League of Cairo

The League of Cairo was an alliance that existed during the Great Mediterranean War, in Episode X ("Mare Nostrum") of Brazilian Mapping's Alternate History of Europe series. 
== Formation ==
Previously known as the Maghrebi League, it was expanded and renamed on September 16th, 1512, just after the surrender of Wallachia. It was comprised of the following Maghrebi League members:
* Mamluk Caliphate
** Emirate of Tunis
** Emirate of Baghdad
** Kingdom of Armenia
** Emirate of Sicily
* Kingdom of Tlemcen
* Sultanate of Morocco
* Sultanate of Oman
* Usfurid Dynasty
** Emirate of Basra
and was expanded to include the following Mamluk allies:
* Third Bulgarian Empire
* Despotate of Serbia
* Kingdom of Bosnia
* Principality of Wallachia
In 1513, a Hungarian offensive on Smederevo put an end to the Serbian Despotate, whose territory was split between Hungary and a Bulgarian-Bosnian vassal known as the Principality of Niš. Niš remained in the League of Cairo.
== Infighting ==
As the war continued into 1514, Tlemcen began to struggle against Iberian forces, so the Mamluks declared war on them to consolidate control over the Maghreb. The Usfurids realised that most of the League of Cairo was subservient to the Mamluks, and as a result they were also invaded by the League.
Tlemcen was annexed by Tunis, Basra by Baghdad, and the Usfurids by Oman. 
== The Three Great Offensives ==
The alliance was later joined by the Emirate of Granada, and the Great Horde, the latter of whom aided Romania and the Mamluks in an offensive on Kraków (Poland), which failed. The Mamluks pulled back, and then pushed the Italian League out of Albania, and restored the kingdom of old. Then they crossed the Otranto strait to invade the Italian peninsula itself. Instead of attacking Naples, the Mamluks progressed towards Venezia, but was stopped at Bologna and then forced out of Italy. After retreating to Albania, the Mamluks decided to go after Athens instead, with the help of Bulgaria, but Byzantium and the Italian League halted and routed them at Termopylae.
== Ending ==
After the failure of the offensives on Kraków, Venezia and Athens, the whole League of Cairo would suffer loss after loss, as enemy troops advanced on all fronts. In 1516, Nerasid Persian troops reached Nizwa, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. With the surrender of Oman, the League of Cairo came to an end, as the Mamluk Caliphate was now the only surviving member. They would also meet their end a year later.
Category:Varna Alliances