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= History =
=== Skepsian Caliphate ===
The very first Istanbulite state was the Skepsian Caliphate, founded in June of 2013 by player Skeps100 and his entourage. The caliphate drew inspiration from the real-life Ottoman Empire, as well as mixing Levantine, Persian, Turkik and other vaguely eastern cultures into its government and architecture. The nation was focused around the downtown core of its capital, Istanbul, which was the first large-scale urban development in the immediate region.
The Skepsian caliphate rapidly expanded and integrate other players, coming into contact with very early Augustan Basin settlements and cultures, including Griffen, Petrania, Carthage and Plankton. Although the Skepsian Caliphate was founded upon the ideals of a nomadic steppe-warrior culture (giving credence to the Kattar-Skepsian cultural theory), the government was not tyrannical, and its own population enjoyed liberties and freedoms while relations with neighboring states were good.
The Skepsian Caliphate entered a rapid decline as the Bloodcrew Hordes moved into the region, possibly from their ancestral homelands near Kappi (0,0). Contact between the Bloodcrew and the Skepsians was brutal and violent. Although the Skepsians mounted a formidable defensive force with their local allies, they were overwhelmed and witnessed the destruction of their capital city. With most of Istanbul under lava, the Skepsians left the region and declared Istanbul abandoned.
=== Grundesweigan Protectorate of Istanbul ===
There was always a tenuous and contested link between the original Skepsians and the proto-Grundeswegians. Famous ancestral Grundeswegian player Kovio has often claimed that Skeps100 himself as well as King_Devleti were part of the proto-Grundesweigan playerbase and, as such, claims that the Skepsian Caliphate was itself a Grundeswegian predecessor state. By late 2013 the proto-Grundeswegian peoples, the Kattars, had set up encampments surrounding the abandoned city. They conducted frequent raids on it to glean building materials from the structures. The Grundeswegian Empire was established across the map, after the nomadic Kattar peoples had migrated Eastwards and abandoned the Kattar Khaghanate ruins next to the city of Istanbul. Returning later, once Grundeswald had been established, They nominally took control of Istanbul, and converted the old Skepsian office building into the local administrative seat of power for the Istanbul colony of the Grundeswegian Empire. Most of the lava was cleared, revealing the severely scarred ruins, although the great ''Maqam Bayati Fountain'' remained intact, with water still flowing from its reaches. Grundeswald chose not to develop the land, only clearing the lava for ex-Kattar pilgrims who chose to make the occasional trek to their ancestral homeland outside of Istanbul.
During the protectorate era, Mt. Augusta was founded directly to the south of Istanbul. The city would come to grow into the biggest and most populated urban center in the entire basin, giving rise to the name "''Augustan Basin''". As Mt. Augusta rapidly expanded, the old Istanbulite farms at the southern foothills of Mount Istanbul were integrated by Augusta, and some friction started occurring between the Augustans and the Grundesweigens, who had reorganized their territory under the banner of the Holy Krautchekan Empire.
During this time there were some [http://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1lh882/reviving_istanbul_wall_of_text/ attempts] to [https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1i6awn/rebuilding_istanbul/ rebuild] the city that were quickly shut down by both the original Caliphs and Grundeswald.
=== Return of GTAIVisbest ===
By early August 2014, player GTAIVisbest was attempting to build a francophone commune in the wilds of the +,- by himself and received a message from Grundeswegian account Cuthulu1. GTAIVisbest and Cuthulu1 had often spoken together in Arabic on the subreddit, and the Grundesweigan account PM'd GTA with a link to the resignation of mayor zaphod100 from the city of Mt. Augusta. The link-drop was a coordinated attempt by the HKE government to get GTA to return to Mt. Augusta, run for mayor and help align Mt. Augusta towards a policy of friendship and collaboration with the HKE. During this time, Mt. Augusta was rapidly expanding and entering into conflicts with ancestral Grundesweigan claims in the Augustan Basin, and the HKE desperately needed a local ally to shore up their claims.
However, GTAIVisbest didn't understand the message, and instead interpreted Cuthulu1's PM as him admitting that Cuthulu1's main account was zaphod100. Confused, but excited, GTAIVisbest hurried back to Mt. Augusta and searched for zaphod100. Finding him logged out, GTA located the "Phod Tower", zaphod100's commercial tower, and covered the lawn in Arabic-language signs. Zaphod100 later logged in and cleaned up what he thought was newfriend grief when GTA was logged out.
Players Spada100 and Goldenegg, local Augustans and old friends of GTA, intercepted him when he returned to his old Augustan house. They had their eyes on Istanbul, and wanted to build a mansion on the summit of Mount Istanbul for their personal use, away from the authority of Mt. Augusta. They brought GTA to the ruins of Istanbul, a town he remembered as he had [https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1h0fpd/the_badasses_of_istanbul/ held a government position] in the original Skepsian Caliphate. GTA was amazed that Istanbul had remained completely unchanged for so long. Spada and Goldenegg informed GTA that the Grundeswegians had "unjustly" claimed Istanbul, and that GTA was the only player that could rightfully take back Istanbul and restore it to its former glory.
GTAIVisbest was moved by the efforts of his friends, and promptly moved into the ruins of Istanbul. He started clearing up the ruins and grief, preparing to take action against the unseen Grundeswegian overlords. He was contacted by Shadejon, the incumbent Augustan mayor, who had heard of his plans to declare independence from the HKE. Both Shaded and GTA knew that Grundeswald, with access to multiple combat accounts, could easily put down any kind of rebellion in their territory. Shadedjon proposed that GTA declare independence as the ''District of Istanbul'', which would be considered an Augustan homestead and therefore be a semi-autonomous region of Mt. Augusta. This would guarantee GTA's safety and the safety of Istanbul after the declaration of independence. GTA, eager for military support, agreed ''in principle'' to the offer, but both parties came to an agreement that the understanding was preliminary and not necessarily binding.
=== War of Independence ===
On August 17th, 2014, GTAIVisbest posted an official [https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2dtz0y/reclaiming_the_city_of_istanbul/ declaration of independence] on the subreddit. The post did not specify what the new polity in Istanbul would be called, but instead focused on the fact that GTA would rebuild Istanbul and return it to "its former glory". Due to the HKE's conflict with Mt. Augusta and their large ancestral land claims, their relations with the server were already tarnished, and when news of Istanbul's secession became public, an overwhelming majority of the server rallied behind GTA, promising military and financial aid. This rendered the previous agreement with Shadedjon moot, as GTA realized he would be able to militarily defend the city from any HKE attack.
=== Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul ===
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The Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra is the successor state to the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul (August 2014 - October 2014), an Islamic city-state existing in the city of Istanbul and its immediate surroundings. [[towns/istanbul#History|Istanbul's history]] stretches back to a very long time in server history.
=== Formation of the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra (ISIS) ===
By early October, SKNDR's new development area just north of the ''Dar el-Beida'' district of Istanbul stretched the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul's borders further to the North, making it a much larger state. As talks proceeded within the government as to how to incorporate the new lands, the administration decided collectively against making the new development area yet another, farther neighborhood of Istanbul. Instead, the decision to found a town at the site, christened Samarra by SKNDR, was taken, and SKNDR assumed regional control of the city of Samarra and continued building locally. By that point, the political entity of the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul found itself controlling the two cities, and therefore GTAIVisbest reshuffled the state and created the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra (ISIS) as a nation, replacing the city-state of the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul.
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| '''Official documentation of the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul''', the predecessor-state of the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra
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