but don't tell him that. He surrounded himself with advisors that fawned on him and constantly sang HIS praises.

Messy called HIS minister of the military, Ahaamad Abdoula. Ahaamad laid out for the Khan the long term plan Ahaamad had developed for Happy. It was now HIS plan. It was to be done, now.

First, Uzbeckistan and the Zanj were joined in a royal marriage as the second son of Messy married the first daughter of the Zanj ruler (OOC: sorry, only Messy gets HIS name in this).

Next, the Uzbecki minister arranged for military access for Uzbeckistan in Zanj. This allowed them a base to attack the Omani in the South at Zanzibar .

Next, Messy arranged for his third son to marry the daughter of the ruler of Nubia. (OOC: again, only Messy gets named).

Finally, the Uzbecki minister arranged for military access in Nubia. This allowed a land base to attack the Omani colonies on the African coast near Nubia.

The Omani saw these preparations taking place. Their ambassador (Sad'dam Hussein - OOC - pronounced like George Bush the first used to pronounce Sad-dam during the Gulf War) demanded an audience with Messy.

Sad'dam: "Oh miserable and small khan, know well that we see what you are doing and know well that it will fail. We are watching. We are ready. This parlay is over."

War broke out the next day.

In other news around the region, our old enemies the Mamulukes were reborn. However, this time, they were no longer Shiite but were Sunni, like all civilized nations. Since they only owned poor desert lands, Messy would allow them to live, for now.

As has been a pattern for us, as soon as war breaks out, the nobles immediately demand something. Messy doesn't care what it is, He just pays them off so that He can fight His war. He doesn't even realize it at the time, but he had paid off the nobles and they had given him a new arms manufactory (OOC: two separate events, 2 days apart).

In 1789, the Shiites in Hormouz saw that the savagery of war was due to their misconceptions about Islam and they converted to Sunni.

In 1790, the lessons of war pay off and we reach Land 18.

Finally, in 1792, Messy calls his advisors before him.

"Oh worthless slugs, you have lost Me this war. It is your fault, not mine. End the war."

Thus, after three years and many thousands of lives, a white peace was declared.

The good people of Quatar were the scene of much of the fighting. They are so upset that it was all for naught that they rise up in rebellion. Messy is forced to send in HIS army to regain control.

In 1794, Messy informs the nation that HE has convinced the people of Nogai to become HIS vassals. All must thank HIM for what HE has done. This behavior so offended the citizens that stability plummeted across the country and riots broke out in the streets of Uzbeck.

In 1798, Messy called in the Omani ambassador again and informed him that war was declared. He made it clear that the ambassador was to relate to the world that HE had started this war. History would show who ended it.

Messy again took to the field. This time, he was able to defeat the Omani army in the capital and begin a siege. However, the effects of a khan being in the field and not in the capital began to tell as corruption was rampant.

On December 14, 1799, Messy died. Did he die in battle? No. Did he die leading his people? No.

He died of small pox. In his tent. Alone.

 

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Chapter 31: Reign of Haidar Tura (12/14/1799 - 1/1/1826)

The reign of Haidar Tura was the final reign in my quest to alter history. Haidar was known in the history books as Terrible Tura, not for his temper but for his failures.

He inherited a war with Oman. We were laying siege to the capital. However, it was in a low supply region and was a maximum sized fortress. We tried again and again to siege it. Terrible sent thousands to their death there. We could never make any progress. Finally, in 1804, we conceded defeat and signed a white peace. Oman had beaten us. The taste of that hung heavy on the hearts of every Uzbecki. Oman had beaten us.

In 1806, I looked around the world. In the history I remember, there was Napoleon. Now, there was no Napoleon. I tried to think of something I had done to change this. Oman had beaten us. Perhaps it is dangerous to change history....

As if in response to no Napoleon, in 1810 France decides to embargo us. Terrible looks around, but can find no French outposts within range of his military. We will not strike back. Not like we could beat anybody. Oman had beaten us.

In 1812, we annexed Nogai and their four territories (Boyzatchi, Alga, Orsk and Irgiz). This would have been cause to celebrate, but Oman had beaten us.

In 1813, land 20 was reached, but Oman was at Land 26 and they had beaten us.

In 1813, we form the Anti-Omani alliance with the Mameluks, the Gujarat and Mahrattis. What does it matter, Oman had beaten us.

In 1818, Hamadan defects to Persia. Terrible cannot even rouse himself enough to take it back. Oman had beaten us. (OOC: with vassalage & military access, it was too much a stability drop to fight back so I let them get away with it).

In 1819, I give up and return to the future. Oman had beaten us.

OOC: next post I will see how I did with my objectives and give final standings.

 

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Rap up

Uzbeckistan ended the game in third place.

Austira - 3689
France - 2528
Uzbeckistan - 2526
Delhi - 2122
England - 2104

I lost out to the French by two points. grrrrrr.

Here were my original rules:
1) Uzbek is a free country. So, I will only play ahead a little while so that my fellow Uzbekians (spelling?) can pipe in and affect the way we are going.
2) Uzbek is a fine Muslim country. Our goal is to make the world safe for our type of Islam, so we must convert all infidels to our faith. However, this is an expensive goal so we may have to wait for a while to try it. We cannot have too many infidels in our fine country.
3) We hate the Timurids – no particular reason, but they have too much and we want some of it. Besides, anybody who gets that big and that stupid deserves to be conquered.
4) I will not use any knowledge of the future to guide events.

We converted many of our territories of other religions. I would rate myself pretty good there. We destroyed the Timurids and kept the Moguls from every establishing themsleves, so I did pretty good here.

I never declared war without a CB.

I think I did OK overall with the Uzbeckis within the rules I set out.

Not bad for a bunch of sheep herders in a poor corner of the world....

Next time I will move to a different part fo the world.

Thanks to all who read this. Hope I made a few of you chuckle or at least groan....

 

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A home run performance from start to finish. I am looking forward to whatever project you will be tackling next.

 

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Wonderful, stroph1. Not only is this your inaugural attempt, but you complete it, too. Kudos to you, sir.

I look forward to much more in the future.

 

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Thanks for the kind words. I always intended to finish this, even though my conquests dried up near the end. The lack of manpower and the crappy terrain for supply are tough on a bunch of old sheep herders. I was pretty irritated with the Omani for a long while. I just could not beat that monster fortification in the desert and could not keep enough troops there to siege it -- by the time I got enough to establish a siege, I was at 18% losses a month. so I tried bringing up over a 100 cannon, but the attrition wore them down too fast. GRRRRRR. That's life for sheeper.

To be honest, I considered claiming a CB on somebody else so I could go after them, but kept my integrety to the end.

 

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Integrity is its own reward. *nods wisely* Except, of course, when it prevents you from conquering all in your path.

Great job. Looking forward to your next project!

 

[Saulta]

Great aar!I´m playing as the Khazaks,so it´s fun to see how things went out for you!

 

[Novea]

It's a pity that this game has probably already been deleted . Else ( if you have victoria) , you could export the game to vicky and slaughter the Omanis

Then go on a rampage , colonize Africa , ravage India and so on .