Maharajahnate of Mesopotamia

The Maharajahnate of Mesopotamia is a country located east of the Kingdom of Jordan and the Sultanate of Syria, South of the Kingdom of Kurdistan and west of the Indo-Persian Empire. The Country is a Puppet State of the Italian Empire.

## History

### Origins

During the late 14th and early 15th centuries, the Black Sheep Turkmen ruled the area now known as Mesopotamia. In 1466, the White Sheep Turkmen defeated the Black Sheep and took control. From the earliest 16th century, in 1508, as with all territories of the former White Sheep Turkmen, Iraq fell into the hands of the Iranian Safavids. Owing to the century long Turco-Iranian rivalry between the Safavids and the neighbouring Ottoman Turks, Iraq would be contested between the two for more than a hundred years during the frequent Ottoman-Persian Wars.

With the Treaty of Zuhab in 1639, most of the territory of present-day Mesopotamia eventually came under the control of Ottoman Empire as the eyalet of Baghdad as a result of wars with the neighbouring rival, Safavid Iran. Throughout most of the period of Ottoman rule (1533–1918), the territory of present-day Mesopotamia was a battle zone between the rival regional empires and tribal alliances.

By the 17th century, the frequent conflicts with the Safavids had sapped the strength of the Ottoman Empire and had weakened its control over its provinces. The nomadic population swelled with the influx of bedouins from Najd, in the Arabian Peninsula. Bedouin raids on settled areas became impossible to curb.

### Creation of Puppet State

The Maharajahnate of Mesopotamia was created in the Mesopotamia Region by the Italians and Hashimites after the Successful Arab Revolt. Faisal I bin Al-Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi was declared Maharajah of Mesopotamia by the Italians as he was crowned as such.

## Government

The Government of Mesopotamia is a Constitutional Monarchy ruled by a Maharajah who rules as a ceremonial ruler who is the commander in chief of the Military of Mesopotamia. Other than the Maharajah, the country is ruled by a Praetor who is appointed to the position by the King of Italy. The Praetor then appoints the members of the Senate who are elected by the Chamber of Deputies who are elected into the positions by the people and appointed by the local Governors of the regions. The Senate then elects the Prime Minister who is appointed by the Praetor and the Maharajah as the Prime Minister creates a cabinet to represent country.

#### **Administrative Cabinet of Mesopotamia**

* **Praetor:** Fakhri Pasha
* **Prime Minister:** Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
* **Foreign Minister:** Salih Jabr
* **Armament Minister:** Azam Pasha
* **Minister of Defense:** Ali Abn Hussein
* **Minister of Intelligence:** Yasin Pasha al Hashimi
* **Chief of Staff:** Bakr Sidqi
* **Chief of Army:** Nuri as Said
* **Chief of Navy:** Hamdi al Pachachi
* **Chief of Air Force:** Jamil al Midfai
* **Chief of Military Police:** Khairallah Talfah

## Military

### Army

The Army in Mesopotamia consists of 100 Infantry Brigades, 90 Calvary Divisions, 80 Mechanized Infantry Brigades, 70 Artillery Pieces, 60 Gun Cars and 50 Tanks. The Army because the size of it's units is the largest branch of the Mesopotamian Military and the Army itself is commanded by Nuri as Said.

### Navy

The Navy is the smallest unit in the Military of Mesopotamia due to the fact Iraq only has a really small coastline near the Persian Gulf. The Mesopotamian Navy is near non existent due to the fact the coastline of Mesopotamia is in the Persian Gulf which is the territory of the Indo-Persian Empire.

### Air Force

The Air Force of Mesopotamia consists of 100 Warplanes loaned to them by the Italian Air Force and Piloted by Pilots trained by the Royal Italian Air Force.

## Foreign Relations

* Colonial Relations with the Italian Empire.
* Great Relations with the Sultanate of Syria and the Kingdom of Jordan.
* Bad Relations with the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, Ottoman Sultanate and the Indo-Persian Empire.