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Mosiac Earth 7: Asia and Austraila
For posting all matter of thing there onto relating to the continents of Asia and Austraila. Game starts on Monday May 7th
I would like to point out that there should be a standard when making a post in on of the continent thread In the title of your post, put the nation that POV you are posting as. At the beginning of the post use the following header Location(town and country, province, middle of ocean, etc) Game date Time of occurence Here's a sample The White House Washington, DC United States April 46, 1886 3:30 am President Garfield woke up. He was thirsty. He went down stairs to get some water, not wanting to distrube the help. On his way down, he tripped on a roller skate. "Son of a Bitch," he yelled. |
March 10th
Russias South Border to Mongolia 2035 local "The Mongols are coming! The Mongols are coming!" When Cmd. Ilyich Treshenkov heard that he instantaniously dropped his cup of coffee and ran to a window. There he could see the Mongol army coming towards his lines over the last mountain range of the himalaya. Cmd. Treshenkov did not spent a second more than he needed to and gave orders for all to fill up the trenches and to shoot any Mongol who comes in shooting range. The artillary had too shell the army. 10 minutes later the army came in artillary range. And the shelling began. over the next 15 minutes the Mongols fell like flies. They had no chance. They cannot use their artillary because of the mountains, the cavelry is not able to fight because the horses are frightened and run any where. The Infantry is slowly moving further towards the Russian trench-line. Cmd. Treshenkov looks the army ncome closer. 10km. ahlf an hour later only 7km. another half an hour later 4km. The Cmd. cannot understand why they are doing this. He estimates already losses of about 60% but the mongols are still not retreating. after 1h and 20min the Mongol infantry reaches fire range of the Russian Infantry in the trenches. Now the comander was only able to hear firing underlined with the deep noises of exploding shells. The slaughter only needed 2 hours then the shooting stopped. not a single man was standing in the Mongol army. The Cmd. could hear people moaning. The next day he looked over the battlefield. It looked like swiss cheese - everywhere holes. and it was red. blood red. the moaning stopped too. Why did the Mogols do that? That was suicide! and not a single Russian soldier got even wounded. He could not understand this. But what he could understand was that the Mongols will continue to attack and they will not retreat anymore. From now on the Trenches will be always filled with soldiers. and the Border will always be on alert level orange - ready to fight. |
March 5, 1886, 2230 Hrs.: Edo Bay
Emperor Mutsuhito Meiji surveyed the landscape of edo bay. "American dreadnaught... British Merchantman...German corvette...russian freighter...and of course, the staple japanese open air fishing skiff." The emperor said to himself while watching the harbor from his porch at the imperial palace. When he took charge of Japan from his father, Emperor Shinji Meiji, the Manchurians and Koreans were still fighting over the water rights in the Amur river. Those stupid Manchurians neer ceased to amase the emperor. "Emperor Mutsuhito, you might want to read over this." Said an aid. He quickly read over it. "Damn...stupid Daimyo from the Kobe district, bitching about how his samurai never get to have any open arms practices in the streets. THIS ISN'T THE DAMNED 15th CENTURY!" He yelled out while tossing the memo to the ground, letting the wind pick the slip of paper up, and draw it into the air, and away from the enraged emperor. For 155 years, the Daimyo accords had bound the remaining 80 daimyo of Japan together into a ruling body. The bloody civil war had raged for close to a full millenia, the Japanese had been fighting not only Chinese, but also each other. The rival shogunates had sent out their trusted samurai to do their fighting for them, and built personal armies to fight for supremacy. The emperor watched quietly as the american Dreadnaught USS Philadelphia turned on her flood lights, illuminating the darkened harbor. It was to be a long day, and the emperor needed his sleep. He walked into the bedroom, slid the screen shut, and quickly fell asleap on the sleeping mat laid out for him by the maid. Mutsuhito Meiji Emperor Empire of Japan |
