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What if Khaydar Al-Afshin, governor of Transoxiana during the early period of the Abbasid Caliphate who was instrumental in the struggle against the northwestern Iranian rebel Babak Khorramdin and the Byzantines in Anatolia, had succeeded in his political struggle against the Abdullah ibn Taher...

South Asia is one of the poorest regions in the world, however, it had many Opportunities to be off, as such, With a POD anytime after 1900, Is there a way to make South Asia Richer, Similar to East Asia

Is there any feasible way to have a Muslim president of the United States before 1900? I suppose that if Orientalism had been more popular in the early United States, some ex-Deists could have converted to Islam due to the declining popularity of the Enlightenment and the appeal of the imagined...

Hi all, I have created a map just for fun, showing the Middle East/Islamic countries with borders redrawn. This was done for entertainment purposes only, and does not have any serious intent. The setting of this map is now (April 2019) but re-imagined in a way that would be more advantageous to...

Indian Subcontinent has always been a religious divided place, especially after the introduction of Islam in the subcontinent, as such is there any way the subcontinent can be religious United, the POD is after the birth of Islam Edit - Bonus if it is politically united as well

It is said that the 3rd Shiite Imam Hussein Ibn Ali wished to escape his persecution by fleeing to India. If I am correct he had somewhat of good relation with the Mohiyal Brahmins. What would happen if he actually fled to India? What would the Sunni-Shia schism be like? How would a Shi'ism...

In OTL, Russia wasn't considered very european by the western catholics, because of the religious difference among other things. And the region suffered some centuries from the islamic tatars incursion, who went as far as completely buren down Moscow. Now what if the slavs didn't convert to...

The Byzantine Empire was conquered in 1204 by the forces of the Fourth Crusade. The empire was dismantled and its territories divided up between Venice and the new Latin Empire of Constantinople, led by Baldwin of Flanders. The effects of this were pretty disastrous for the Byzantines, and the...

South Asia is one the oldest and historically, one of the richest regions of the world, however, it has always been one of the most disunited regions of the world, as such is there any Alternate Scenario where South Asia could be united - Most if not all of South Asia is under the control of...

Challenge: With a Starting time, between 650s to 1600s, have Persia be divided by a Islamic Shiite Dynasty, and a Zoroastrian Dynasty.

With any POD you want have an altOttomans conquer roughly the are of european russia and hold there until the early modern period. Doesnt need to be tatars or bolghar bulgarians, just need to be turkic and muslims. Bonus points if it leads to a serbocroatian like division of eastern slavic...

I've always found the various Abrahamic religions interesting, and Christianity and Islam are no exception. Of course, they're both minor religions, with only a few million followers each. So my challenge is this: make them both more prominent. Bonus points if you can give at least one of them...

After WW1 and the Turkish war of independence, Mustafa Kemal abolished the Ottoman caliphate. The last caliph, Abdulmejid II, was sent into exile. However, there was a pan-Islamic movement among Muslims in British India at the time called the Khilafat Movement, which sought restore the...

So, what is the latest possible pod for a united Arab nation? At minimum, this nation has to include Arabia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Egypt and Sudan. Other territories are allowed, but these are manditory. And assuming this nation formed and stayed stable, here are some questions... How...

Hello all I was curious about how a region like Europe that was largely seperate from the Muslim world would develop over the coming centuries? For a POD I'm going to assume that Mohammed simply doesn't start preaching this 'new' religion and lives out a regular life,(or maybe he's never...

So, what if the Sassanid Persians defeat the Rashidun Caliphate and maintain there independance? Perhaps by an earlier peace with Byzantium, or by having the Persians adapt to Islamic tactics?

FIRE INTO LIGHT An Alternate Bábism/Islamic Reformation TL As to those who have debarred themselves from the Revelation of God, they have indeed failed to understand the significance of a single letter of the Qur’án, nor have they obtained the slightest notion of the Faith of Islám, otherwise...

What if the Fulani religious leader Usman dan Fodio's jihad campaign against the Bornu empire in the 1800's had ultimately failed, preventing the rise of the Sokoto Caliphate? Could Bornu's weakening as a power player in West Africa not happen? What about the other, earlier-estabilished Fulani...

IOTL democracy emerged through the convergence of a multitude of different historical practices and customs. The Anglo-Saxon Witenagamot though not democratic (as in the modern sense of the word) was one such example. But it would give precedence to later forms of government involving elective...

This is a common theme on the site, however, I do not feel that it is well explored enough and we thus tend to not fully explore the situation and comprehend the radical changes with which Islam brought into the geopolitical scene of Afroeurasia. To begin, the POD is 629, Islam is through some...