And we are back, with the Grace of God.
The policies that the Ummah has agreed upon has left the government in a bit of a debt. In an attempt to improve the economy, the Caliph sat down with the leader of the Alemanni, Barbarossa, to try to negotiate peace and open trade relations:
Persistent Kobbe:
The cotton village of Kobbe that has been destroyed by the Ethiopian king centuries past has been rebuilt, with the support of the new Ethiopian heir. It appears that he might be more tolerant to the Islamic community:
Espionage at the Lake:
Dar al-Zanj, suspicious of the rebel encampment south of Zanzibar, decided to set up coastal outposts all across the lake, to monitor their movements:
Assault of Iskindiriyah:
The cotton farmers south of Iskindiriya, tired of oppressive rule by their masters, took up arms against the Ummah. They engaged in an assault that was catastrophic, wiping out the entire garrison of the naval city. The city would have been defenceless if it wasn't for the support of Moorish travellers who armed themselves and valiantly fought the rebels:
They stalled the rebels long enough for a camel regiment to be sent to Iskindiriyah from Al-Uqsur. The Caliph found this measure necessary, and did this without the consultation of the province for the sake of the Ummah as a whole:
Request was sent to the Moors for aid, and they sent a cavalry regiment that flanked the rebel encampment near the cotton fields, while the camel regiment stationed in Iskindiriyah finished the rebels off. Seeing inevitable defeat, the rebels burned the cotton fields to the ground, but they were stomped out, with those left alive condemned to slavery:
The Ethiopian March:
Dar al-Zanj was slightly uncomfortable with the presence of a large Ethiopian army near their northern borders. It is very well known that the Ummah has not had good relations with the Ethiopians, so many citizens panicked and started barricading their homes. Zanzibar was incapable of surviving an attack from this army:
To the people's confusion, the army did not invade Zanzibar. Instead, it marched all around the lake and attacked the rebel encampment of Quelimane, forcing all the rebels to flee into the jungles. Then the army disappeared south. People do not know how to react, but they are glad that the threat of these rebels was eliminated: