Abū Sulaymān Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah al-Makhzūmī (أبو سليمان خالد بن الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي), also known as Sayf Allāh al-Maslūl(سيف الله المسلول; Drawn Sword of God) - one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad. Khalid ibn al-Walid comes from the city of Mecca, the tribe of Quraysh. At first he was an opponent of the Prophet Muhammad in 625 and inflicted damage to the Muslims in the battle of Uhud. Later he converted to Islam and became an important military commander of the Prophet Muhammad, was nicknamed "The Sword of Allah."
Khalid spent 43 battlefield. This general is one of the few in history who was defeated in battle. Known victory in a decisive battle at Yamame and tactics used in the battles of al-Yarmouk and Walaje. He never liked to sit in the defense, chose to strike first, forcing the enemy by surprise. His army always been mobility, sharpness and fearlessness.
In 632-633 years Khalid ibn Walid completed the rout of the rebel tribes launched by the Caliph Abu Bakr, killing Musailima and all its allies.
Commander was buried in Kerman.
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Abū Bishr ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar Al-Baṣrī (أبو بشر عمرو بن عثمان بن قنبر البصري), commonly known as Sībawayh (سيبويه; Arabized form of the Middle Persian name Sēbōē), was an influential linguist and grammarian of Arabic. His seminal work, Al-Kitab, was the first written grammar of the language. Despite his significance to the development of the Arabic language and linguistic tradition, Sibawayh was an ethnic Persian and was not a native speaker of Arabic, having learned the language later in life. He has been referred to as the greatest of all Arabic linguists and one of the greatest linguists of all time in any language. Despite his significance to the development of the Arabic language and linguistic tradition, Sibawayh was an ethnic Persian and wasn't a native speaker of Arabic, having learned the language later in life. He has been referred to as the greatest of all Arabic linguists and one of the greatest linguists of all time in any language. Important person for our state, which combines Persian and Arabic culture.
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Tatzates or Tatzatios (Τατζάτης or Τατζάτιος, or Տաճատ Tačat) was a prominent Byzantine general of Armenian descent, who in 782 defected to the Abbasids and was appointed governor of Arminiya.
Reading his brief biography, I did not find the reasons for including his name in the list of spies...
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Independent rulers of Egypt and Sindh become our satraps, expanding trade routes even more ofc.
In the troubled mountains of Hindu Kush now new rulers - Ghurid dynasty, Tajik origin. Tajiks - the remains of the ancient Persian population, preserved language (Dari) in a never-ending Turkic invasions.
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I remind you that the land of the this ruler included in our plan of conquest.
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Mirage in the desert continues ... but this is only my whim, it would be better to build it all elsewhere.
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It was an offer that is difficult to refuse. Oh sure, they could become a satrapy of Assyria
Baghdad confirms the status of the scientific center of the world! Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Marvazi (أحمد المروزي.), Also known under the name Habbash al-Hasib (حبش الحاسب) - A prominent Central Asian mathematician and astronomer.. He worked in the "House of Wisdom" in Baghdad at the same time as al-Khwarizmi, al-Fargani and other eminent scientists, as well as in Damascus. He participated in the determination of the length of one degree of the meridian. His son Abu Jafar was also the creator of the famous astronomer and astronomical instruments.
He also owns three Zija, one of which is the treatment of the Indian table, called in Arabic literature "sindhind" and the other two were drawn up according to its own observations.
Al Marvazi introduced the concept of trigonometry tangent and cotangent, and compiled tables of these functions, the earliest in the history of science. He proposed method for solving the transcendental equation, is used in the theory of parallax (this equation was subsequently named Kepler's equation).
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In an era of religious persecution in the Byzantine Empire, many adherents of different sects and heresies in Christianity salvation is found in the east:
Great Chinese invention, believe that we got it for free.
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Medieval Daedalus was born in Kufa. Abbas ibn Firnas, also known as Abbas Abu al-Qasim ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini (عباس بن فرناس), was an Andalusian polymath: aninventor, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusian musician and Arabic-language poet. Often said to be of Berber descent, he was born in Izn-Rand Onda, Al-Andalus (today's Ronda, Spain), lived in the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba, and is reputed to have attempted flight.
The crater Ibn Firnas on the Moon is named in his honor, as well as the Ibn Firnas Airport in Baghdad.
