The Crescent of the Sultan

The killings continued. After all, Sarps had led the army for many years, and the death of his eldest son really threw the army into chaos.

But soon, his generals reorganized their army, led by his second son, and began to surround the three rebellious princes again. It was obvious that the troops of the three rebellious princes were gradually declining.

However, at this moment, Kamran ordered his army to launch an attack, and another heavy cavalry unit charged from a distance, led by Alandhar Mustafa Pasha.

It's just that the hussars at this time are all dressed in red, and they can be regarded as doing as the Romans do.

The cavalry charge and Kamran's attack caught Sarps' army off guard, and the entire army quickly collapsed.

Swords and muskets began to slaughter, and blood was everywhere outside the city, covering the snow, looking holy and coquettish under the moonlight.

"Boy, you still want to run."

An officer punched a soldier belonging to Sarps' army and knocked him to the ground, then tied him up.

Scenes like this can be seen almost everywhere. However, unlike the joy of ordinary officers and soldiers, the three princes of the Principality of Elam are anxiously waiting for the arrival of Emperor Sai.

After all, it is always unpleasant for a son to stab me in the back. At this time, a big shot is needed to finalize this matter. Therefore, who would be more suitable than Emperor Sai who happens to be passing by with his army?

However, Selim had no idea of ​​setting off at this time. Emperor Sai couldn't just run over before the other party sent someone to send a message. Doesn't that mean that he sent someone to kill Sarps? Well, we have to avoid suspicion.

The next morning, under the escort of the army, the Sultan's motorcade slowly drove into the city. Sapus and the three princes were already waiting for him to make a ruling.

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty"

As Selim entered the camp, Kamran, Dial and others saluted him in turn.

With a wave of his hand, the Sultan signaled everyone to skip these red tapes and go straight to the topic.

"I wonder if the two emirs can tell me what happened last night, so that my heavy cavalry troops were called to support by the two emirs."

“Well, Your Majesty, just last night, the Emir of Sarps launched a rebellion here.

Fortunately, there are loyal people among the rebels. Although the three princes are the sons of the rebel Sarps, they will never join in the rebellion. Instead, they rise up to resist and help us put down the rebel Sarps.

I am requesting Your Majesty to come today because I hope that Your Majesty will take charge of the follow-up processing of this matter. "

Kamran said respectfully.

Sapus beside him had already woken up slowly at this time. The wounds and blows from last night made him very weak, and he often fainted.

If it weren't for Kamran's voice that hated him to the core, he might not have been able to wake up.

However, when he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the half-smiling smile of Emperor Sai, and he suddenly fainted with anger.

Sultan couldn't help but want to complain. What kind of psychological quality can't even bear this blow, so why rebel?

Look at Mohammed Qajar next door. He is already a eunuch, but he is still energetic and shows no signs of giving up on himself.

Sultan could not help but curl his lips and said immediately.

“In this case, then Sarps and the emirs of the other four principalities will be executed to death, and the emirs of the major Kurdish tribes will be summoned to watch the execution.

As for how to deal with the principality of Sarps, considering the merits of the three princes, the principality of Elam was divided into three, and the three princes inherited them respectively. The other four principalities were also handled in this way. "

After hearing this plan, the three princes finally felt relieved, and then thanked the Sultan and expressed their loyalty to the Sultan in the future.

Selim then waved away the three princes and others, leaving Kamran to stay and asked.

"You did a great job this time, how are you? Have you decided where you want to be the governor?

Is it Albania, Wallachia, Serbia, or Bulgaria. "

"Your Majesty, how can I be left to make the decision on such national affairs? As long as I serve Your Majesty, Kamran will do whatever he can to serve you."

Kamran lowered his head and acted like he was following the command in all his actions.

Emperor Sai couldn't help laughing and scolding.

"You...you are quite shrewd.

Let's do this. After the problem here is solved, Justinian will go to Armenia to deal with these damn businessmen, and you can become the governor of Armenia.