New East Vienna
South New Gotland Imperial Colony of New Gotland March 29, 1886 "I don't like to see the convoy go." said William Francis, as he stood by the city's port. "It always feels like we're suddenly vulnerable." "Oh, don't worry, they'll be back by April. It's routine, and who is going to invade NEW GOTLAND? The Andorrans wouldn't dare touch Imperial Territory, and in Lafayettia you just have the French, who couldn't invade themselves, let alone New East Vienna." responded his friend. "You're right. I'm just being silly- But you always have to be prepared! I wish that Prague wouldn't take such risks as removing our entire naval contingent once a year." |
Great Britain
Sydney, Australia
March 20th 1886 Captain Andrew MacKenzie of the HMS Bellerophon sat in the lounge of the Officer's Club with his Lieutenant, Morris Filmore, discussing developments abroad. "Well, Leftenant, looks like the Fuzzies have actually invaded East Africa. That's a distressing development to say the least. If they can stir up some dissent in Northern Africa, we might well have the bloody French looking to swoop in on what we've claimed." "Very much so, sir. However, I think that the 92nd is going to be sent in, last I heard. Or rather the "Gordon Highlanders" as they are known now. All those damn consolidations done back in '81. I can never get all those new Army regiments down." "The Gordons eh? They've got plenty of experience in Africa. They fought the Zulus back in '79, and were there through Majuba Hill, if I remember correctly. They should do fine against the damned Dervishes." |
Manila
Philippines (Kingdom of Spain) April 1, 1886 11:57 am Local Time The Ball of the previous night had been really fruitful. The British ambassador had been really impressed and a concession over China would finally be obtained for the King. He would be proud of him. The sky was really clear this morning and the sun started to warm the city of Manila. He loved this country. Sometimes he thought that if don Carlos had his rights over the throne of Spain finally recognized he would ask him to remain here as governor. Suddenly an intense light filled the sky in different waves of intense colours. Ramón Urrutia y Castrourdiales had never seen something similar. Maybe it was a sign that the China operation would be successful. |
Tehran
Empire of Persia April 1, 1886 9:01 am Local Time The Shah always had feared that Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire reached some type in agreement strategic to distribute Persia. He had been able to expand his Empire further on that no other Persian monarch in long time, but that threat was there. The information were clear the territories of the Emirates of Hyderabad, Turbat, Quetta, Sukkur, Lahore and Peshawar had been occupied by the British. Nevertheless the Turks had not moved, in fact the information were that there were no Turkish forces in the border. "I propose that we concentrate about 100.000 men to prevent that the British advance more and we attack the Turks now who are off guard. One nourished cavalry force could try to cut the Ottoman territory in two while our infantry occupies her cities." "and if it were a trap?" "Then we will have here to the British and the Turks in two months..." |
Trebizond
Empire of Trebizond Armenia-Trebizond April 1 11:03 AM "TURKISH ATTACK ON FORT OUTSIDE TIGRANOCERTA STOP EXISTANCE OF ARMENIA DENYED STOP WEAPONS OF TURKS APPEAR TO BE AROUND 400 YEARS OLD STOP CAPTIVES CLAIM THAT CAPITAL IS IN ADRIANOPLE STOP" With that telegram to the central government in Trebizond, the King-Emperor was shocked. Shocked. He conferred with his advisors immediately, after all, passage through the Bosphorous was integral to Trapezuntine commerce and trade. His advisors were just as worried. The Foreign Officer, who was an expert in Turkish history, pointed out that Adrianople was a historic capital of Turkey, and one of their largest cities. Eventually a hypothesis was formed: The Russians, with whom Armenia had an alliance, had attacked the Sublime Porte, and seized Constantinople in a lightning attack. Obviously the Turks had declared war on both Russia and Armenia in responce. So, a Megas Doux-class ship of the Imperial Navy was sent out to the city of Constantinople, to see what had happened. The chief diplomat aboard held a renunciation of the Treaty of New Moscow, and orders to, if need be, seize the city to protect Trapezuntine commerce. |
