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Found Summary. Iโve posted it underneath.
Thoughts?
Itโs under the Anglo-Moroccan alliance at the end of the 16th century.
โ When Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne in 1558, after the death of her half-sister Queen Mary, Maryโs husband King Philip II of Spain wanted to maintain the Anglo-Spanish ties, and immediately proposed to Elizabeth. The Virgin Queen rejected Phillip and many other men. With the discourse of time, a few military threats, an ex-communication and the perpetual reminder of Elizabethโs rejection alone by her standing, England became vulnerable to a sudden attack by Spain who was determined on becoming a dominating power in Europe.
When Al-Mansur became Sultan, he was not interested in England. England was not prosperous nor was it a dominating power in Europe. His dream to reconquer the lost Islamic kingdom of Al-Andalus, and Elizabethโs struggle in maintaining the security of England was complicated by the Spanish. Their mutual antipathy towards Spain became the basis for their interchange for the next two decades.
In July 1885, the Barbary Company, a trading licence between regions in North Africa and England was established. England was able to monopolize on Moroccan trade for 12 years. By the 1580โs thousands of Elizabethan merchants, diplomats and sailors entered a prosperous market in Morocco. English traders ventured into Moroccan markets, trading English fabrics and firearms for ostrich feathers, saltpeters and Moroccan sugar โ that was widely known for causing Queen Elizabethโs teeth to become black.
Al-Mansur did not undervalue Elizabethโs ruling status because she was a woman or came from a different religious background. Infact, Al-Mansurs rhetoric towards Elizabeth in his letters displayed more praise than his letters to Ottoman nobles.
At the same time the Scottish Reformer John Knox was arguing Elizabethโs ruling authority because she was a woman, al-Mansur looked beyond her womanhood and saw a โsultanaโ, honoring her with terms such as sultana al-asila, al-mathila, al-athila, al-khatira [true-blooded, exemplary, high-born, great] in his letters.
Al-Mansur fantasized of introducing Islam to America; he wanted to build an empire however Elizabeth wanted his troops to fight against Spain. In 1601 he states to Elizabeth in a letter that he will underwrite a joint military venture with her not just to fight Spain but also colonize America. Elizabeth refused, and focused on defending herself from her Euro
... keep reading on reddit โกAhmad "Manslaughter" al-Mansur of Morrocco.
- Power Ranking as of Part 20: 33
- Change since last part: +5
- Capital Population: 25 (Marrakech)
- Subreddit: /r/AhmadAlManslaughter
- Capitals owned: 2 (Marrakech, Kumasi)
- Wonders: Great Lighthouse
So what do you guys think of the prospects of Morocco? If you were their strategist, what would you tell them to focus on? Who would you tell them to Conquer?
> Good Sultan Ahmad I of the Saadi Dynasty,
> I know of our cold relations, and I know that my predecessor's demands to you have not helped at all, but I believe our two nations can work together well, and join to become the biggest power the world has ever seen. I am sure you will not have forgotten the Battle of Oued El Makhazeen, where my nation's troops helped you and your Sultan, deceased in the battle, defeat the infidels from al-Andalus who had come to subjugate your brave people.
> I personally think we should enter back into that sort of relation; one that went to the point of our realms defending each other. One where Morocco and the Caliphate could work together to defeat the infidels, and ultimately retake al-Andalus and the lands of our forebears. While the infidels of Iberia may sit comfortably now, they grow complacent. We must work together to make sure that when they feel most safe, when they feel they could not be challenged, they are defeated to the point of losing al-Andalus and giving it back to it's rightful owners.
> Good Sultan. I question not your rule over Morocco. I question not your claims on al-Andalus. I simply question your claim over the title of Caliph of all Islam. You are not the Custodian of the two Noble Sanctuaries of the Prophet. All I ask is you recognise my control over that title, and enter into my protection, and we can begin work to recover your old lands once again. You will become party to all of my great Empire's alliances, and we can begin large scale trade with each other. You may rely upon us for defense of your territories, and we may rely upon you as a friendly colleague; a partner in Islam. We may recover the Prophet of the Lord of the Universe's great vision, and we may establish a great Ummah. We can work for the great of all faithful to the Prophet's vision. All I need you to do is accept my singular term.