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Zoroastrianism can not be spreaded with the help of missionaries, religion spread in some cities after they appear on the map by script, also present in some of the existing cities. This fact and our aggression against the independent Kerman and Zaranj leave only two candidate cities(Qazvin and Esfahan) for the construction of the WWs associated with Zoroastrianism. Shahnameh ( شاهنامه , "The Book of Kings") - an outstanding monument of Persian literature, the national epic of the Iranian people. In the "Book of Kings" describes the history of Iran from ancient times to the penetration of Islam in the VII century. The longest poem from the pen of the author: the amount of two times more than the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" together.
Shahnameh - the name of poetry and prose vaults, the most significant of these is the epic of Ferdowsi, written about 976-1011. Shahnameh is finished when the Turkic ruler Mahmud of Ghazni and was dedicated to him. From the rest of the arches only fragments remain in the retelling of various authors. The original vaults called "Khuda-Nameh" ("Grab-Namak"), then the name "Shahnameh".
Shahnameh Ferdowsi wrote for 35 years and collected a large body of the poem in Parsi folklore. While working on the product, it is used not only episodes of Muslim history, but also ancient Iranian myths and pre-Islamic epic and Avesta, the Zoroastrian scripture. Ferdowsi also included a poem thousand bayts written Dakiki his predecessor, who died in his youth and had time to complete its work.
"Shahnameh" compositionally divided into 50 so-called reigns of various volume. Some include large reign of legends (epics), having moral and ethical significance. Conditionally it can be divided "Shahnameh" in three parts: the mythological, heroic and historical.
Epic is extremely important linguistic meaning. The book of the kings, written entirely in Persian, has played a key role in the revival of the Persian language, which fell under Arab influence.
Shahnameh Ferdowsi, according to the instructions of the author, contained 60,000 bayts - paired lines adopted in Arabic poetry. It is believed that part of the text is lost in the poem also included some interpolation.
Illustrated copies of the book are the most famous examples of Persian miniatures.
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This technology is unlocking building of courthouse, which gives +1 Stability in addition to the basic bonus.
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Is the case when the odds against (Great Scholar) and desires (Great Merchant) appears Great Artist. Ibn al-Muqaffa was originally from the town of Goor (or Gur, Firuzabad, Fars) in the Iranian province of Fars and was born to a family of local notables. His father had been a state official in charge of taxes under the Umayyads, and after being accused and convicted of embezzling some of the money entrusted to him, was punished by the ruler by having his hand crushed, hence the name Muqaffa (shrivelled hand). Ibn al-Muqaffa served in sectarial posts under the Umayyad governors of Shapur and Kirman. Unlike his other colleagues, he escaped persecution at the hands of Abbasids after their overthrow of the Umayyad dynasty. He later returned to Basra and served as a secretary under Isa ibn Ali and Sulayman ibn Ali, the uncles of the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur. After their brother Abdallah ibn Ali made an abortive bid for the throne, they asked Ibn al-Muqaffa to write a letter to the Caliph to not to retaliate against his uncle and pardon him. The language of the letter offended al-Mansur who wished to be rid of Ibn al-Muqaffa. He was executed around 756 or 759 AD by the governor of Basra. Due to his defense of Manichaean dualism and a few lines of prose written in imitation of Quran, he later developed a posthumous reputation as a heretic
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Possession of relics in the Middle Ages attached great importance, and increased the prestige of the ruling house of piety, could generate income from the pilgrimage. In SoI relics giving a small positive effect, also they are required some Religious Victory.
Alarming news from the east - the depletion of soil near the city of Multan and the emergence of the Mongols, the mysterious warrior-nomads.
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Sultan al-Dawla, invited Jalal Rumi in Murwab, offered his rose garden as a fitting place to bury Baha' ud-Din Walad (also written as Bahaeddin Veled), the father of Mevlâna, when he died on 12 January 1231. When Mevlâna died on 17 December 1273 he was buried next to his father.
Successor Hyusamettin Celebi Mevlana Rumi erected over the tomb of the mausoleum. The construction of the mausoleum, designed by architect Berettina Tebrizli was completed in 1274. Finance the construction of the mausoleum of the Georgian princess Gyurchu Khatun, who became the wife of the Emir Suleiman al-Din Pervan, and the Emir Alameddine Kaiser. A distinctive feature of the tomb of Mevlana became covered in turquoise blue faience dome.
