Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of March 2, 1421
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1422)

Description

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.

Actions

A. Let the beys run the show

• Mercantilism +2
• Stability -6
• Centralization -2
• Global revolt risk +7 for 18 months
• A random province revolts
• Aristocracy +1
• -30 relations with Venice

B. Curtail their power

• Stability -8
• Global revolt risk +10 for 60 months
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• Aristocracy -1
• Centralization +1
• +30 relations with Venice

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 3200 days of May 2, 1422
Checked again every 3200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1438)

Description

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.

Actions

A. Replace the administration

• Centralization +2
• Innovativeness -1
• Serfdom +1

B. Leave the old administration

• Centralization -1
• Innovativeness +1
• Stability -1

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Venice exists
• Event 24034 - Cyprus Expedition for Mamluks has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Control Cyprus
  • Cyprus is a vassal of Mamluks

Will happen within 30 days of May 2, 1428
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1445)

Description

Spices, and pepper in particular, from the Orient were carried by Arab merchants and unloaded at Jiddah, which the Mamluks 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 Mamluks. 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.

Actions

A. Institute royal monopoly

• Mercantilism +4
• +200
• Trade tech investment: -250
• +2 merchants
• -50 relations with Venice

B. Conduct fair trade

• Mercantilism -1
• +50 relations with Venice
• Event 24036 - Pepper Monopoly for Venice will never fire

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen on June 7, 1438

Description

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.

Actions

A. Drats!

• Lose 3000 troops in Timor Sea
• Centralization -1
• Stability -6
• Global revolt risk +8 for 18 months
• Create a religious revolt in a random province

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 1000 days of April 2, 1442
Checked again every 1000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1453)

Description

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.

Actions

A. Conduct peaceful policy

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1
• +30 relations with Ottoman Empire
• +30 relations with Timurid Empire
• +30 relations with Dulkadir
• +30 relations with Karaman
• +30 relations with Candar

B. Conduct aggressive policy

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability -3
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Order of St. John for 100 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ottoman Empire for 100 months

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Order of St. John exists
• Order of St. John owns Rhodes
• Own Alexandria
• Control Alexandria
• Country is not at war

Will happen within 60 days of August 11, 1444
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 20, 1454)

Description

By 1444, the Soldan of Egypt, Zaher Gaqmaq was so distraught with the loss of revenue between Aleppo and Alexandria by the piratical Latins, that he decided to capture the Island of Rhodes and put an end to the nest of pirates who harboured there under the protection of the Knights of Rhodes.

Actions

A. We need to curb the piratical Knights

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Order of St. John for 120 months
• -50 relations with Order of St. John
• Gain 5 galleys in Alexandria
• Gain 5 transports in Alexandria
• Trade tech investment: +100

B. Rely on our fleet to safe guard the waters

• Gain 10 galleys in Alexandria
• -20 relations with Order of St. John
• -3 merchants

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 1 days of February 14, 1453
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 2, 1453)

Description

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 Mamluks, and was deposed by his atabeg al-Ashraf Inal, who managed to gather sufficient support to be recognized sultan. He at once appointed Mamluks loyal to him to all essential positions of the State and the army.

Actions

A. Let the beys fight

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -2
• Stability -6
• Global revolt risk +6 for 20 months
• Create a religious revolt in a random province

B. Try to control them

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability -6
• Global revolt risk +8 for 26 months
• Create a religious revolt in a random province

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1460
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1461)

Description

In 1460 a plague devastated Egypt.

Actions

A. Drats!

• -25% population in Alexandria
• -25% population in Delta
• -25% population in Egypt
• -25% population in Nile
• Stability -1
• -1 base tax value in Alexandria
• -1 base tax value in Egypt
• -1 base manpower in Alexandria

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 60 days of May 2, 1461
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 2, 1461)

Description

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.

Actions

A. Let the beys fight

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -2
• Stability -6
• Global revolt risk +6 for 19 months
• Create a religious revolt in a random province

B. Try to control them

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability -6
• Global revolt risk +8 for 28 months
• Create a religious revolt in a random province

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 180 days of January 2, 1462
Checked again every 180 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1466)

Description

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.

