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History of the Great Caliphate of Arabia

Chapter I: In Muscat

Fahd al-Sabah, leader of 1st Najdi Army was sitting in his tent. His men were rejoicing the grand victory
against the Sultan of Oman. He was writing a diary:
"Yesterday, we made decisive victory against the Kafir. Saif ibn Sultan II. surrendered
whole his land to our great ruler, Sultan of Sultans, Saad I. of Saudi dynasty. Now, he is awaiting his fate in his
own jail. Three hours ago, messenger arrived. He brought letter with glorious report - our brave warriors of Allah
defeated forces of Yemen and now they are advancing to the capital. Let the infidels see, what is Allah's will."

Suddenly someone entered the tent: "My lord, Sultan's emissary demands hearing."
"Let him come in, captain."
The emissary entered and sat down. And then he begun to talk.
After about thirty minutes, Fahd called for the captain.
"Report to lord al-Taleb to detach his soldiers - he is staying here as a guard."
"Yes, sir."
"And we have to rally the rest. Tomorrow, we are heading to Mecca."


Chapter II: The Ottoman Crysis

At the beginning of the 17th Century, the Ottoman Empire controlled whole Balkans, Crimea, Georgia, Turkey, Arabia
and with few exceptions whole coast of the Mediterannian Sea from Iskenderun to Oran.
And so, the desperate alliance of Austrian Archduchy and Russian Tsardom was born.
They both has interest to remove this threat once and for all.
In 1607, the campaign begun. Thousands of russian and austrian soldiers were marching towards Constantinople.
Sultan Ahmed I. could manage the two-front war, but soon the third appeared. Rebels - slavic and greek patriots
ruled by muslims for centuries decided to overthrow the Ottoman hegemony and be free once again.
In 1618, the 30-years War begun and the Habsburgs had to interrupt the Balkan Campaign and withdraw their forces for
exchange of the remnants of ottoman territories in Hungary and Croatia.
The Russians continued and after sudden death of Ahmed I., young Mustafa I. needed peace immediately to restore the
Empire. He ceded everything north of Caucasia to the Russians and paid about half of Empire's yearly income for
truce with Feodor II.
But damage was already made. Kingdom of Greece, Despotate of Serbia and Bosnia, Voivodeships of Moldova, Transylvania,
Wallachia and Bulgaria declared independence from the Empire in the Balkans. Only remaining Balkan (also European)
possessions were the City of Istanbul, Thrace and semi-independent muslim Emirate of Albania ruled by branch of
imperial family.
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