Russia
April 1st
1600 local Moscow General Staff HQ Sending this massage on all lines and bandwidths in all known languagesa through the inetrnational communication lines. "Hello? This is Moscow. Can anybody hear us? <break> If someone is able to get this, please contact us. <stop>" |
Transmission to Moscow from Trebizond
5:01 PM "Hearing you loud and clear Moscow Stop. This is Trebizond stop. Why has the capital been moved from New Moscow stop. We seem to have gained new Transmission Equipment unexpectedly stop. Apoligies if we missed any earlier Transmissions stop. Have you invaded Turkey stop. Should be noted that this is a violation of the New Moscow Treaty stop. Turks seem to be attacking us and the Sultan seems to not be in the City stop." |
Russia
Transmission to Trebizond
April 1st Moscow 1732 local "Trebizond? This is Moscow. We can understand you clearly too. <stop>The capital has never moved. It is Moscow for about 300 years now.<stop> There is no New Moscow here either. <stop> No we didn't invade Turkey. <stop> Do you have any idea why they should do this? <stop> We will send a delegation to you if you don't mind. <stop> here are weird things happening. <stop> maybe we can figure out what it is. <stop><stop>" |
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April 1st 5:51 PM This is Trebizond stop. Apoligies for assuming your invasion of Turkey stop. However it seems that the Turkish Sultan is residing in Adrianople stop. It is assumed that he has fled an invasion stop. Weird things happening as well here stop. Turkish invasion seems unprovoked stop. Turks captured claim that our state belongs to them stop. Claim that Tigranocerta is called Diyanbakir stop. We will accept a Russian delegation stop. Hope to get all problems cleared up stop stop. |
Transmisson to Trebizond
"please send us directions that our delegation knows where to go since we do not have any maps of your country.<stop> we will send then a delegation from Baku close to your border<stop> hope there will eb no complications on theri way<stop><stop>" |
Transmission to Moscow
Trebizond is where it has always been stop. To get there and staying in our land go through Karabakh and head north through the lands of Zangezur and Erivan stop. Then go north and pass through Andronicopolis on the Black Sea coastline and keep going along the coast to Trebizond stop. It may be easier to send a ship from the Crimea stop. Hope to meet your delegation stop. |
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Thank you very much<stop> It makes sense to send a ship. <stop> The ship will fly the Russian flag and the Peace symbol of Russia<stop> the ship will also be unarmed<stop> the delegation is getting a message this very minute and has order to leave as fast as possible <stop> have a good day<stop><stop> |
Tehran
Persian empire April 3 11:03 AM it had been too easy. they had not found a turkish soldier. in a couple of days they will arrive to Halep, Damasq and Amman. the shah was really happy about how things were going on. "please try to communicate with the british in india and with istanbul. we will order them to retreat from beluchistan and the lands to the north[pakistan] or we will continue our advance in Siria" "m'lord there is a new telegraph room we do not know where has appeared from". "you are telling me a joke" "no it is real. we do not know who put it there" "?does it work?" "yes" "then use it to communicate with the turks and the brits" "but there is only a letter with the british empire name, there is not with the turkish empire" "!what the hell!" * * * * * message to the british "please abandon the territories you have taken in the eastern part of our empire or we will continue attacking your ottoman allies. allah will make us triumph over you" |
Armenia-Trebizond
Somewhere on the Black Sea
ITS Andronicus II April 3, 1886 1:00 PM "Look at these cities, Sir." said Telemachus Dioxeges, a subordinate on the ship, "They don't look right. Where are all the great Turkish ports?" "You're right, Dioxeges." replied Captain Michael Paleolouge, "The settlements we see look far poorer." "What do you think we should do, Captain?" asked Dioxeges. "Well," replied the Captain, "We have orders to proceed to the Turkish Capital, and make sure that our commerce will be able to pass through. For now, we're going to keep going." |
(A bit early? Sure, assume they got good winds.)