Mausoleum of Mevlana survived almost unchanged until the middle of the XIX century
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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri (aka Estakhri, Persian: استخری, i.e. from the Iranian city of Estakhr) was a Persian medieval geographer in medieval Islam and traveler of the 10th century.
Estakhri created the earliest known account of windmills. His Arabic language works included masalik al-mamalik (مسالك الممالك, "Traditions of Countries") and Suwar al-Aqaaleem ( صور الاقاليم, "Shapes of the Climes").
When Istakhari was in the Indus Valley he met another celebrated traveller, Ibn Haukul.
Egypt's new rulers are willing to share knowledge in Medicine.
Unfortunately, we can not help our brothers in the war against the infidels. They lost Damascus, Aqaba and Al Karak...
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The Mongol Empire launched several invasions into the Indian subcontinent, which greatly weakened the Ghorid Sultanate, and, in turn, gave a chance to capture the important city in northern India - Lahore. Here is how it was.
Mujahideen approached the walls of Multan, but at night the battle were crushed under the blows daylemits and light cavalry. Further Ghurids sprayed force. Part sent back from Lahore to Peshawar for reflection raid Mongolian tumens, the other part went to join up with Muzhanideen, but it was late and took up positions in the north-east of Multan. Weakened Lahore garrison was destroyed.
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For clemency in the name of Allah, and make peace with the requirement of a small tribute:
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Revolt in the city Farah which lost the race for the title of the capital of the province of Sistan. This city will not be long buffer between Buiyds and Ghorids, its residents will soon have to choose which side to stand on.
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Humility and wisdom of the ruler will change to the tyranny and cruelty, who knows?
Say that the audacity - the second happiness. Not this time. In the future we will not bore you with such things.
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Ismaili branch of Shia Islam also known as Hashshashiyya in SoI presented by the Company with same name, espionage unit "Assassin" and barbarian unit "Fidai". Not to mention them would be a crime.
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These guys do an excellent job with two objectives: "Stealing technology" and "Assassination of the heir".
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Fortress Farah was built by Alexander the Great as an intermediate point between Herat and Kandahar. During the reign of Arshakids Farah became one of the key cities in the region. But there have been changes in the Islamic era and the citadel was a minor way-station on the Silk Road network between Persia and India, between which traveled textiles, spices, and treasures.
Contents of this city is not profitable, despite the existence of a strategic resource of Horses. Disband the city with the state religion is not penalized piety.
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Small forces from Yemen seen near Oman borders.
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Seljuk Turks were defeated in Asia Minor, as well as in Iran. Lands of Sultanate of Rum divided between Kingdom of Armenia and its vassal Kingdom of Kartli (Georgia).
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Imamate of Yemen suffers from a lack of fresh water and food resources(read: and ). We help worsen the situation of our friends(Agrarianism effect: +1 in all city).
Next dynasty presented as barbarians: the Kartids.
Here we see the capital of their land Herat and attempt to capture province of Sistan with small army.
The Kurt dynasty, also known as the Kartids (ĀL-E KART, or perhaps ĀL-E KORT), an east Iranian dynasty [Sunni Muslim dynasty of Tajik origin] (643-791/1245-1389). Their capital was at Herat, and their realm initially comprised Sabzavār (now Šendand), Ḡūr, Sīstān, Balḵ, and Kabol. Their importance thus lies mainly in their contribution to the history of what is now western and central Afghanistan. They were at first subordinates of Sultan Abul-Fateh Ghiyāṣ-ud-din Muhammad bin Sām, Sultan of the Ghurid Empire, of whom they were related, and then as vassal princes within the Mongol Empire.
Note: for me as candidates for the addition of a new dynasty(civilization) in RFC:SoI, they stand at the end of the queue.
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Always protect your workers, settlers, missionaries and caravans!
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Quote of the Soviet animated film "Dog in Boots" (directed by Yefim Hamburg based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers) "Take the best of the worst!" best describes the attempt to save the capital.
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For the capital looks sad. Burn it!
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Now we need to replace mine at windmills.
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Sinbad the Sailor also spelled Sindbad (السندباد البحري as-Sindibādu al-Baḥriyy) is a fictional sailor and the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin; he is described as living in Baghdad, during the Abbasid Caliphate. During his voyages throughout the seas east of Africa and south of Asia, he has fantastic adventures going to magical places, meeting monsters, and encountering supernatural phenomena. A collection of his travel stories of the "Seven Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor" in the book "A Thousand and One Nights" and is based partly on real experiences of eastern sailors, part - on classical poetry, such as "Odyssey" of Homer, and partly - by Indian and Persian legends.
