Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra: Difference between revisions
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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 [https://www.reddit.com/r/MtAugusta/comments/2erpz0/agreement_with_istanbul/ understanding] was preliminary and not necessarily binding.
=== War of Independence ===
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In the week following the creation of the Islamic Sultanate, northern expeditions from [[towns/samarra|Samarra]] became more and more frequent. As the Great Desert north of Samarra was mapped out, border surveyors established there were no active or past locals of the area remaining, and no active land claims on the desert. Eager to lay claim to the vast wealth of sand, sultan GTAIVisbest expanded the border of the Islamic Sultanate to claim the entirety of the desert. Announcing his decision later that day, talks were held with representatives of the Acacian Empire (at that time heavily involved with Gensokyo) to determine any claims conflict. Acacian officials were at first hesitant, but agreed to sign off on the Islamic expansion.
During this time, the Channer Migration occured onto Civcraft. The ABR was formed by HKE and Grundeswegian officials, themselves originally Channers, to unite the new Channer towns under the leadership of Kovio herself. However, some of the migrating Channers resisted these efforts, including an Islamic-themed town, "Int/IS", recently formed on Civcraft from new Channer migrants. As this was the only other Islamic themed town on the server at the time, the Islamic Sultanate quickly entered into contact with Int/IS leaders and eventually found itself [https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/55d4w5/favorite_civcraft_memories_megathread/d89k07o/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 covertly supporting their insurgency] against the HKE-linked ABR regime in Viridian. The rebellion ultimately failed, and the HKE became even more wary of the GTA regime in Istanbul, internally pledging to avenge their meddling with the Channers.
=== Rise of Samarra ===
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=== Modern History ===
The Islamic Sultanate never truly recovered from the attempted plot in Samarra. The Sultanate retained a mysterious and closed-off reputation to the rest of the server, being seen as a poor totalitarian state and a staunch ally of Augusta. Newfriends steered clear of Istanbul and GTA was too paranoid to delegate power to any other local leaders, and as such no new cities were founded. The population of the Sultanate remained at around 4 or 5, and development slowly continued, although the nation would never break away from isolation and poverty.
Due to the proximity of Istanbul to New Detroit and other Augustan Basin states, the Sultanate gradually improved its relationship with Gensokyo. By mid 2015, Sultan GTA was quite close with Gensokyojin officials and had even entered negotiations to purchase Kattaristan from the HKE in exchange for official recognition. The Sultanate even went to war with Shadup Gahar, a state with somewhat friendly mutual relations, over their attempted annexation of HKE Kattaristan.
In August of 2015, the Goten Crisis broke out between the HKE and Mt. Augusta. Originally, Gensokyojin officials convinced the Islamic Sultanate to join into [https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/3g77ha/brothers_in_arms_the_coalition_together/ a coalition], ostensibly to help defend each state's territorial integrity. However, it quickly became apparent that the coalition was a military alliance designed to [https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/3g9ymb/coalition_ultimatum_to_mt_augusta/ go to war with Augusta] over the imminent annexation of Goten. Sultan GTA promptly [https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/3ga5s0/isis_and_augusta/ left the coalition] and [https://old.reddit.com/r/MtAugusta/comments/3gc3is/for_your_exceptional_actions_of_loyalty_towards/ pledged his full support to Augusta], entering the war against Goten when hostilities eventually broke out.
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