Korean rebels in support of Emperor Gojong.
Revolt and Retreat
Korea was the first major overseas colony of the Japanese Empire, with the Rising Sun shining upon the Hermit Kingdom for nearly 15 years prior to the beginning of the Pacific War, with the Japanese annexation of Korea following the Sino-Japanese War. It had been Korea where the fuse for the Russo-Japanese War was lit, and it had been Korea where Japan first succeeded in suppressing an independence movement. Koreaβs movement for independence would grow throughout the Pacific War, yet the heavy-handed Japanese tactics in preventing revolt would remain successful early on, even as the exiled House of Joseon began to gather followers. The claimant to the Korean throne, βKingβ Gojong was not incredibly popular by any means, yet his complete lack of power led to him becoming a point of unity for Korean nationalists, with liberals such as Yun Chi-Ho and Syngman Rhee, who had once led opposition to Gojong, now supporting a constitutional monarchy with him at its head while the Donghak religious sect Gojong had violently suppressed now considered him an ally.
The exiled King and his allies planned throughout 1898, but remained in watched exile in China. In mid-November Gojong would disappear from the watch of Japan and the world, before apparently resurfacing weeks later in Russian-backed Turkestan. This warned Japanese forces of the possibility of planning for an insurrection in Korea, yet with the Empire focusing on continuing its advance in Tonkin, the calls from Governor of Japanese Korea Kawakami Soroku for reinforcements of troops unheeded. In December, followers of the Donghak religion, largely in Northern Korea, began to organize. Japanese troops responded quickly and fighting broke out. Though officially classified by Japanese authorities as nothing more than a revolt by a cult, up to 250,000 Koreans would participate in the revolt, with over 30,000 Chinese and Russian subjects being sent over the border with their governmentβs implicit approval to aid in the Korean revolt, as the Russian and Chinese governments would smuggle Chinese, Russian, American, and German weapons into Korea and Manchuria.
The Japanese force in Korea numbered only 8,000 when the revolt began and was quickly overwhelmed. The thousands of well-armed Korean rebels quickly captu
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Squad:
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FAKHAR ZAMAN
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IMAM UL HAQ
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BABAR AZAM
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M.HAFEEZ
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SARFARAZ AHMED
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HARIS SOHAIL
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ASIF ALI
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SHADAB KHAN
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IMAD WASIM
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M. AMIR
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WAHAB RIAZ
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HASAN ALI
Looks like Pakistan's going back to experience with both Wahab and Amir likely playing tomorrow. Most likely drop tomorrow would be H. Sohail, unless Pak decides they need an extra batsman and will have to go with only 4 full-time bowling options
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Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah was the son of Nizam ul-Mulk Malik Hasan Bahri (born "Timapa"), a Hindu Brahmin originally from Bijanagar. His father was appointed the 'Malik Nai'b' (Chancellor/Prime Minister) by the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate, Mahmood Shah Bahmani II. Weakness in the Bahmani Sultanate eventual led to its breakup with the Ahmendagar, Berer, Bidar, and Bijarpuri Sultanates rising from it's ashes.
Though his father was a capable leader and excellent general, Malik Ahmad was perhaps more so. He campaigned on behalf of his father and the Bahmani's. Despite the weakness of the Sulatanate and his youth (which at the beginning had led local officers to show hesitance towards his leadeship) he expanded and consolidated new territories in the name of the Sultanate.
After learning of the death of his father in battle he withdrew from his campaign to Junnar (in modern day Maharastra). His father had bestowed upon him the title of 'Nizam-ul-Mulk Bahri' as he lay on his deathbed. His battles soon resumed as he had to fend off the incursions of the old Bahmani Sultan. Though outnumbered on numerous occasions he managed to win decisive victories and as such lessen the threat to his realm. The final battle , in which Malik Ahmads forces caught the Sultan by surprise at daybreak, came to be known as the "Victory of the Garden". The Bahmanis complained; "of the disgrace to which his troops had been subjected, in allowing Ahmad, the son of Nizam ul-Mulk the falconer, to soar aloft like a falcon while they lay trembling in their nests."
Malik Ahmad created for his dynasty a new capital in Ahmednagar, named after himself. He was considered a just and wise ruler. In the words of Firishta, "such was his justice, that, without his sanction, the loadstone dared not attract iron, and the kahrooba lost its power over grass." Firishta tells the story that, when he was a young man in campaign against Gawulgur, "there was taken among the captives a young lady of exquisite beauty, who was presented as an acceptable gift to him by one of his officers. Rather, when he found out that she was already married, he restored her to her friends and family with gifts. In fact it was his custom when he rode through the city never to look to the left or the right to avoid looking at another man's wife."
His reign ended in 1509, after almost 20
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