Of course, that the Great Merchant got this name .
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Solaniki dynasty concentrated an imposing army in the boondocks like Sangrup?! War is coming... but it is necessary to think about the answer to the Gujarat's Doomstack.
Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى ʿīd al-aḍḥā), also called the "Sacrifice Feast" or "Bakr-Eid", is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son, as an act of submission to God's command, before God then intervened sending his angel Jibra'il (Gabriel) and informs him that his sacrifice has already been accepted. The meat from the sacrificed animal is divided into three parts. The family retains one third of the share; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is given to the poor and needy.
In the Islamic lunar calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days until the 13th day.In the international (Gregorian) calendar, the dates vary from year to year drifting approximately 11 days earlier each year.
Eid al-Adha is the latter of the two Eid holidays, the former being Eid al-Fitr. The word "Eid" appears once in Al-Ma'ida, the fifth sura of the Quran, with the meaning "solemn festival".
Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a sunnah prayer of two rakats followed by a sermon (khutbah). Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the descent of the Hujjaj, the pilgrims performing the Hajj, from Mount Arafat , a hill east of Mecca. Eid sacrifice may take place until sunset on the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah. The days of Eid have been singled out in the Hadith as "days of remembrance" and considered the holiest days in the Islamic Calendar. The takbir (days) of Tashriq are from the Maghrib prayer of the 29th of Dhul-Qadah up to the Maghrib prayer of the 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah (thirteen days and nights)
Of course, not all Muslims can perform the Hajj to Mecca to participate in the main holiday of the Muslims in the holy place to offer sacrifice personally, so the canons of Islam require Muslims to perform the culmination of the ceremony not only in Mecca, and wherever may be Muslims.
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Middle Eastern campaign the Mongols led by Hulagu (1256-1260) - one of the greatest conquests of the Mongol army, directed against Iranian Ismaili Nizari, the Abbasid caliphate, Syrian Ayyubid, Buyid Empire and Mamluk Egypt; since a major role in the action against the Middle Eastern Muslims have played a Central Asian Nestorian Christians, and the allies of the Mongols were the participants of the Seventh Crusade, some historians (René Grousset, Vernadsky G.V., Gumilev L.N.) called the Yellow Crusade.
Careful preparation was conducted at the army en route:
across rivers bridged, fixed roads;
tribes that roamed the territory through which the army had to move, driven from their seats;
procured huge stocks of food and fodder.
Mongols marched from the fortress in Eastern Khorasan Torbat-e Jam, Mashhad and Beihagh(now know as Sabzevar) to
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Jibal:
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Fortress is designed to close the space between Al-Kufa and Ahwaz.
Qalat Sukar is located on a ridge west of the Gharraf Canal (the old canal that the Sumerians dug up some 4000 years ago). Qalat Sukar is 6 km northeast of the remains of the ancient Sumerian city of Larsa. A modern drainage canal separates Qalat Sukar from Larsa Tell.
James Abbott Sauer and Khair Yassine, believe that because of the name, and the former marshlands in the area, it is likely that Qalat Sukar was originally the site of a sugar mill, constructed after sugarcane was introduced into the area in the ninth century.
The word qalat (kalata) is Persian and qal'at (qal‘a) is Arabic for 'fortified place'. It frequently occurs in place names. Qalats can range from castles like Rumkale to the mud-brick compound common throughout southwest Asia. The term is used throughout the Muslim world to indicate a defensive fortress.
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Residents of an isolated Nubia met again. They failed 2/3 URV, however, nothing unusual.
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Total defeat, the remains of the Mongols took refuge in inaccessible gorges of Kurdistan. Express submissiveness to now have not the caliph, but the commander of the Mongol Hulagu.
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This city does not have an alternative, so we capture Sur [do not confuse this city with toponyms with the same name].
Historically the city is known for being an important destination point for sailors.
Sur experiences a hot desert climate with very little rainfall and high temperatures. Because of its coastal location, Sur's night-time temperatures are never very low. There is no distinct wetter season, but March tends to be the wettest month, and September the driest.
Sultanate of Oman lost the war on land and at sea, although his position obliges qualify for sea supremacy.