Actions

A. Drats!

• Global revolt risk +7 for 48 months
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• Stability -2

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 20 days of October 10, 1467
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1469)

Description

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.

Actions

A. Let the beys fight

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1
• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +5 for 24 months
• Create a religious revolt in a random province

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Kara Koyunlu exists
• Event 103014 - Ak Koyunlu in Azerbaijan for Ak Koyunlu has already occurred
• Ak Koyunlu exists

Will happen within 5 days of January 2, 1468
Checked again every 5 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1500)

Description

Although the Ak Koyunlu had started as a relatively small state at the start of Usun Hasan's reign, their destruction of the Kara Koyunlu put the state on equal footing with the Ottomans and Mamluks. The Ak Koyunlu had become a formidable state.

Actions

A. The Ak Koyunlu are a threat to our interests

• -200 relations with Ak Koyunlu
• +2500 infantry in a random province
• +2500 infantry in a random province

B. Congratulate them on their victory

• +25 relations with Ak Koyunlu
• Event 103017 - Mamluk recognition for Ak Koyunlu is triggered immediately

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Own Aleppo
• The following must not occur:
  • Dulkadir exists

Will happen on October 3, 1468

Description

In the fall of 1468, Shah Suwar supplanted his brother in Elbistan and renounced his vassalage oath to the Mamluks sultan. Fearing that this would encourage others to rebel, Qa'itbay dispatched multiple armies to squash the rebellion at quite a significant cost. Suwar's rebellion dealt the reputation of the Mamluk sultanate as a bastion of stability in the tense area of southwest asian politics a humiliating blow. His rebellion was also a harbringer of future challaenges to Cairo's supremacy in the Muslim world.

Actions

A. We will not allow our power to be diminished

• Aleppo revolts
• Aleppo revolts
• -10 victory points
• -50
• +5000 infantry in the capital province

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 1200 days of May 2, 1476
Checked again every 1200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 2, 1490)

Description

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.

Actions

A. Try to improve the economy

• Aristocracy -1
• Centralization +1
• Mercantilism -1
• Stability +1
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +600
• Trade tech investment: +500
• -100

B. Try to improve the army

• Land +1
• Aristocracy +1
• Land tech investment: +600
• +6000 infantry in a random province
• Gain a temporary casus belli against a random country for 48 months
• -80 relations with the same country
• -100

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3368 - Cem Sultan's Rebellion for Ottoman Empire has already occurred

Will happen within 1200 days of May 2, 1476
Checked again every 1200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 2, 1490)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3368 - Cem Sultan's Rebellion for Ottoman Empire

Description

In 1481 brother of Ottoman sultan Bayezid II Cem revolted, but was quickly defeated and had to flee. Mamluks 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.

Actions

A. Give him asylum

• -150 relations with Ottoman Empire
• Stability -1

B. Send him back to Bayezid

• +50 relations with Ottoman Empire
• Stability +1

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Ottoman Empire and Mamluks are at war
• Ottoman Empire is a neighbor
• The following must not occur:
  • Country has at least 22 non-colonial provinces
• The following must not occur:
  • Mamluks controls Aleppo
• The following must not occur:
  • Mamluks controls Syria
• The following must not occur:
  • Mamluks controls Egypt
• At least 3 of the following must be true:
  • Ottoman Empire controls Lebanon
  • Ottoman Empire controls Samaria
  • Ottoman Empire controls Judea
  • Ottoman Empire controls Alexandria
  • Ottoman Empire controls Delta
  • Ottoman Empire controls Nile
  • Ottoman Empire controls Egypt
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • Monarch Selim I is active
  • The following must not occur:
    • Stability is at 0 or higher

Will happen within 1 days of January 2, 1485
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1566)
unless prevented by
Action A of 301086 - Fall of the Mamluk Empire for Ottoman Empire

Description

The Ottoman Sultan Selim I was determined to eliminate all potential enemies in the east in order to be able to overrun Europe without fearing an attack from the other direction. Having defeated Safavid Persia, he turned to the Mamluk Empire. At that time, the Mamluk state already was in a state of anarchy and its armies hopelessly inferior to those of the Ottomans, and thus Selim's armies rushed through its defenses at an incredible speed. On August 24th the Syrian army led by the Sultan himself who got killed in that battle was destroyed near Aleppo, the city of Damaskus conquered on October 12th and the rest of Syria and Palestina quickly overrun. After wintering in Damaskus, Selim progressed to Egypt. On January 21st, the last remaining Mamluk army engaged for the final battle near Radania and was decisively defeated. This battle marked the end of the Mamluk Empire. Selim offered vassal status to the last Sultan Tumanbeg...