Constantinople Roman Empire (Called Byzantine) April 5, 1886 (ISOTed from 1400 AD) 1:03 PM Regent John VII Paleolougus lamented his cruel fate. His 'Empire' was but a few fortresses on the Aegean, and little did he know but he had lost most of that. His crowing glory was Constantinople, but that city was in ruins since the so-called Crusade, where the Venetians sacked the city. And now, the Turks attacked his City, his capital, while his co-Emperor brother Manuel was off trying to find help. He looked out the Palace Window, and saw the Turks, still seiging the city. He prayed to God Almighty for a miracle, something. And then, out of nowhere, a massive ship entered from the distance, flying a flag that looked, though he could not be sure, to be Byzantine*. Was this a message from God? Aboard the ITS Andronicus II Telemachus Diogenes looked through the telescope at the city in the distance. He paused, then looked again to make sure. "Captain! Come quickly!" Captain Paleolougus ran towards the sailor. "What is it, boy?" "The city, sir, look at it's banners!" replied the excited Diogenes. "They look like the normal Turkish Red banner from here, son" replied the old captain. "Look through the telescope, and you'll see I'm not lying!" "Let me see that." The old captain took the telescope from the man, and peered at the city. The sailor was right, it didn't look the same. Indeed, it was much smaller, and that was not the Turkish banner at all. "Good god, that's the flag of the Roman Empire!" "The Roman Empire? Here?" asked Telemachus. "It seems so. Telemachus, is the Adrianople still attached to our ship?" "Yes sir." replied the sailor. "Get one it, and get back to Trebizond immediately. We need new orders, I presume." * - The Byzantines used a Gold Cross on Red with four B-like letters, the Trapezuntines in my TL use a gold cross on Red with IS HS NI KA on their ships- Very similar, especially from a distance. |
Palace
Trebizond Empire of Trebizond Armenia-Trebizond April 7, 1886 "Your highness, reports from Turkey are showing that several Armenian principalities seem to exist on the coast of Cilicia, and the lands are in a primitive state." said the messenger. "However, one Kocharian, an Armenian noble-" "Kocharian? I know of him. A good man, governor of the Tigranocerta Province." said the King-Emperor. "Yes, sir. He wishes to extend the Cilician Armenian Principalities under our rule. As you know, most of the 2nd Yerevan and the 7th Alavardi are both in the Province. He wishes to move the rest of the 2nd into the Province, and move the seventh into Cilicia, and extend our rule there. The princes are mostly Muslim." "Well," replied the King, "Tell him that we should try to work with the rulers. He may take most- not all, as I will not move the rest of the 2nd into Tigranocerta- of the Alavardi into the Princiaplities, but any of the Princes who are willing to convert to Christianity and be subordinated to me are to be left alone. Send these messages to Kocharian." |
April 7th
Trebizond 1537 local The delegation from Russia arrives in Trebizond |
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From The Journal of Governor Kocharian
April 9 ....Today, we reached the capital of Ramazan. The Emir there ruled over a population consisting of a mix of Greeks and Turks, who formed a slight majority. The Armenian presence of the nation was almost non-existant. Much of the old Cilician Kingdom was held by Karaman, to the west. He was at first reluctant to join our nation, and rightfully so, for who wishes to cease being a soverign? And conversion seemed to be right out. However, we held a demonstration of the Alavardi's power outside his palace. The Artillery especially had an amazing affect on him. I believe he saw our weapons destroying the walls of his palace before his eyes... Later that day, he became a Christian- Not of our Armenian brand, but Orthodox, for he did not wish to take an Armenian as his wife, and took the name Paul, and signed an oath to the King of Armenia. In return he was granted the title of King of Ramazan... In return for his conversion, he did ask for one thing, which we willingly granted. You see, the lands of his new subordinate kingdom and our ancient nation are separated by territory of the Dulkadir, which we took for him, with the border on the Euphrates. Several guards of the Alvardi, who were Kurdish, were stationed there, and they expect some small conflict.... Now we go to the Karaman Emirate to the west, a land that covers much of old Cilicia...." |
