Ali Kuseiq

Sultan and Most Revered Father Ali Kuseiq, Most Humble Servant, is the ruler of the Sultanate of Mozraqi. He is also the head of the fundamentalist branch of the Karaslaa church. Without question, Kuseiq is the most powerful man in the Dulqa. He is the fourth of his line to serve as Most Revered Father. The Sultan is the dominating religious and secular force in the desert lands. His word is
law.
The most powerful man in the Dulqa lives simply in a small manor near the Palace of the Conclave. He rarely appears in public, and when he does grant audiences, the only priests who may be present are moralists ("One of the few
benefits of rank," he is quoted as saying, "is refusing to meet with fools."). Liberal priests and the unenlightened are forbidden to enter his court.
The Sultan has a great dream: that, in time, fundamentalist teachings will prevail in the Kaspari Empire, dominating life in every comer of the land. To that end, the Sultan is a regular correspondent with the Caliph's chief vizier, Kehla Durala. Durala shares the Most Revered Father's moralist attitude, but flatly rejects his fundamentalist dogma. Still, the chief vizier is Kuseiq's best means of making the needs and complaints of the fundamentalists known. The Caliph is currently heirless. If he dies in that state, the resulting confusion may allow Kuseiq to expand the influence of the fundamentalists and perhaps even dominate the Empire.
In many of the Empire's more liberal cities, rumor has it that the Most Revered Father Ali Kuseiq is responsible for many intrigues and disasters that occur there, from the great Tentacled Shark of the pearl beds to the assassination attempt on the Sultan of Diqaan. In truth, Kuseiq is not a malevolent force scheming to destroy the coastal cities. Their troubles are to the advantage of the fundamentalists, however, and anyone who creates difficulties for the more liberal cities may be welcomed (or at least used by) Kuseiq or the Conclave.
Ali Kuseiq does, however, have a secret. The most powerful and venerated member of the Conclave, fourth in the line of distinguished and capable Sultans, is not the son of his father. He is lowborn, the child of a simple baker. The previous Sultan was unable to produce an heir, and was greatly distraught that the advances that his family had wrought in the Conclave would end with him. His wife deceived a local baker as to her identity and conceived Ali, telling the Sultan that the child was his. Kuseiq is unaware of his true parentage, though his mother told a few of her close friends when she was alive. Kuseiq is also, unbeknownst to him, the father of Lai Hamseh, the court musician of Shaamrana.
Category:Inhabitants
Category:Inhabitants of Mozra
Category:Inhabitants of Mozraqi
Category:Inhabitants of the Kaspari Empire
Category:Sultans
Category:Men
Category:Born in 1506
Category:Members of the Conclave