Mujahid786
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1443: During the Crusade of Varna, Karamanid Ibrahem Bey does not march against Ankara and Kutayha, and stays neutral. He begins to look south, where the declining power of the Mamluke state, begins an expansion of the Karamanids south. They capture Damascus, after a peace treaty with the Ottomans.
1453: When the Ottomans seige Constantinople, Karamanid bey, sends a token force. Wanting favourable relations with their powerful neighbour. In the south, the Mamluke state begins to collapse, from Karamanid incursions, and internal problems. The Karamanids quickly sweep south, taking Palestine and Jordan.
1460: The Karamanids begin to implement gunpowder, much as the Ottomans. Janissary like corps are created, though they are not of Christian converts.
by 1470, The Ottomans, and the Karamanids, begin to swallow up the remaining Tukish Belik States. The Ottomans, after a Mamluke envoy accidently offends the Sultan, send an army to take Egypt. They conquer it with ease, taking the Caliph to Istanbul, and bestowing the title upon themselves. The Karamanids soon push into Egypt, expelling the Ottomans.
1478: The Ottomans, deprived of the Middle-East, due to the increasing strengths of the Karamanids, devote most of their efforts to Europe, instead of Iran and the Middle East. The Karamanids take the Hejaz, and claim the titles of Servants of the Two Holy Shrines.
By 1500s: The Ottomans have taken most of the Southern Balkans. A Strong Hungarian State remains, though most Serblands have submitted.
1515: The Ottomans take Mosul and northern Iraq, while the Karamanids quicky attack east, taking Baghdad from the Persians, and Kuwait submits.
1517: By now, both the powers see themselves as the forerunners of Islam. The Ottomans claim the Caliphate, while so do the Karamanids. A small war is fought in Anatolia, though a peace traty reverts all borders.
1520: The Hungarians which are losing to the Ottomans, piecemeal, strike a deal with Iran and the Karamanids, to make a mutual attack. The Karamanids suceed in taking Ankara from the Ottomans, and the Ottomans are forced to surrender Mosul to Iran, and Ankara to Karamans.
by 1530: Both Powers are begining to vie for control of the Mediterannean. They remain hated enemies, though a few wars are fought together in the name of Islam against Venice.
1535: The Karamanids expand into Libya, and south to Sudan, begining a lucrative slave trade, while the Ottomans take Hungaria, and lay seige to Vienna, but lose.
1536: The Karamanids and Ottomans make an alliance against the increasing power of the Safavi state. A costly war is fought where, Iran is forced to cede Mosul back to Ottomans and pay tribute to Karamanids.
by 1550: An Alliance of Spain, Venice, Knights of St.John and Rhodes fight a Karamanid and Ottoman fleet, in a Lepanto-style battle, where the Ottomans and Karamans succeed, Karamanids and Ottomans divide Cyprus. This era is seen with an increasing collaboration of the two Sunni Islamic Powers against Shia Iran and Christian west.
1453: When the Ottomans seige Constantinople, Karamanid bey, sends a token force. Wanting favourable relations with their powerful neighbour. In the south, the Mamluke state begins to collapse, from Karamanid incursions, and internal problems. The Karamanids quickly sweep south, taking Palestine and Jordan.
1460: The Karamanids begin to implement gunpowder, much as the Ottomans. Janissary like corps are created, though they are not of Christian converts.
by 1470, The Ottomans, and the Karamanids, begin to swallow up the remaining Tukish Belik States. The Ottomans, after a Mamluke envoy accidently offends the Sultan, send an army to take Egypt. They conquer it with ease, taking the Caliph to Istanbul, and bestowing the title upon themselves. The Karamanids soon push into Egypt, expelling the Ottomans.
1478: The Ottomans, deprived of the Middle-East, due to the increasing strengths of the Karamanids, devote most of their efforts to Europe, instead of Iran and the Middle East. The Karamanids take the Hejaz, and claim the titles of Servants of the Two Holy Shrines.
By 1500s: The Ottomans have taken most of the Southern Balkans. A Strong Hungarian State remains, though most Serblands have submitted.
1515: The Ottomans take Mosul and northern Iraq, while the Karamanids quicky attack east, taking Baghdad from the Persians, and Kuwait submits.
1517: By now, both the powers see themselves as the forerunners of Islam. The Ottomans claim the Caliphate, while so do the Karamanids. A small war is fought in Anatolia, though a peace traty reverts all borders.
1520: The Hungarians which are losing to the Ottomans, piecemeal, strike a deal with Iran and the Karamanids, to make a mutual attack. The Karamanids suceed in taking Ankara from the Ottomans, and the Ottomans are forced to surrender Mosul to Iran, and Ankara to Karamans.
by 1530: Both Powers are begining to vie for control of the Mediterannean. They remain hated enemies, though a few wars are fought together in the name of Islam against Venice.
1535: The Karamanids expand into Libya, and south to Sudan, begining a lucrative slave trade, while the Ottomans take Hungaria, and lay seige to Vienna, but lose.
1536: The Karamanids and Ottomans make an alliance against the increasing power of the Safavi state. A costly war is fought where, Iran is forced to cede Mosul back to Ottomans and pay tribute to Karamanids.
by 1550: An Alliance of Spain, Venice, Knights of St.John and Rhodes fight a Karamanid and Ottoman fleet, in a Lepanto-style battle, where the Ottomans and Karamans succeed, Karamanids and Ottomans divide Cyprus. This era is seen with an increasing collaboration of the two Sunni Islamic Powers against Shia Iran and Christian west.
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