Kara Yusuf's Tent
Federation of Black Sheep Turks April 9th Kara Yusuf Shah- for he had taken that title, and deservingly, for who but one chosen by Allah could have been saved so majestically, in a blaze of light eradaticating the armies of the Illkhan in the distance? And yet, it was odd, as not only were the Illkhan's armies destroyed, but much of his own land was gone. In the north reports came of Christian Churches, while in the south reports came of Mosques, but in unfamiliar and large cities. Kara Yusuf Shah was confused by this situation, but with many of his Black Sheep Turks gone, dissapeared in a blaze of light, it was best to discover what had happened. He ordered an emissary, Mutafa Alzir, to enter the lands to the south- Better to deal with fellow Muslims than with unknown Christians. |
Manila Royal Palace
April 9th, 1886 King Carlos VI had ordered one ship to go to Hong Kong. Obviously there was something weird going on. The secret telegraph room, those messages from America, the message of the Argentinians and the lack of news from the British. The fleet of Lord Cunningham should have arrived three days before to carry the second regiment to Shanghai and they had not appeared. He did not fear that the British had changed mind about letting the Philippines to have colonies in China, but the action of the French or the Americans. If he could at least restore contact with the Japanese, those ex-samuray troops would be quite handy! He ordered his assistant to send a fast ship to Hokkaido. |
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Alepo April 11th the advance had been quite easy. the population opened the doors of the twons and said something about mongols. he was surprised. more when he see the black sheep turks there. he offered them their protection in the name of the shah of persia and sent one cavalry regiment with them. then he met his staff. "so we have already occupyed Halep, Dimasq and Hammam. let`s see if tomorrwo we have al-Quds, Haffa and Beyrut. we will had to ask the fleet to start moving to round africa to go to the mediterranean. |
The ITS Anna Comneni
Empire of Trebizond Armenia-Trebizond April 11th Emperor Alexander III stood on the deck of the large ironclad ship, The newest of the Basileus class, and the largest. Nearby, the smaller Megas Doux ship Adrianople followed. He thought about the journey ahead. Hoepfully, his ship would scare off the Turks. From what he had heard from the Christians in the 'Outside World', they thought the year was 1400. If so, John Paleolougus should be still in his city, praying for his brother's return with aid. And John wasn't even an Emperor, but a Regent... And in Constantinople, thought Alexander, perhaps he could fulfill the ancient dream of the Trapezuntine Emperors- To become Baselius in Constantinople itself. From The Journal of Governor Kocharian April 12th "..today, we obtained for the King the Protectorate of Cilicia. When we entered the Emirate of Karaman, we... the Emir's heir was apparently dead, murdered by one of our weapons, and we still do not know how he got it... The Emir staunchly refused to have anything to do with the Kingdom of Armenia, despite the advice of many of the Greeks in his court. His capital city of Karaman was swarming with Greeks... Eventually, we left the city, and reluctantly planned to attack it, as per our orders. However, we were approached by a greek man, however, he was truly only half-Greek and worshipped in our Apostolic Church, who was an important man in the city, named Constantine Angelus. Angelus offered us an interesting possibilility. It seemed he wished... It seemed odd to support a coup, yet we decided to do it. We provided Angelus with a man from our party, John Rokaraban, who was excellent at long-distance shooting. He shot the Emir from a window... Eventually, Constantine Angelus, with only covert assistance from us, gained the support of most of the troops in the city, and the Emirate of Karaman became the Protectorate Kingdom of Cilicia... And so we set off to Tigranocerta, and then I was to go to Trebizond myself, to tell the King of the good news." |
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Britain
Somewhere in Burma