> Yours in the highest sincerity,
> Caliph and Sultan Mehmed III Adli of the Ottoman Empire and all Islam.
In OTL Morocco lost control of Songhai in 1620, 17 years after Al-Mansur's death. Under his or the more effective leadership of a superior successor, could Morocco have ever hoped to maintain land across the Sahara for any length of time? Could they have gone on to conquer more of the under-equipped West Africans? Would this have really changed much on the world stage today?
To the Berber shop
This is the third in the list of salawat I plan on posting ุจุฅุฐู ุงููู ุชุนุงูู
It is said to have been given to sidi Tijani in a wakeful state by Rasulallah ุตูู ุงููู ุนููู ูุณูู
ุงููููููููู ูู ุตููููู ููุณูููููู ู ุนููููู ุนูููููู ุงููุฑููุญููู ููุฉู ุงูุฑููุจููููุงููููููุฉู ููุงูููุงููููุชููุฉู ุงูู ูุชููุญููููููููุฉู ุงูุญููุงุฆูุทูุฉู ุจูู ููุฑูููุฒู ุงูููููููู ู ูุงูู ูุนููุงูููุ ููููููุฑู ุงูุฃููููููุงูู ุงูู ูุชููููููููููุฉู ุงูุขุฏูู ููู ุตููุงุญูุจู ุงูุญููููู ุงููุฑููุจููุงูููุ ุงูุจูุฑููู ุงูุฃูุณูุทูุนู ุจูู ูุฒูููู ุงูุฃูุฑูุจูุงุญู ุงูู ูุงููุฆูุฉู ููููููู ู ูุชูุนูุฑููุถู ู ููู ุงูุจูุญููุฑู ููุงูุฃูููุงูููุ ููููููุฑููู ุงููุงููู ูุนู ุงููุฐูู ู ูููุฃูุชู ุจููู ูููููููู ุงูุญููุงุฆูุทู ุจูุฃูู ูููููุฉู ุงูู ููููุงูููุ ุงููููููููู ูู ุตูููู ููุณููููู ู ุนูููู ุนููููู ุงูุญูููู ุงูุชูู ุชูุชูุฌููููู ู ูููููุง ุนูุฑููุดู ุงูุญููููุงุฆููู ุนููููููู ุงูู ููุนูุงุฑููู ุงูุฃููููููู ู ุตููุฑูุงุทูููู ุงูุชูููููุงู ูู ุงูุฃูุณููููููู ูุ ุงูููููููู ูู ุตููููู ููุณูููููู ู ุนูููู ุทูููุนูุฉู ุงูุญููููู ุจูุงูุญููููู ุงููููููุฒู ุงูุฃูุนููุธูู ู ุฅููููุงุถูุชูููู ู ูููููู ุฅููููููููู ุฅูุญููุงุทููุฉู ุงููููููุฑู ุงูู ูุทูููููุณูููู ู ุตูููููู ุงูููู ุนูููููููู ููุนููููู ุขูููููุ ุตูููุงูุฉู ุชูุนูุฑูููููููุง ุจููููุง ุฅูููููููุงูู
O Allah, send benediction upon and salute on the Essence of Divine Mercy, the Accomplished Ruby encompassing the center of comprehensions and meanings, the Light of all created universes, the Adamic who possesses Lordly Truth; the all-filling Lightning in the rain-clouds of gains that fill all the intervening seas and receptacles; Your Bright Light with which You have filled Your creation and which surrounds all possible places. O Allah,bless and salute the Essence of Truth from which are manifested the thrones of realities; the Essence of the Most Righteous Knowledge, Your Complete and Most Straight Path. O Allah, bless and salute the Advent of the Truth by the Truth; the Greatest Treasure, Your Outpouring from Yourself to Yourself; the Encompassment of Talismanic Light. May Allah bless the Prophet and his household, a prayer which brings us to knowledge of him.
