Prime Minister Amir Kabir offered Mirza Hossein Ali—better known as Baha'ullah—a place in the Qajar government. How would it have shaped history if Mirza Hossein took a post and championed progressive policies, such as his views on the education of women.
Perhaps then the Russian Revolution would have succeeded. He was a very canny political leader. I'm sure he would bring much required competence to the Bolshevik cause
Thanks for the comments. A bit of backstory on how I aim to achieve this. First, with regards to Islam, it still rises and still conquers most of Central Asia, however the hold of Islam over these regions doesn't last for very long and develops in the way of religious pluralism. After a few...
Looking at an extremely culturally and religiously mixed Central and North Asia but still with nation states.
Iranic nations:
Bactria (OTL extreme northern Afghanistan, most of Tajikistan and parts of Uzbekistan) - descendants of Greco-Bactrian kingdom. Practice Devangarism, which is a Buddhist...
Sorry I've got another flag request. It's a purple, yellow, green tricolour with a mammoth in the middle. The flag is for a Zoroastrian Iranic nation in Siberia
It was known that Napoleon had an Orientalist bent IOTL. This didn't amount to much after Egypt, but what would it take for Napoleon to firmly set his eyes in the East, take inspiration from Alexander and crown himself Emperor of Persia?
I was thinking something like cactus arms crossed beneath the orb making a sort of wreath. Aye, it should be more stylised. Any type of cactus is fine thank you 😁
I'd like to request a flag for a Guachichil state in Northern Mexico. If someone could make a flag that's a yellow field with a purple orb in the centre and some sort of cactus motif I'd appreciate it. Thank you!
North Africa and especially Egypt were thoroughly Christian before the Islamic conquest. That's one example of a major religion converting a great part of the followers of another