Kazert Sultanate

## Creation

The Kazert Sultanate is located in most of the vast desert and savanna territory in West Orania, ruled by the one and only Sultan/Sultana.

When the Kazert dynasty was established, the Sultanate was broken, hardened, brought to a time of sadness from the losses that were suffered from the civil war. To reunite the people of the Sultanate once again, Sultan Malik, the first Sultan of the Kazert dynasty, gave a speech to the entirety of the Sultanate. He stated that the Sultanate is broken and that they must all work together to put it back together again. First they would start by treating the injured, then giving money to those who lost their homes or vital equipment to the civil war, and then they would finally begin the reconstruction process.

Once all was settled in 1719 AC, the people became annoyed with the new royal family about how they were reforming the laws in the country. Some of which seemed slightly unfair. Though how could one not have foreseen it; the Royal family of the Kazert dynasty was still new. A civil conflict in Kazert broke out because of this consisting of riots in the streets and an attempt to raid the palace to confront the Sultan upfront and personally but that attempt was foiled by the military. The Sultan finally decided to hear out the people of how they thought the laws were unfair and changed them not quite to how the people wanted but changed them so that they would be fair for all social classes of people. Citizens finally calmed down, citizens were happy, the conflict was over.

As the years past by, so did the wars and conflicts that came with the years. The Kazert Sultanate would hold on. That was until a great sandstorm would occur years later though, forcing the Sultan and his people to abandon their home and move down Kazert’s territory to a peninsula where they would stay until they felt it was right to return to the mainland. Although they would return one day, perhaps they didn’t return under the best of circumstances.

## Lore

In the year 5400 BCI, the first civilization of West Orania was born, divided into several tribes. They learned to fight the harsh conditions of the desert as well as take advantage of resources from the savannas. Though as the centuries went by, civilization grew larger and larger until it came to be the first Sultanate in 3200 BCI, known as the Abadi Sultanate ruled by the Abadi tribe.

The Abadi Sultanate then was filled with life, ancient ways and mercenaries. Many, many mercenaries. Other than the Abadi tribe, there were some others including the Abaza tribe and Kazert tribe. The Abadi tribe had been ruling the Sultanate for centuries, millennia even after its creation and the people were happy. Though there may have been battles won, battles lost, and some rebellions from the other tribes along the way, they still kept their stand. However, the Abaza tribe had their own opinions on mercenaries and the Abadi tribe and saw them as unworthy to rule and dirty because they strove to gain the Sultanate no more power than it already had. To get rid of constant mercenaries infesting the Sultanate and force their own ideals of power upon it, the Sheikh of the Abaza tribe created a plan in 1292 AC to assassinate the entire Abadi tribe instead of only the Sultan for quick takeover and to make sure no members of the Abadi tribe could take back the Sultanate.

So at nightfall, the Abaza tribe went to the palace as well as any Abadi settlement in the Sultanate and swiftly, stealthily slit the throats of every tribe member in only that single night. The Abaza tribe had successfully taken over the Sultanate thus dubbing it the Abaza Sultanate. However, they were not out of the dark yet. As the Kazert tribe knew of their wrong doings but decided to use a tactic that the Kazert tribe always knew was best for them; to wait and be patient.

The knowledge of the Abaza’s wrongdoings had passed down from generation to generation in the Kazert tribe but have always been told to wait for the right moment to strike. They always knew since the day Abaza took over, that these scoundrels (as they called them in secret) would make a mess of things.

Then one day, the time came in 1718 AC. Sheikh Malik of the Kazert tribe had finally pointed out the wrongdoings of the Abaza tribe and declared they are “Scoundrels who do not deserve to sit on the top of West Orania because of what they did that night”. Those words caused both tribes to rise up and fight for the fate of the Sultanate. The 4th Civil War of the Sultanate had broken out. Too much blood, sweat and tears were shed in the midst of the war. Too many lives lost between all the tribes, not just the two feuding ones because of the other tribes trying to stop the war for they didn’t believe the accusations against Abaza. But unfortunately, they would all fall in the crossfire of this war. Until one day, it came down to what would be known as the Great Duel of the Sheikhs. As to not have the war go on any longer, Sheikh Malik of the Kazert tribe and what would be known as the False Sultan of the Abaza Sultanate, fought for 32 minutes straight with their joints weak as twigs in the end. But when the duel was over, Sheikh Malik of the Kazert tribe dealt a killing blow against the False Sultan, thus ending the war.

The Kazert tribe had finally won the war and to have no more civil wars break out, the Kazert tribe forced the rest of Abaza to give up their power as a great tribe and leave. Though it was unfortunate that all the other tribes too were gone. The next day, Sheikh Malik of the Kazert tribe was crowned as the new Sultan; Sultan Malik. He dubbed the nation the Kazert Sultanate but since the only great tribe left was the Kazert tribe, the citizens of Kazert agreed to be called Kazertans. A new era for the Sultanate had arrived as of then.

## Government

The Kazert Sultanate’s government system is a simple one; monarchy. Though the Sultan/Sultana are the rulers of everything Kazert has to offer, there are different branches of the government such as the Kazertan Bureau of Business, Military, Religious Police, Health Department, etc. Even though these branches have their own overseers, there is one at the very top that those overseers report to, the Sultan/Sultana.

## Provinces

• Jadid-Abadi (Capital)

• Al Asmad

• Albarari

• Shibh-Jazira

## Former Leaders

• Sultan Malik (1718-1744)

• Sultan Nehir (1744-1787)

• Sultan Bashir (1787-1826)

• Sultan Naji (1826-Present)

## Wars/Conflicts

The Kazert Sultanate has most definitely been in many more wars and conflicts but here are the most known ones within the country

• Civil Conflict of the New Sultanate (1719)

• The Oranian War/C.O.S.D.A War (1803-1807)

• The Rage War/The 2nd Oranian War (1811-1818)

• Zimmermann Civil War (1833-1834)

• Sultanate-Shogunate Conflict (1839)

## Additional Facts

• The Kazert Sultanate contains a sandy cave that holds a ginormous armored scorpion dubbed Aliakdahr who injects a special neurotoxin into its enemies. All attempts at killing it have been deemed unsuccessful.

• There is said to be a secret treasury underneath the palace throne.

• The Kazert Sultanate’s culture and language are mixes of the real life Arabic and Turkish/Ottoman.

• The national dish of the Kazert Sultanate is glazed grilled chicken.