April 12th, 1886 General Pearson stood over his maps. The Burmese were operating in and around the northern highlands making it difficult to track down. In combat, they weren't much trouble, it was simple pinning them down. Using cordon lines and small groups of soldiers in the dense jungle, especially the Gurkhas, he was having no problem killing them. What was the problem was keeping himself supplied. The roads were constantly thick with mud, and communication lines were constantly being cut by the few Burmese savages that knew what they were. They had been out of communication with London for nearly a week. Last he had heard something strange had happened to the Empire and indeed the world; some kind of melange of countries its seemed. And as he looked at the relatively close border with Tibet and China, Pearson recognized that this situation also provided Generals with a certain amount of initiative "agreeable" circumstances that presented ample opportunity..... |
Halep. new persian province of syria
April, 18, 1886 the caravan of the shah had taken just ten days to arrive to Halep. the shah was exhausted although he used to hunt in the marshes of Basra. the long march had been interrupted by some tribes of beduines that tried to get personal favours, others had tried to resist and there were also some celebratiosn. the turks, the primitive turks that lived in this new middle east offered as vasals to the persian emperor against the mongols. ?were there mongols? he wondered. finally he received news that dimasq has finally fallen and that amman had been taken. however the resistance in Al-Quds was stronger and the small force send there was forced to retreat to amman. jaffa and beyrut were negotiating with the emirs sent there that were also worried by the mongols and by the armenians that were rumored that were occuping cilicia. he will send some delegation to tiganocerta to speak with the armenian prince. after all he was a persian subjet. one thing was sure the britis did not worry him now. he could lose beluchistan in exchange of syria and palestine. beluchistan will come later |
Imperial Palace: Edo, Japan
April 12, 1886 12:35 PM Emperor Mutsuhito glanced out the window to see the harbor in the distance. The ships that came with them: The american battleship USS Pennsylvania, the Prussian cruiser Prinz Eugen, the british corvette HMS Valiant, and about 50 or so american, british, and french merchentmen sat at the far end of the harbor. Across the harbor from them, sat a detachment of Japanese naval forces, mostly torpedo boats, and cruisers, but a battleship, the IJN Daimyo, and her picket ships. "Emperor, if you would come with us, we have some things to go over." The emperor nodded, as his advisor lead him down the hallway to a door 500 feet from his office. "Sir, we found this door about a week ago, after the incident with the lights in the sky." It reads: "International Cable, Restricted". "What is this room?" Mutsuhito asked. "We have no clue emperor, we haven't even had the gaul to open it yet." "Well, open it then!" The advisor followed the Emperor's advice. The door opened, and reveled a room filled with wires, and lights. "Well, read off what these things are saying!" Once again, the advisor went and read the first telegram that was listed." "Hello, this is russia, does anyone copy?" The emperor nodded. "Well, send them a response!" To: Russia From: Imperial Japan This is Japan <Stop> We have recieved your transmission <Stop> We would like to get in touch with the czar <Stop> And begin discussing trade <Stop> Mutsuhito Meiji Emperor Imperial Japan |
Manila. Philippines (Kingdom of Spain)
April 14, 1886 2:04 PM Message to Japan: Do you have any idea of what is going on? We have received weird messages but this month's Nagasaki's convoy has not arrived. |
April 12th
Transmission to JApan Moscow Thanks for responding <stop> since our Czar is very busy we would like to ask if you would accept a delegation from Vladivostok <stop><stop> |
ITS Anna Comnena
Waters outside Constantinople April 12 "Go!" screamed the King-Emperor Alexander III, "Attack the Turks first!" The Turkish Army fled at the ship's mighty guns at first, however, then turned their cannons at the Comnena. However, the ironclad hull held strong. The battle raged, as the Adrianople caught a awful hit from Turkish cannon, and was forced to leave the battle, limping awfully and demanding repair. It was then that Alexander III made his fatal mistake. He crossed over to the Andronicus II, and ordered it to head towards The City itself. He headed towards the city's ports, making a grandoise fool of himself by standing on the front of the ship. However, then a Turkish cannon made a lucky shot at the Andronicus. The ship only shook, but it was enough to send the man, a King and Emperor by title, yet still mortal, falling into the water, and ending this expedition. Michael Paleolougus, who disagreed with the King-Emperor's sudden plan to attack the very city, decided to call all of the ships back to Trebizond. |
