Naadir Al-Aman

**Naadir Al-Aman**, born August 3rd, 1854, is a Khiadamese military leader and war hero who became famous during the Karmine Desert War for the rapid advances of the Khiadamese Army in the first year of war against Laraiso and for his defense of Khiadam after the Laraisan Army's 1889 Counteroffensive flipped the balance of war. His first experience as a commander came during the Second Ctesh War in 1883 where he held off the much larger Lanodolan army from taking the key city of Sakhan long enough for the Lanodolans to give up and sign a peace with Khiadam. In 887, Al-Aman was given command over the Khiadamese Intervention Army that would be sent to cross the Laraisan border to liberate the Sagha Valley muslims from Laraisan control, starting the disastrous Karmine Desert War. During the war that lasted the next 4 years, Al-Aman became the only military general capable of holding back the Laraisan Army after the Khiadamese High Command laid off General Samara. Al-Aman is often credited with preventing the entire Upper Karmine River Basin region, in which roughly 60 million Muslims live, from coming under the control of the Laraisan Empire. During the peace negotiations, Al-Aman was one of the few Khiadamese leaders to push for the independence of Samwon and Butatlu, two Muslim nations who were formerly under both Khiadamese and Laraisan occupation. After the Karmine Desert War's end, Al-Aman was celebrated as a national hero and given hundreds of medals along with several honorary titles by multiple nations, including the "Defender of Islam" title by the Alarastani government. After 1895, he retired and joined the Khiadamese High Command where he advised younger generals, notably Samien Karachi who replaced Al-Aman as one of Khiadam's top generals.

Compared to other Khiadamese generals, Al-Aman is far more reserved than most. Similarly to his colleague during the war, general Samara, Al-Aman commanded with caution and prioritized army cohesion over speed, allowing his Right Wing of the Khiadamese Army to continuously push back the Laraisans in 1888. His emphasize on organization also prevented the Right Wing from falling to Ariyasu's attack during the 1889 January Offensive, which saw Samara's Left Wing be rapidly pushed back and resulted in the disastrous Second Siege of Djeca.

## Early Life & Career

Na'adir Al-Aman was born on August 3rd, 1854, in the outer slums of the capital, Morosi, to a poor family. His father was a factory worker in the inner city, which he considered a substantial upgrade from his own father's farm outside Morosi. While his parents were satisfied with their current state, Al-Aman grew up aspiring to become a leader like his father was in his life. Al-Aman was an only child and spent most his early childhood indoors, helping his mother around the house. At the age of 9, he had began showing interest in politics and history after meeting with an army officer friend of his fathers and was gifted a Khiadamese history book by the officer. He began studying history at a young age and wrote down plans on how he would handle certain events in history. His parents soon realized his potential and started working to enroll him in a school.

In the late 1860s, Khiadamese schools were regarded only for upper class children and were often inaccessible to the poor. Al-Amans family was straddling the line between the classes and when Al-Aman turned 12, he took on his first job at the firearm factory his father worked at. After two years, his family saved enough to enroll him in the Azoura Military Academy in 1868. At the age of 14, Al-Aman was much older than the typical student who began schooling at age 10, but began working harder than the other students to graduate by the time he was 20. While studying, the army officer that had sparked his interest in the military, Rahimat Sohal, became a mentor for him and often provided after school tutoring and discussion. With Sohal, Al-Aman began to truly learn politics and war by speaking about it with one who's experienced it directly. This would set the framework for Al-Aman's personal philosophy on war that would later define his military career.

By 1873, Al-Aman graduated and became a member of the Khiadamese Army's Youth Officers at the age of 19, one of the youngest of the department. Because of his work in the firearms factory, Al-Aman's first job was to oversee the quality inspection for the Armiha Nine military factory in Sakhan, a city near the Khiadamese border with Lanodola. His position would lead him to delve into research on firearm manufacturing and design, along with learning more about the production process. He eventually got promoted in late 1874 to director of the Armiha Nine factory and began meeting with the local military officials to improve coordination between the factory and the units receiving their products. Upon getting himself into the world of true officers, Al-Aman continuously tried to prove he could lead more than just a factory to his superiors, but for the next 2 years he would be ignored.