Actions

A. Tumanbeg refuses vassal status and is executed (End Game)

• Cede Aleppo to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Nuyssaybin to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Kirkuk to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Iraq to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Syria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Lebanon to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Samaria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Judea to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Sinai to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Jordan to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Adana to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Sivas to Ottoman Empire
• Grant independence to Hedjaz
• Grant independence to Tripoli
• Event 219011 - The Ottoman subjugation for Mamluks is triggered immediately
• Event 301022 - Annexation of the Mamluk Empire for Ottoman Empire is triggered immediately

B. Tumanbeg accepts vassal status

• -200 victory points
• Cede Aleppo to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Nuyssaybin to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Kirkuk to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Iraq to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Syria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Lebanon to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Samaria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Judea to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Sinai to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Jordan to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Adana to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Sivas to Ottoman Empire
• Grant independence to Hedjaz
• Grant independence to Tripoli
• Event 219012 - The Ottoman vassalization for Mamluks is triggered immediately
• Event 110000 - Fall of the Mamluk Empire for Hedjaz is triggered immediately
• Event 301023 - Submission of the Mamluk Sultan for Ottoman Empire is triggered immediately

C. Continue to fight the Ottomans

• Stability -5
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Cede Aleppo to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Nuyssaybin to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Kirkuk to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Iraq to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Syria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Lebanon to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Samaria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Judea to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Jordan to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Adana to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Sivas to Ottoman Empire
• Grant independence to Hedjaz
• Event 219013 - The Ottoman invasion for Mamluks is triggered immediately

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Country is at war

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1492
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1516)

Description

Historically on campaign against the Ottomans in 1492, Mamluk army suffered a devastating blow, as plague decimated their ranks, and they had to sue for peace.

Actions

A. Drats!

• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• -5 national manpower
• Stability -2

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Event 301000 - Recognition of the Moriscos for Ottoman Empire has already occurred
• Spain exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Granada exists

Will happen within 1800 days of January 2, 1492
Checked again every 1800 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1517)

Description

Prior to its fall, the Muslim Kingdom of Granada routinely asked its Muslim brothers for support. After its fall, many Moriscos still held out hope that the Ottoman Empire would liberate them. However, surely, the Moriscos would not have become agitated had the Mamluk Empire come to their aid.

Actions

A. We have other concerns

• +1 merchants
• +1 diplomats

B. We must help them!

• +150 cavalry in a random province
• Gain 2 warships in Delta
• Stability -2
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 24 months
• +5 national manpower

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1494
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1494)

Description

In 1494 a severe famine completely devastated the lands of Egypt.

Actions

A. Drats!

• -25% population in the capital province
• -25% population in a random province
• -2 base tax value in the capital province
• -1 base manpower in the capital province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base manpower in the same province
• Stability -2

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen on July 8, 1496

Description

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 Mamluks, 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.

Actions

A. Let the beys fight

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -2
• Quality -1
• Stability -7
• Global revolt risk +6 for 60 months
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• -1000 population in a random province
• -1000 population in a random province
• -1 base manpower in the same province

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Event 284021 - The Hajj for Songhai has already occurred

Will happen within 180 days of January 2, 1497
Checked again every 180 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 27, 1528)
unless prevented by
Action B of 284021 - The Hajj for Songhai

Description

In 1497 a strange caravan arrived in Cairo from West Africa. Over a thousand soldiers arrived with Askia Mohammad, King of the Songhai Empire of the Niger river. Askia Mohammad was on his way to Mecca to perform the hajj, but stopped in Egypt to meet with the Sharif of Egypt, who was a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed through his daughter Fatima. The Sharif was impressed with the African emperor and made him his lieutenant over all the Songhai lands. In addition, an ambassador to Songhai was appointed and several Islamic scholars made the return trip with Askia Mohammad.