The current governor is a waste. I have decided to let him leave office early. The Armenians have shipped such a large number of weapons, but this fool is still here praising peace and social stability under his rule. "

Kamran replied respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Sai glanced at Kamran and then said.

“Don’t say I don’t take care of you. No one in this country knows how much money Armenians have.

Kamran, you know, a piece of beef slipped past your hand. It seemed that you didn't do anything to the piece of beef, but there was oil on your hand.

Remember, Constantiniya is the center of the empire and the real gold-selling cave. Without money, you can't move in this city.

If you want to help your tribe go out and leave this mountainous area, you must have enough capital.

At that time, the Greeks and many wealthy families and royal families will send people over to cooperate with them and Justinian's work, and gain some benefits for themselves. "

Kamran lowered his head and bowed.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Sai nodded with satisfaction

"One more thing, Kamran, I thought about it carefully. Although the three princes killed their relatives out of justice, it was a bad start after all.

Therefore, in the future, the land of the major Kurdish principalities will be unified and inherited equally by the eldest son, second son and third son of the former emir. This will not only avoid tragedies like yesterday, but also prevent the descendants of these heroes from being deprived of food and clothing. "

Kamran nodded again and then withdrew.

The Sultan sat on the chair and began to think about how to deal with the Delameye Emirate hidden deep in the desert.

Speaking of this country, Emperor Sai wanted to compare.

The rise of this country is actually a true reflection of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. It is just like the relationship between the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland tribes in the history of a large country in the East. From the Qin to the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty was busy dealing with civil strife and lost control of the grassland. Later, a nomadic regime would be established and pose a threat to the Central Plains dynasty.

Compared with the military pressure brought by the grassland regime to the Central Plains dynasty, Selim was actually more worried about religious issues. After all, the Mongols could not convert the Han people to Tengri, but for the Ottoman Empire For example, the Imam of the Deramaiyah Emirate, Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab, had to guard against it.

This person's school is also translated as Wahhabism, and he is a religious leader and theologian in the Arabian Peninsula. He is the founder of the Islamic religion known as Wahhabism in the era before King Said the Great crossed over, modern Islamic fundamentalism, and Islamic terrorism. father.

Wahhabi was born into a family of jurists. He received orthodox education from the Hanbali school of law in his early years, and Hanbali was the most popular school of law in the area where he was born.

Although Wahab received a traditional Sunni education, he gradually began to oppose many mainstream Sunni religious rituals at the time, such as worshiping the tombs of saints.

Wahab considered such behavior tantamount to the invention of heretical dogma or even idolatry.

Although his teachings were opposed by many Sunni scholars at the time (including his own father and brothers).

In line with the spirit of seeking knowledge, which is that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, Wahhabi chose to make pilgrimages everywhere.

After leaving Uyaina, he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The scholars in Mecca had opinions and teachings that were incompatible with Wahhab, and Wahhab found it unacceptable.

He then went to Medina, where he formed the blueprint for his later thoughts.

In Medina, Wahab met Abdullah ibn Ibrahim al-Najdi, a Hanbali jurist from Najd.

This person was a follower of the teachings of Ibn Taymiyyah of the New Hanbali School, and Taymiyyah's teachings were controversial. During several important periods in history, his teachings were regarded as heretical by Sunni scholars. Disagreement.

Wahab's mentor Abdullah ibn Ibrahim ibn Saif introduced the relatively young Wahab to Muhammad Hayat of the Sufi Naqshbandi Order ·Ibn Ibrahim Sindi and recommended him to be Sindi’s student.

These two people couldn't be more suitable for each other. When the old heretic met the young heretic, they hit it off immediately. The two simply ate at the same table, slept in the same bed, and almost died and were buried together.

Of course, in addition to trivial matters such as daily life, in terms of thinking, the old heretics can also be said to have taught the young heretics everything they have. Among them, the biggest influence on the young heretics was Cindy's suggestion that he should not follow the rules about Islamic saints and saints Gongbei. customs, these teachings are similar to Wahhab's later thoughts.