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Unfortunately I was not able to understand by the name of what historical person is hidden under "Ghiyas al-Din"
During his lifetime, an Arab, a man belonging to the Arab culture, could have several names. In infancy he was given the first name, "alam". This happened immediately after the birth or circumcision. By this name is often added his father's name, "Nasab". Then, according to his social position, he could get a title or nickname - "Laqab", reflecting his personal qualities or describing his appearance. Could it also be called by the name of the country or city where he was born or where they came from, which corresponds to part of the name, called "Nisba". The name of the religious schools, as well as the name of the profession, the position could also be part of his name.
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The present town of Herat in western Afghanistan dates back to ancient times, but its exact age remains unknown. In Achaemenid times (ca. 550-330 B.C.E.), the surrounding district was known as Haraiva (in Old Persian), and in classical sources the region was correspondingly known as Areia. In the Zoroastrian Avesta , the district is mentioned as Harōiva. The name of the district and its main town is derived from that of the chief river of the region, the Hari Rud (Old Iranian *Harayu “with velocity”; compare Sanskrit Saráyu, which traverses the district and passes just south (5 km) of modern Herat. The naming of a region and its principal town after the main river is a common feature in this part of the world. (Compare the adjoining districts/rivers/towns of Arachosia and Bactria.)
The site of Herat dominates the productive part of ancient Areia, which was, and basically still is, a rather narrow stretch of land that extends for some 150 km along both banks of the Hari Rud, from near Obeh in the east to near Kuhsān in the west. At no point along its route is the valley more than 25 km wide. The city and district of Areia/Herat occupy an important strategic place along the age-old caravan routes across the Iranian Plateau.
At the time of Alexander the Great, Areia was obviously an important district. It was administered by a satrap, called Satibarzanes, who was one of the three main Persian officials in the East of the Empire, together with the satrap Bessus of Bactria and Barsaentes of Arachosia. This would mean that the capital of Satibarzanes, which may have been Herat, was one of the three main Achaemenid centers in this part of the world, together with ancient Bactra (modern Balḵ, the capital of ancient Bactria), and Old Kandahār, the capital of ancient Arachosia. In late 330 B.C. Alexander the Great, according to his biographers, captured the Areian capital that was called Artacoana . The etymology of this name remains unknown, and whether this place should be identified with the modern city of Herat is also uncertain, although the strategic position of modern Herat would suggest its great antiquity; and thus the possiblity remains that they are one and the same place.
After Alexander the Great, classical biographers refer to a city called Alexandreia in Areia, but again its identification remains unknown. Soon after the death of Alexander, Areia was briefly attacked by Scythic nomads from the far north . In the following years, Areia became a frontier area between the empire of the Parthians to the west and that of the Greco-Bactrians to the east. In the late second century B.C.E. the Greco-Bactrians were defeated by northern tribes, and Scythians (or Sakas) traversed the district of Areia; perhaps under pressure from the Parthians, they finally settled in nearby Sistān (Mid. Pers. skstn“Sakastān” ), farther to the south. In the Parthian Stations (14-16)by Isidore of Charax, an itinerary composed in the Augustan era, the district of Areia is placed between Margiana (in the vicinity of modern Marv to the north), and Anauon (around modern Farāh) to the south. At that time the district was clearly regarded as forming part of the Parthian realm.
In the Sasanian period (226-652 C.E.), “Harēv” (hryw) is listed in Šāpūr I’s Kaʿba-ye Zardošt inscription; and “Hariy” (hr’y) is mentioned in the Pahlavi catalogue of the provincial capitals of the empire. Ca. 430 C.E., the town is also listed as having a Christian community. Sasanian seals and engraved gemstones were reported to have been found in or around Herat. The city served as a Sasanian mint. Additionally, gold and copper coins have been found that are clearly Sasanian in inspiration, although the Sasanians in Iran generally did not strike gold coins but preferred silver issues. The gold coins from the Herat area show a fire altar on the reverse and the portrait of the ruler on the obverse. The name of the ruler is often identical to one of those listed on the so-called Kushano-Sasanian coins from Bactria, and this would indicate that the Sasanian governor in the northeast of the Sasanian Empire at times also controlled the Herat district.
In the last two centuries of Sasanian rule, the area and town of Areia/Herat had great strategic importance in the endless wars between the Sasanian Iranians and the Chionites and Hephthalites (qq.v.), of Hunnish origin, who had been settled in modern northern Afghanistan since the late fourth century; but exact information is scarce. The city of Herat, however, became well known with the advent of the Arabs in the middle of the seventh century.
