PROLOGUS
La Ressureccion, a popular painting by Abu Jawf Muqaddas, a popular Gholitsan(1)-born painter, painted on 1655 AD.
Islam is dying. The golden age is over. The Islamic grip on Andalusia is gone. From what is a regional powerhouse that could even envy the franks-now is merely small taifas-fighting each other for power, with them being on the eyes of the Christians, eyeing them as targets, with a clear sight of a Christian Iberian kingdom at their minds. It a irony, on how a great power eventually met its end with such manner. Broken up into small taifas, the Andalusian dream is gone-yet, not in the eyes of Abd'Rahman Jahwar Bin Muhammad, the current Wali of Cordoba of that time, when he decided for something else, after his father invested all of the state's power on him(POD). Abd'Rahman managed to avoid his brother's jealousy, with his last ditch attempt to consolidate his power-by giving Abd'Al-Malik the promises of a position-in the future, upon a promised "Victory" over the "Traitors". Abd'Rahman was no ordinary man. Well-educated on statesmanship and historical affairs, Abd'Rahman knew that the only way to save themselves is ending the dependency that the other Taifas had towards the Christian kingdoms, or even the Caliph. Abd'Rahman knew, that there must be a uniting force-yet not driven by matters of faith-but regionalism-in order to save the Taifa-and uniting Al-Andalus, and consolidating the Islamic grip on Hispania. For a better tomorrow it seems, but for Abd'Rahman, its purely for survival. Because he knew, that without this grand masterplan, the Taifas-and eventually Islam itself, will be erased from the region.
The Birzalids are weak. With one move, the Birzalids could meet their end. There, Abd'Rahman swore that the Taifa wont fought for the Arabs-or the Caliph anymore. There, Abd'Rahman swore that there will be only greatness in the future, for the Taifa. There, Abd'Rahman cuts his ties, as the Taifa of Qurtubah is gone-replaced by a new state that he proclaimed. A state that speak, fights, and serves for the people who lives in there. There, the Majlis'akl(2) of Qurtubah is born. Possibly the progenitor of the Islamic take of the European republican form, the Majlis'akl of Qurtubah is something that is foreign to the world, yet, serves as a big step for the world, proving the flexibility of the concept of democracy-with the actions of the Majlis'akl in the future eventually will shape the future of the world, up until today. This, is the story of how one man's innovation led into a chain reaction, and butterfly effects that shaped our world today. This, is when..
The Andalusians Strikes Back
A Timeline By TheTimeRanger
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(1).Spanish (Called as Gholitsan) language became the second biggest language on the region, with the Andalusian Union-adopting it as the second official state language on 1620.
(2).Councilate.
(POD). That's the POD. OTL, Abd'l Malik was the one who ascends, and managed to twists and screws things up by allying with the Sevillans, causing the decline of the Taifa of Cordoba.
La Ressureccion, a popular painting by Abu Jawf Muqaddas, a popular Gholitsan(1)-born painter, painted on 1655 AD.
Islam is dying. The golden age is over. The Islamic grip on Andalusia is gone. From what is a regional powerhouse that could even envy the franks-now is merely small taifas-fighting each other for power, with them being on the eyes of the Christians, eyeing them as targets, with a clear sight of a Christian Iberian kingdom at their minds. It a irony, on how a great power eventually met its end with such manner. Broken up into small taifas, the Andalusian dream is gone-yet, not in the eyes of Abd'Rahman Jahwar Bin Muhammad, the current Wali of Cordoba of that time, when he decided for something else, after his father invested all of the state's power on him(POD). Abd'Rahman managed to avoid his brother's jealousy, with his last ditch attempt to consolidate his power-by giving Abd'Al-Malik the promises of a position-in the future, upon a promised "Victory" over the "Traitors". Abd'Rahman was no ordinary man. Well-educated on statesmanship and historical affairs, Abd'Rahman knew that the only way to save themselves is ending the dependency that the other Taifas had towards the Christian kingdoms, or even the Caliph. Abd'Rahman knew, that there must be a uniting force-yet not driven by matters of faith-but regionalism-in order to save the Taifa-and uniting Al-Andalus, and consolidating the Islamic grip on Hispania. For a better tomorrow it seems, but for Abd'Rahman, its purely for survival. Because he knew, that without this grand masterplan, the Taifas-and eventually Islam itself, will be erased from the region.
The Birzalids are weak. With one move, the Birzalids could meet their end. There, Abd'Rahman swore that the Taifa wont fought for the Arabs-or the Caliph anymore. There, Abd'Rahman swore that there will be only greatness in the future, for the Taifa. There, Abd'Rahman cuts his ties, as the Taifa of Qurtubah is gone-replaced by a new state that he proclaimed. A state that speak, fights, and serves for the people who lives in there. There, the Majlis'akl(2) of Qurtubah is born. Possibly the progenitor of the Islamic take of the European republican form, the Majlis'akl of Qurtubah is something that is foreign to the world, yet, serves as a big step for the world, proving the flexibility of the concept of democracy-with the actions of the Majlis'akl in the future eventually will shape the future of the world, up until today. This, is the story of how one man's innovation led into a chain reaction, and butterfly effects that shaped our world today. This, is when..
The Andalusians Strikes Back
A Timeline By TheTimeRanger
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(1).Spanish (Called as Gholitsan) language became the second biggest language on the region, with the Andalusian Union-adopting it as the second official state language on 1620.
(2).Councilate.
(POD). That's the POD. OTL, Abd'l Malik was the one who ascends, and managed to twists and screws things up by allying with the Sevillans, causing the decline of the Taifa of Cordoba.
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