Later, due to disputes in Medina, minor heretics were expelled.

So, he left the Arabian Peninsula and came to Basra. In line with his usual hobby of debating scriptures, Wahhabi once again had a fierce debate with the locals in Basra. He believed that the locals worshiped idols and violated monotheism. righteous.

The local dignitaries were angry and expelled him. They also sent someone to beat him, so that the boy almost lost his life.

Leaving Basra, Wahab came to Damascus. But in the end he was forced to leave the place because he insisted on his own opinion. Desperate, Wahab had no choice but to return to his hometown to seek refuge with his father. His father and brother Suleiman ibn Abdul Wahhab also opposed his doctrine. Suleiman even became the first scholar to write a book specifically to refute Wahhab. Emperor Said only I can say that this teaching is really amazing.

After returning home, Wahab's teachings attracted some speculators. Among them was the ruler of Uyaina, Usman ibn Muammar.

Together with Muammar, Wahhab intended to help him expand his power into Najd and beyond, in exchange for Muammar's support of Wahhab's religious doctrines.

From this, Wahab began to implement some of his religious reform ideas.

First, he filled up the tomb of Zayed ibn al-Khattab, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, to prohibit worship. He then ordered the trees that the natives regarded as sacred trees to be cut down, and he himself cut down the most venerated one. Finally, he had a woman guilty of adultery stoned to death.

These actions of Wahab attracted the attention of Suleiman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ghurair of Bani Khalid's ministry.

This man was the chief of Hasa Oasis and Qatif at that time, and could be said to be the top boss in the Najd region, so the little heretic was expelled again.

However, fate always gives people a chance. After Wahhabi was expelled from Uyaina, he was invited by the ruler of Diriyah, Muhammad bin Saud, to go there.

After living in Diriyah for some time, Wahab was able to establish a second alliance with the Saudi rulers in his career, which was even more successful.

Wahhabi and Muhammad believed that together they could bring the people of the Arabian Peninsula back to what they saw as the true faith of Islam. According to historical records, when the two met for the first time, Bin Saud said:

This oasis is yours, fear not your enemies. Because of the name of God, even if all of Najd is ordered to expel you, we will never expel you.

Wahab replied:

You are the leader of this place and you are full of wisdom. May you pledge jihad to the disbelievers. You serve as the imam and lead the people, while I control the religious affairs.

If Emperor Sai was asked to translate this little heresy, it can be roughly understood as "Bu has been wandering for half his life, and he only regrets that he has never met his master. If he does not abandon him, he is willing to worship him as his adoptive father."

In 1744 AD, the two swore loyalty to each other and entered into an alliance. Wahab is responsible for religious affairs, while Saudi Arabia is responsible for administrative and military affairs.

This covenant allows both parties to support each other and share power.

The Wahhabi-Saudi alliance of 1744 marked the rise of the first Saudi kingdom, the Emirate of Diriyah.

With a clear ideological motivation, Saudi Arabia first conquered Najd. Wahhabina succeeded to a villain and immediately killed Suleiman ibn Muhammad ibn of Bani Khalid's department. ·Ghurair took revenge for his expulsion.

In 1766, Mohammed bin Saud was assassinated and his son Abdulaziz bin Mohammed came to the throne.

Wahab married his daughter to Abdulaziz; the marriage strengthened Wahab's alliance with Saudi Arabia.

They conquered everywhere and confiscated the properties of Muslims who disobeyed Wahhabism, claiming that the seizure of their properties was a reward from the Lord for their piety.

In 1773, Wahhab and the Saudis conquered Riyadh and planned to continue their advance into Iraq and Syria.

This is the situation that Emperor Cyprus is currently facing. There is no force left for the Ottoman Empire to support against this heretical country. The Sultan will personally send troops. If the other party is unwilling to surrender, then there is only a scorched earth policy, which will directly destroy the other party's oasis. .

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