When the Arab armies appeared in Khorasan in the 30s/650s, Herat was counted among the twelve capital towns of the Sasanian Empire. The period from the 3rd to the 5th century was one of urban growth in the eastern Iranian world (Grenet). To that period belong the rare data witnessing the presence of Christians in Herat. Herat is described by Eṣṭaḵri and Ebn Ḥawqal in the 10th century as a prosperous town surrounded by strong walls with plenty of water sources, extensive suburbs, an inner citadel, a congregational mosque, and four gates, each gate opening to a thriving market place (see iv.). The government building was outside the city at a distance of about a mile in a place called Ḵorāsānābād. A church was still visible in the countryside northeast of the town on the road to Balḵ, and farther away on a hilltop stood a flourishing fire temple, called Serešk, or Aršak according to Mostawfi.
Symbolically, the city fell into the hands of Christians, but by this time the Christian and Zoroastrian community was disappeared. Christian community moved to Zaranj, as you remember.
The depletion of resources - an attempt to balance the game management. Old centers suffer from this, especially Baghdad and cities in Nubia.
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"Da Vinci of the Islamic world" workshop was built in Murwab. Badīʿ az-Zaman Abū l-ʿIzz Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī (بديع الزمان أَبُو اَلْعِزِ بْنُ إسْماعِيلِ بْنُ الرِّزاز الجزري,) was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician. He is best known for writing The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (الجامع بين العلم والعمل النافع في صناعة الحيل) in 1206, where he described 100 mechanical devices, some 80 of which are trick vessels of various kinds, along with instructions on how to construct them.
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Armenian state was able to resist the Mongols, but the signs of decay are already visible. Heir killing strengthen instability in the kingdom.
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After the mission assassin returns to one of the border towns, but not in the capital. Convenient, is not it?
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Alchemy! We have not been able to turn lead into gold...
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New resources: oil and sulfur.
Oil in SoI simply strengthens desert tile to values: 3 and 2
I can not imagine a situation in which preference was given to culture
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A few words about Mashhad. The city has gained importance after the decline of Nishapur and Tus. But in SoI location of Mashhad is weaker than that of Nishapur(on/1W wheat).
Farah - no comments.
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And we see hasty decision to found the city Rayy. In the middle of the 12 th century, we find ourselves in a situation with no access to the horses. Sariya's culture dont blocked Tehran spot, but we made a mistake and choose tile with horse for city. Still worth destroying the Qazvin city and move 1S. Qazvin pop13 and Tehran pop10 better than Qazvin pop 10 and Rayy pop6 right?
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Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (ابوبكر محمّد زکرياى رازى, also known by his latinized Nam Rnazes op Rasis), was a Persian polimath, fisitsian, alchetist, filosofer, and important figure in the history of medicine.
A comprehensive thinker, Razi made fundamental and enduring contributions to various fields, which he recorded in over 200 manuscripts, and is particularly remembered for numerous advances in medicine through his observations and discoveries.An early proponent of experimental medicine, he became a successful doctor, and served as chief physician of Baghdad and Rey hospitals. As a teacher of medicine, he attracted students of all backgrounds and interests and was said to be compassionate and devoted to the service of his patients, whether rich or poor.
Cultivate the land along the Indus began in the days of Indian civilization also known as the Harappan Civilization...so that soil erosion is not surprising, but no less annoying from this fact.
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serious and mutually beneficial
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pushing to the brink
Another war ended with Ghurid obtaining of Quetta, we forgot to tell you about this earlier believing population dynasty disappeared, the result is logical, the principality was divided into smaller districts. Quetta a suitable candidate for the Summer Palace: our plans do not include control of the whole of North India (including Delhi and Gwalior).
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Opium capital of Afghanistan destroyed, the surviving residents found shelter in Quetta:
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Qalawun قلاوون الصالحي was a Kipchak who became a mamluk (slave soldier) in the 1240s. This general glorified his name in the battles against the Mongols.
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Kingdom of Sindh capture Mosul for us get rid of the ballast!
Samarra will be reconstructed away from the deserts and swamps along the Tigris (on sulfur).
Oh wow, I see... Sheez. I can use my Arabic keymap fine though, here... Perhaps it gets messed up if I press 'Post Reply'? But I doubt that. أنا لا اعرف.