Actions

A. Make him our lieutenant in Africa

• +10 victory points
• +50 relations with Songhai

Mamluks — Not random

Will happen on November 10, 1501

Description

The reign of sultan al-Ghawri was characterized by continuous attempts to impose his authority over the emirs of Syria and other clans of Mamluks. 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 Mamluks, al-Ghawri creates a unit of artillery in its army and a foundry of guns.

Actions

A. Conduct the reforms

• Aristocracy -1
• Centralization +1
• Mercantilism -1
• Stability -2
• Global revolt risk +2 for 90 months
• Trade tech investment: +300
• Infrastructure tech investment: +300
• A random province revolts
• -2000 population in the capital province
• -1000 population in a random province
• -1 base manpower in the same province
• -1 base tax value in the same province
• -1 base tax value in the capital province

Mamluks — 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 January 2, 1511)

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
• -3 merchants
• Infrastructure tech investment: -200
• Trade tech investment: -1000

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Event 24015 - Capture of the Morgarbina for Order of St. John has already occurred
• Country is not at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Order of St. John and Mamluks are allied
• Order of St. John exists
• Mamluks owns Alexandria
• Mamluks controls Alexandria

Will happen within 10 days of April 2, 1507
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after September 2, 1515)
unless prevented by
Action B of 24015 - Capture of the Morgarbina for Order of St. John

Description

The Morgarbina was a gigantic vessel with seven decks which plied the seas between Tunis and Constantinople. Wealthy merchants confidently used her to ship their richest wares, confident that not even the notorious Knights could capture her. Commander de Gastineau, a wily captain from Limousin, waylaid the leviathan off Crete. Under pretence of parleying, he laid the Order's own great carrack alongside and then mowed down the captain and officers on the poop with one murderous salvo of grapeshot. The leaderless crew struck their colours and the Knights boarded to find a staggering consignment of silver and jewellery as well as bales of silk, cashmere and carpets, and quantities of pepper, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon. On the way home, the brethern captured three smaller cargo ships, and the entire treasure was eventually sold in France, its owners being held to ransom or sent to the slave market.

Actions

A. Punish the pirates right away

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Order of St. John for 120 months
• -400 relations with Order of St. John
• Stability +1
• Gain 10 galleys in Alexandria
• -2 merchants
• -150
• Trade tech investment: -200

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• Event 18012 - Commercial Conflict in the Indian Ocean for Portugal has already occurred
• Portugal exists
• Own Nile
• Control Nile

Will happen within 30 days of February 1, 1508
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1514)

Description

Portuguese depredations on Muslim shipping in the Indian Ocean greatly disrupted the spice trade in Alexandria where Venetian merchants came to buy the precious material. The Mamluk Sultan ordered a fleet built, using wood imported from the Black Sea by the Venetians, to defeat the upstarts. Amir Hussain led the fleet to Diu, in Gujarat where he conferred with Malik Ayaz, a former Russian slave and the Governor of Diu for the Sultan of Cambay. There he heard of a small Portuguese fleet anchored nearby at Chaul under the leadership of Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Portuguese Viceroy. Although many of the Portuguese galleys escaped Lourenço de Almeida was killed in the battle and his ship captured. In February 1509 Francisco de Almeida massed his ships and sailed to Diu to revenge his son. There he decisively defeated the Egyptian, Gujarati and Calicutian ships, dying the whole harbor crimson to quote one chronicler. This victory established the Portuguese as masters of the Indian Ocean until the arrival of the English and Dutch during the next century.

Actions

A. How dare they interfere with our trade!

• -200 relations with Portugal
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Portugal for 90 months
• +50 relations with Venice
• Gain 6 galleys in Nile
• Gain 6 warships in Nile
• +5000 infantry in Nile
• Leader Mir Hozem becomes active

B. Leave things well enough alone

• +50 relations with Portugal
• Event 101002 - Mamluk Invasion for Aden will never fire

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Egypt exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Ottoman Empire is a vassal of Mamluks

Will happen within 100 days of January 2, 1768
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1780)
unless prevented by
Action A of 219016 - The Sultanate of Egypt for Mamluks

Description

After more than 200 years without a single strong ruler, the leadership of Mamluks is centralized again and Sultanate of Egypt proclaimed.