Halep (new persian province of Syria)
April 19, 1886 message from the empire of Persia to the princedom of armenia i suppose the alterations that our world have sufered since the christian first of april have afected your realm. in our alternative realitity armenia was a loyal vasal of the shah and we hope that this good relationship is kept. we have seen worried how you are treating muslim believers in cilicia. we suggest you to limit yourself to ocupy greek and armenian areas in anatolia leaving all turk and kurd areas to the empire of persia. cilicia will be given back to their muslim governosr and armenian forces will retreat to armenian territory. Naser ad Din Shah of Persia and feudal lord of armenia and the caucasus |
To: The Imperial Government of Persia
From: The Royal Government of Armenia The Kingdom of Armenia was never a vassal of your nation in our lands. We know that many nations from the year 1400 AD have been transported into our world, and many nations from other worlds as well. Perhaps you are confused. However, as the territories we have taken over in Cilicia and Ramazan are part of historic Cilicia, and they are from 1400 AD, we feel compelled to note that, though official censuses have not been held, there are large Armenian populations in those areas, left from the glourious Kingdom of Little Armenia that once existed there, and in 1400 had barely fallen. There is no brutality towards Muslims in the Protectorates, or in Armenia Proper. Quite simply, the Royal Government of Armenia has accepted the new realities on the ground, and have mnoved to protect a population that in our world was wiped out. I hope that you will understand, however, as a gesture of good will, we will allow the ruler of Ramazan to choose to return to his former faith if he so wishes, while staying under our protection. Thank you, Robert Askarychan Governor-Regent of Armenia |
The Problems facing Armenia-Trebizond as of April 20, 1886
Simply put, it was a mess. The Personal Union between Armenia and Trebizond had merged the countries in many ways, but also kept them separate. Land-locked Armenia perhaps could survive alone, but Trebizond only had it's small archers, and would need to do a massive military buildup, which the Senators did not want. A major point of the contention now arising had it's basis in the Robertic Law of Succession, signed by Robert I of Armenia, and in theory barring females from the throne, though it was written complexly. Trebizond had no formal succession law, whoever got the throne- and always it was the former Emperor's heir- got it. The late Alexander III had left one child behind: Alexandria Zangezura, who had been born and raised in Trebizond and was twenty-one. Thus was the crisis of succession. The Trapezuntines had no problem with a female ruler, as it had happened before, and the nobility preferred it. After all, a female would be easier to control than a strong male, or so they think. However, as has been said, the Robertic Law does not allow it, as it is commonly asserted. The House of Zangezur's tendency to have but one child has not helped the situation much. Thankfully, Governor-Regent Askarychan has not pressed the issue, though he had not officially recognized Alexandria as heir. However, among those who want to break the personal union, seeing the Zangezurs as too assimilated into the Greek culture of Trebizond- The very reason the position of Governor-Regent was established- Have seen Robert Askarychan as the obvious choice to begin a new royal house. The probelm continues. The Trapezuntine Senate is expected today to confirm Alexandria as Empress of Trebizond. Weather Askarychan will do the same remains in question, as right now, he has not taken a side. |
The Council Could declare Alexandria to be a Man, and name her Emperor Alexander.
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As this is 1400, not 144? [Fall of Constantinople] Even if the Fleet failed It would have made it easier for the Greeks to Repulse the Siege.
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Amman
April 19 the city is going to surrender to our army. we ask for reinforcements to conquer al-Quds and the palestine. commander Ali Jatami of the persian army. |
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