Muhammad Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (محمد بن محمد بن محمود أبو منصور ماتریدی سمرقندی حنفی) was a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and Qur'anic exegesis. Al Maturidi is one of the pioneers of Islamic Jurisprudence scholars and his two works are considered to be authoritative on the subject. He had a "high standing" among the scholars of his time and region.
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After four centuries Buyids empire again drew attention to the west. In the west patr of Fertile Crescent Muslim rulers have lost all the territories - all major cities in the hands of the Crusaders.
Small town on the edge of the desert wedged in a vice between Christians and Muslims, was bound to fall prey to one of the parties.
City Ar Raqqah was founded in 242 or 244 BC. e. Seleucid king Seleucus II Callinicus as Callinicus. During the Byzantine period, the city was renamed Leontopol, but often the city continued to be called Callinicus. At that time the city was economic and military center. In the year 542 BC. e. the city was destroyed during the invasion of Sassanid Persia, led by Khosrov I Anushirwan, but was later rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
In 639 the city was captured by Arab Muslim tribes. Since then he was called Ar Raqqah. In the year 640, the first mosque built. Due to the strategic position of Al-Raqqa value increases even more during the war under the Umayyads and early Abbasids.
In 796, the Caliph Harun al-Rashid decides to do Ar Raqqah his residence in the Empire. For thirteen years, Al-Raqqa was the formal capital of the Abbasid Empire, stretching from North Africa to Central Asia, while the main administrative apparatus remained in Baghdad.
At the end of the IX century Al-Raqqa fell into decline due to prolonged fighting between the Abbasids and Tulunids, and later with the radical Shiite Carmathians. Since the end of X century to the XII century the town was controlled by Bedouin dynasties.
Raqqah experienced a new upsurge in the XII century and the first half of the XIII century, becoming an agricultural and craft center at zengid dynasty and Ayyubid. In this period they were built the gates of Baghdad. Killed atabeg Imad ad-Din Zengi was originally buried in Al-Raqqa. Ar Raqqah was destroyed during the Mongol invasion in 1260s.
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Al-Raqqah never experienced a 3rd blossoming.
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Raja of Gujarat declared himself Vikramaditya. One of the most famous names of Indian history, the king Udjjain in the West Indies, on the northern slope of the Vindhya Range. This name, like the name of Caesar in Europe, has become a symbol and a title, and many subsequent rulers attached it to their names. His reign was the era of prosperity sciences, poetry and the arts.
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The construction of this World Wonder in Mansura does not make sense from our point of view. Correct the error is priceless, for everything else, there's MasterCard espionge points.
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For Eastern people trade - is an entertaining game that involved the seller and the buyer.
Sold on the eastern market - is not the cashier at the store, which will serve you for five minutes. For him, the most important - communication, the ability to conduct easy conversation, demonstrating the role of "Seller".
From you it is waiting for the execution as a "buyer". For the Persian, Indian and a Turk - the buyer is a connoisseur and expert on the product. It examines the long thing, tries, tests for strength, asking questions, admires the advantages and disadvantages terrified, so much so that it is heard the entire quarter.
This expert will be a long time to look at the product and be sure to bargain. Usually the seller wind the price is almost 3 times, but it does not mean that he does not respect the buyer and wants to cheat. Just these are the rules of "game" in the bazaar, and you have no choice as to participate in it.
In Western countries, in shops or in the markets for the goods simply hang a price tag, and on the eastern market - this is unacceptable.
Dwarka is one of the oldest cities in India and one of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism (in this Hindu pilgrimage site we spread Shia for additional bonus). Large and noisy city - an ideal place for a spy activities.
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I call it the "Fury of the doomed". Jauhar (also spelled jowhar) is the self-immolation of women, always including queens and female royals of Hindu kingdoms, most notably the Rajput kingdoms of Rajasthan in India, when facing defeat at the hands of an enemy. The most famous Jauhars in recorded history have occurred at the end of Rajput battles with Muslim empires. However, the practise was widespread throughout India in the middle ages whenever a Hindu fort was to fall to Muslim armies, and there are recorded instances in the Deccan, in Gujarat, and nearly all parts of Northern India. It was followed by females and children of the Rajput clans in order to avoid capture and enslavement at the hands of invaders. The term also describes the practice of mass suicide carried out in medieval times by Rajput women to save their honor from invaders.
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Done! The ability to organize the fighting at sea finally presented itself. Area of operations will be the eastern part of the Arabian Sea from the Gulf of Kutch to the Gulf of Khambat.