Actions

A. Egypt controls it's own destiny

• Break vassalization with Ottoman Empire
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Egypt
• Flag graphics extension set to "Mamluks"
• Cyrenaica will be considered a national province
• Quattara will be considered a national province
• Cataract will be considered a national province
• Nile will be considered a national province
• Syria will be considered a national province
• Lebanon will be considered a national province
• Samaria will be considered a national province
• Judea will be considered a national province
• Sinai will be considered a national province
• Jordan will be considered a national province
• Arabia will be considered a national province
• Medina will be considered a national province
• Mekkah will be considered a national province
• Batn al Hajar will be considered a national province
• Nubia will be considered a national province
• -150 relations with Ottoman Empire
• Event 219016 - The Sultanate of Egypt for Mamluks will never fire

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Egypt exists
• Ottoman Empire is a vassal of Mamluks

Will happen within 100 days of January 2, 1768
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1780)
unless prevented by
Action A of 219015 - The Sultanate of Egypt for Mamluks

Description

After more than 200 years without a single strong ruler, the leadership of Mamluks is centralized again and Sultanate of Egypt proclaimed.

Actions

A. Egypt controls it's own destiny

• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Egypt
• Flag graphics extension set to "Mamluks"
• Cyrenaica will be considered a national province
• Quattara will be considered a national province
• Cataract will be considered a national province
• Nile will be considered a national province
• Syria will be considered a national province
• Lebanon will be considered a national province
• Samaria will be considered a national province
• Judea will be considered a national province
• Sinai will be considered a national province
• Jordan will be considered a national province
• Arabia will be considered a national province
• Medina will be considered a national province
• Mekkah will be considered a national province
• Batn al Hajar will be considered a national province
• Nubia will be considered a national province
• -150 relations with Ottoman Empire
• Event 219015 - The Sultanate of Egypt for Mamluks will never fire

Mamluks — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 301502 - Bayezid's Peace with Qa'itbay for Ottoman Empire

Description

As the result of Qa'itbay's large expeditions against the Ottomans, Bayezid's emissaries eventually concluded a peace with the Mamluk sultan that recognized him as the paramount suzerain of Syria and Southeastern Anatolia. After the Ottoman Wars, Qa'itbay enjoyed a primacy of place among Muslim monarchs uncontested by any foreign counterpart.

Actions

A. Was the economic devastation really worth it?

• +10 victory points
• +10 relations with a random country
• +10 relations with a random country
• +10 relations with a random country
• +10 relations with a random country

Mamluks — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 154003 - The Rescue of Janus for Cyprus

Description

In 1426-27 sultan Barsbay launched a major offensive against Cyprus. The reason behind the campaign was twofold: to prevent the threat to Egyptian shipping from the French, and to enforce the monopoly of spice trade between its two major ports of Alexandria and Aleppo. The island was taken and its King, Jean de Lusignan, became vassal of the sultan. This success allowed Barsbay to gain an upper hand in his dealings with Genoese traders.

Actions

A. Impose control over Cyprus

• Gain Cyprus as vassals
• +100
• Stability +1
• +50 relations with Cyprus
• -50 relations with Genoa

Mamluks — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 301086 - Fall of the Mamluk Empire for Ottoman Empire

Description

The Mamluk Empire is under Ottoman hands...

Actions

A. Alas!

• Cede Aleppo to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Nuyssaybin to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Kirkuk to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Iraq to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Syria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Lebanon to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Samaria to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Judea to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Sinai to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Jordan to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Adana to Ottoman Empire
• Cede Sivas to Ottoman Empire
• Grant independence to Hedjaz
• Grant independence to Tripoli
• Event 219011 - The Ottoman subjugation for Mamluks is triggered immediately
• Event 301022 - Annexation of the Mamluk Empire for Ottoman Empire is triggered immediately

Mamluks — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 301503 - Selim's Thoughts on the Mamluk Sultanate for Ottoman Empire

Description

During the reign of Bayezid II, relations between the Ottomans and Mamluks were quite cordial. Although initially there was some quarreling over southeastern Anatolia, Bayezid II largely preferred co-existance. All of this was to change when his youngest son, Selim rose to the throne. Unlike his father, Selim was an expansionist. His policies put the two states on a collision course when he began harassing Dulkadir.

