Aden — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Civil War is active

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1450
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1453)

Description

The Rasulid Dynasty, rulers of South Yemen since 1229, entered a rapid tailspin after the death of Yusuf II as multiple princes grasped for the throne. In four years time, the dynasty would have been supplanted by the Tahirids, hereditary governors of Aden.

Actions

A. No good can come of this

• Stability -6
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Global revolt risk +12 for 48 months
• The capital province revolts

Aden — Not random

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1454
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 30, 1454)

Description

The Tahirids, military governors of Aden, deposed the last quarreling Rasulid Amirs and assumed the government of the Yemen.

Actions

A. A new day dawns

• Stability +2
• +6000 infantry in a random province

Aden — Not random

Conditions

• Event 18012 - Commercial Conflict in the Indian Ocean for Portugal has already occurred
• Own Aden
• Control Aden
• Portugal owns Cochin
• Portugal controls Cochin

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1498
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1679)
unless prevented by
Action B of 18012 - Commercial Conflict in the Indian Ocean for Portugal

Description

These Portuguese visitors envy the richness of our Kingdom. We cannot trust them.

Actions

A. All their bases belong to us!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Portugal for 600 months
• Event 260047 - Sultan has bowed to our demands for Portugal will never fire

B. Submit without a fight

• Event 260046 - Sultan has defied our demands for Portugal will never fire

Aden — Not random

Conditions

• Portugal owns Socotra

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1503
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1510)

Description

The Portuguese seizure of Socotra allowed them to decimate the Muslim trade into the Red Sea. Income from the entrepôts at Alexandria and Aden were badly damaged until the sailors could adjust to their presence and switch to slower, safer trade routes.

Actions

A. Damn Portuguese!

• -100 relations with Portugal
• -2 merchants
• Infrastructure tech investment: -100
• Trade tech investment: -750

Aden — Not random

Conditions

• Mamluks owns Nile
• The following must not occur:
  • Mamluks is a vassal of Aden
• Portugal exists
• Event 219009 - Fight Back Against the Portuguese Interference in the Spice Trade for Mamluks has already occurred

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1516
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1516)
unless prevented by
Action B of 219009 - Fight Back Against the Portuguese Interference in the Spice Trade for Mamluks

Description

in the struggle for the control of the trade route between Egypt and India via the Red Sea, Afonso de Albuquerque realized that he could only exercise lasting control over the Red Sea from Aden, but his attempt to take the city in 1513 failed. The Mamluks now decided to conquer Yemen using land forces. Their troops landed in Kamaran and then just out of Zabid where they inflicted devastating defeat on Tahirids. Finally they conquered Taizz and Sana'a, leaving the Tahirids with nothing outside the city of Aden by 1517.

Actions

A. To the barricades!

• Stability -6
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• -400 relations with Mamluks

Aden — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Ottoman Empire owns Jordan
  • Ottoman Empire owns Nile
• The following must not occur:
  • Ottoman Empire is a vassal of Aden

Will happen on July 27, 1538

Description

Amir bin Dawud, last of the Tahirids, after saving his city from hostile takeover for 22 years, was betrayed and murdered by Sulaiman Pasha, who delivered the city to the Ottoman Sultan.

Actions

A. We have no choice but to accept

• Monarch Local Imams * will never rule
• Monarch Turkish Governors becomes active
• Event 301101 - Expedition of Sulaiman Pasha for Ottoman Empire is triggered immediately

B. We shall never surrender!

• Stability -6
• Lose 10000 troops in a random province
• The capital province revolts

Aden — Not random

Conditions

• Aden is a vassal of Ottoman Empire
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 321003 - Height of Qasimi Power for Yemen has already occurred
  • The following must not occur:
    • Yemen exists

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1635
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 30, 1635)

Description

Having repulsed the Turks, the Qasimi line of Imams came to exercise sovereignty over the bulk of modern day Yemen, extending their influence as far away as Dofhar.

Actions

A. Freedom!

• Break vassalization with Ottoman Empire
• Stability +3

Yemen — Not random

Conditions

• Aden is a vassal of Yemen

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1728
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1728)

Description

Symptomatic of a decline in Qasimi fortunes, southern Yemen regained its independence in 1728 under the Sultans of Lahej.

Actions

A. Freedom!

• Break vassalization with Yemen
• Stability +3
• Event 321004 - Breakaway of Lahej for Yemen will never fire