House el Hifarra

*"Shall our gold, faith, and people spread as far as Muhammad and Islam!"*

## **The Wealth Spring of Arabia**

Starting Location: Emirate of Ta'izz

Background:

The Eastern horn of Africa was home to the Hifarra dynasty, a poor family had always wanted to bring their tribes to greatness, however there were issues. The family had access to the Islamic texts that had been passed down from generation to generation. The family was at that point raised the ultimate Islamic life, and had slowly been converting their nearby tribes to Muhammads religion. This made nearby tribes incredibly hostile towards them, and chased thousands of people out of the horn. During this mass Exodus of Muslims from the region, the leader of the great Islamic revolution, Iyaad el-Hifarra was killed, he had been hit with an arrow during their departure, and died due to complications as they were on the sea.

They travelled on boats up the coast to the western region of the Arabian peninsula. They brought many goods with them from their homeland and sold to the nearby population, eventually purchasing the entire nations reserves, and the Hifarra dynasty came to power. Where Abdula el-Hifarra pledged to spread their religion, and the gift of wealth to as many people as possible. Abdula was distraught however, he had been ostracized his entire life due to his fathers zealotry in a religion, a religion those around him did not share for the longest of times; and just two years prior to this day his mother had died from a strange illness. Abdula was upset, and rightfully so. He named the capital of Ta'izz after his father, and he promised that Iyaad would be a prosperous city, that would help in spreading the faith of Islam to all those that sought its grand divinity. Abdula's mother, Laaiqa el-Hifarra was a kind woman though, one that taught him to accept those for their differences, and one that would aide anyone, despite his or differences. This made Abdula allow anyone into the soon to be city of wonder, and he pledged to aide all who needed it..

### **1066-1100:**

Following Emir Abdul's rise to power the first order of business was bringing about a form of wealth aid to all people of the realm which he accomplished by developing all of the realms within the Duchy. After many years the Seljuk invasion of Byzantium had reached the streets of Iyaad. Many of the freshly converted men demanded that the Emir brought them into the same war, which he refused. Abdul held a speech where he stated that the Yemeni books he had read so much about denounced hatred towards anyone due to religion, something Abdul made sure to make he supported. The nation began to die from dehydration in some of the northern villages, this was do to some northern Asha'ri counties not supplying Ta'izz due to their religion. Abdul responded with a swift invasion. Abdul took the pilgrimage to Jerusalem where he met another that had travelled there, the Bengali leader and Abdul became close friends before they returned to their respective homes. Upon Abdul's return the formation of Yemen Occurred. Years after the original Pilgrimage to Jerusalem word quickly spread to Yemen warning that the Catholics launched a Crusade Abdul immediately refused to intervene which upset many of his people, in return he set up the "Mujahideen of Zafar" an elite group of religious horse riders who would fight against foreign conflict in religious matters.

After the Crusade had been completed and the Mujahideen of Zafar had returned they announced that the warriors of Allah had lost, Abdul was unaffected. He instead pushed for a travel to the holy site, however before he left the ruler of New Germania and Bengal both arrived, both preached of the horrors of the Crusade as well as the peaceful integration of the 2 sects of Islam, Abdul agreed and they discussed of rumors as well as the plan moving forward, they decided that upon any form of public event held by the Byzantines they would travel there, in a bid to discuss forms of possible peace.. Moving into the year 1100 will bring about both the end of Abduls life and hopefully the end of the Islamic fracture...

### **1100-1155:**

In the year 1103 Sultan Abdul el-Hifarra passed away from old age at the age of 72. He was buried alongside his father in the gardens of Iyaad. His son Abdul the 2nd was not very popular among his siblings and was ousted from power, soon dying only 7 years later, he was also buried with his father. Abdul the 3rd immediately was fighting a war for his right to rule. Which he lost horribly, it was an incredibly bloody war, for the next 15 years the nation was under strife. When he finally took back his rightful land in the reclamation war, the reclamation war relied heavily on those that were loyal to the el Hifarra dynasty, the Mujahedeen was also an incredibly vital piece of the reclamation war, many brave soldiers died in the battles. Abdul the 3rd died soon after the war ended, with his son, Ibn Ali Abdul-el Hifarra ruling the nation.

**1155-1200:**

After Ibn Ali Abdul-el Hifarra consolidated power over the Nation he put into effect what later became known as *“Ibn Ali’s Reforms”* in these reforms Ibn Ali made the rebuilding of Yemen his top priority, specifically prioritizing the nations Castles, Cities, and Temples. The main reforms lasted until about 1165, at this point Ibn Ali caught wind of yet another Crusade, except this one was focused on Armenia, the Seljuks came to Yemen knowing of their wealth, and surplus of gold. Ibn Ali refused them however, causing great anger in some of the Seljuk duchies. Potentially laying the Groundwork for the end of el Hifarra..