Actions

A. And things had been going so well...

• -200 relations with Ottoman Empire

Mamluks — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 301500 - Bayezid and the Mamluks for Ottoman Empire
Action A of 301501 - Bayezid and the Mamluks for Ottoman Empire

Description

Since his acension, Bayezid had maintained positive relations with Mamluk sultan, Qa'itbay. However, in 1484, under pressue to renew the empire's expansive drive eastward, he began harassing the Dulkadir principality, a vassal state of the Mamluks in Elbistan. Qa'itbay would pursue multiple expeditions against the Ottomans whose expenses lethally damaged to the formal system of supply requisition and revenue collection.

Actions

A. We must protect our vassals!

• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -100
• +5000 infantry in the capital province
• +2500 cavalry in the capital province

Mamluks — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 162000 - Shah Suwar, the Dulkadir for Dulkadir

Description

In the fall of 1468, Shah Suwar supplanted his brother in Elbistan and renounced his vassalage oath to the Mamluks sultan. Fearing that this would encourage others to rebel, Qa'itbay dispatched multiple armies to squash the rebellion at quite a significant cost. Suwar's rebellion dealt the reputation of the Mamluk sultanate as a bastion of stability in the tense area of southwest asian politics a humiliating blow. His rebellion was also a harbringer of future challaenges to Cairo's supremacy in the Muslim world.

Actions

A. We will not allow our power to be diminished

• -10 victory points
• -50
• +5000 infantry in the capital province

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Medina
  • Own Mekkah

Triggered by

Action C of 219001 - Fall of the Mamluk Empire for Mamluks

Description

Selim offered vassal status to Sultan Tumanbeg, but he proudly refused and preferred to withstand the invading Ottomans to death.

Actions

A. OK

• Cede Medina to Hedjaz
• Cede Mekkah to Hedjaz

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Medina
  • Own Mekkah

Triggered by

Action A of 219014 - Fall of the Mamluk Empire for Mamluks
Action A of 219001 - Fall of the Mamluk Empire for Mamluks

Description

Selim offered vassal status to the last Sultan Tumanbeg, but he proudly refused and preferred being beheaded. Syria, Palestina and Egypt were incorporated into the Ottoman Empire that now stretched over three continents. For the administration of the new African possessions a third Beglerbeg with his seat in Kairo was appointed.

Actions

A. OK

• Cede Medina to Hedjaz
• Cede Mekkah to Hedjaz

Mamluks — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Medina
  • Own Mekkah

Triggered by

Action B of 219001 - Fall of the Mamluk Empire for Mamluks

Description

Selim offered vassal status to the last Sultan Tumanbeg. The cowardly dog has accepted this humiliation and will now rule Egypt as a subject of the Ottoman Sultan.

Actions

A. OK

• Cede Medina to Hedjaz
• Cede Mekkah to Hedjaz

Mamluks — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 7123 - The emir requests aid for Granada

Description

In 1441, Muhammad IX, emir of Granada, requests the aid of the Mamluk sultan, Sáid Caqmaq for aid against the Castillians. Caqmaq rejected the request, but send to Granada money and sumptuous presents.

Actions

A. It's too far away. Let's send some presents instead

• -100
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -1 for 12 months
• Event 7153 - Sultan sends us money for Granada is triggered immediately

B. We must help them. Let's send our best troops!

• Lose 6000 troops in a random province
• -50
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 18 months
• +1 diplomats
• Event 7154 - Sultan sends troops to help us for Granada is triggered immediately

C. Bah! We have our own problems. We must send nothing

• Stability -2
• Global revolt risk +8 for 24 months
• Event 7155 - Sultan refuses to help us for Granada is triggered immediately