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The first victory has been achieved, however, not on the battlefield.
The new empire was established by Turkic general Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah after revolting against the Delhi Sultanate of Muhammad bin Tughlaq Kingdom of Gujarat. Bahmanid Sultanate was the first independent Islamic Kingdom in South India. Now Indian Raja fighting a war on two fronts.
Note: usually Bahmanids become vassals of Kingdom of Gujarat. This is easily explained by the poor homeland of a new dynasty, in these lands(Maharashtra and Karnataka) no horses and iron....
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Destroying Dharamsala, we cut off the Indians from Peshawar. Even though the city was in decline due to forced islamization by Ghaznavids, the area around Peshawar rich and strategically important. The Khyber Pass (د خیبر درہ) is a mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Penjab, cutting through the northeastern part of the Spin Ghar mountains. An integral part of the ancient Silk Road, it is one of the oldest known passes in the world. Well known invasions of the area have been predominantly through the Khyber Pass, such as the invasions by Darius I and Alexander the Great and also include Genghis Khan and later Mongols such as Duwa, Qutlugh Khwaja and Kebek. Among the Muslim invasions of ancient India, the famous invaders coming through the Khyber Pass are Mahmud Ghaznavi, and the Afghan Muhammad Ghori and the Turkic-Mongols.
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One of the fragments of the Armenian Empire - the Principality of Vaspurakan tried to join Buyids Empire. The dispute over the enclave could lead to war with Byzantium and Georgia, also position of Malazgirt not optimal.
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The war is in our scenario: capture of Sangrur reduces the threat to Multan and Lahore, it puts pressure on Delhi.
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Step by step we are moving towards the proclamation of the title Shahanshah. Needs to capture only one province - Tabaristan.
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Disband Torbat-e Jam(abandoned):
Disband Beihagh(replaced later 2W):
Black Death
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Abul-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Ferghani (أحمد بن كثير الفرغاني) - one of the largest medieval Persian scholars, Central Asian astronomer, mathematician and geographer. A native of Ferghana valley. In Western Europe, it was known by the Latinized name Alfraganus.
Biographical information about famous scientists almost did not survive, the exact place of birth is not known, however, judging by his name Alfraganus, he was born in the Ferghana Valley. It is known that the average age of al-Ferghani lived in Baghdad, working in the famous House of Wisdom.
A peace treaty only delaying the inevitable. Delhi destroyed, ofc.
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Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal (ابن حوقل.) - arabian geographer and explorer of X century. He traveled more than 30 years in different countries, its "Book of Roads and countries" ("Kitab al-masalik wa-l-mamalik") contains extensive information on the history and toponymy of the Caliphate and the surrounding countries.
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The Circassians are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group from which came a lot gulyams. Some of them have reached the heights of his career - became generals and sultans, like Barsbay.
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So as not to tire the transient and uninteresting descriptions of military conflict with weak Timurids i use 1 spoiler for all event during war.
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Razed Marv:
razed Bukhara:
razed Balkh(ancient Bactria)
and finally, peace treaty:
Ibn Rustah (احمد ابن رسته اصفهانی) was a Persian explorer and geographer born in Isfahan Kerman. He wrote a geographical compendium known as Book of Precious Records. The information on his home town of Isfahan Kerman is especially extensive and valuable. Ibn Rustah states that, while for other lands he had to depend on second-hand reports, often acquired with great difficulty and with no means of checking their veracity, for Isfahan he could use his own experience and observations or statements from others known to be reliable.
He travelled to Novgorod with the Rus', and compiled books relating his own travels, as well as second-hand knowledge of the Khazars, Magyars, Slavs, Bulgars and other peoples.
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Peace did not last long - fire broke out with renewed vigor. Of all the many Rajput clans only
Paramara dynasty put up stubborn resistance.
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Gwalior:
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Dhar:
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For maintain a high level of piety we keep Bombay and give it immediately to Bahmanids.
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Al-Mas‘udi (أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن علي المسعودي) was an Arab historian and geographer. He is sometimes referred to as the Herodotus of the Arabs. Al-Mas‘udi was one of the first to combine history and scientific geography in a large-scale work, The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems ( مروج الذهب ومعادن الجوهر), a world history.
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Returning from a campaign in Tocharistan by the shortest route army crossed the Hindu Kush
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and 
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in all city).
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get rid of the ballast!
