Caliph Frosty

“ I hope I get the chance to see the gardens of Cordoba again ”
- Caliph Frosty Ibn Abdullah Yahya Al-Wattasi

Patchouli Knowledge

Umayyad Caliphate,

Caliphate of Cordoba,

Kingdom of Norway

A mysterious Caliph who has lived for hundreds of years. Commonly named a priest by his associates, he is assumed to be a messenger sent directly from God, with his immense knowledge of the world and its history, along with his sage-like wisdom. As part of the 1st circle of the Battalion, the Caliph has been around for a long time, gaining notoriety with his quick wit and tall tales. Founded the Caliphate and works as a religious leader for the Muslims around the Caliphate. He is also a scholar and a Qadi that works in Islamic courts. He is quite famous for having mood swings.

Caliph Frosty was recruited during the ArmyBois Era, as a wander after the disbandment of the Marine Corps. It’s likely that he joined the army due to simple boredom and a sense for adventure. While taking a stroll around the barracks, he encountered the Battalion, discussing plans for an expedition. Interested in their plan, he applied to join them, and from there on became a part of the Battalion.

In the Battalion, he took an administrative jobs and looked over the members of Battalion. He is usually in the Battalion almost everyday if he is not looking over his Caliphate from Cordoba (Qurtuba).

## **Background**

Caliph Frosty was born in southern Norway during an unknown date. Scholars are still unsure when he was born, but they have calculated that he was born after the death of Prophet Muhammad and before the Reconquista. His childhood is still unknown and it is said that "he didn't have a childhood as we know it" said by the Jewish historian Binyamin Waley. He was quite the loner in his younger years and preferred to drink tea alone and looking at people living their normal lives. He is a Muslim, but it is unsure if he was born as one or converted in later years. He went to mosques only during special occasions (First day of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha) and still usually kept for himself.

#### **Scholarship**

Frosty was a student in differet schools (named madrasa) around the Islamic World, from Granada to Baghdad. He studied history, religion and theology in places like the Grand Library of Baghdad and the University of al-Qarawiyyin. After his studies, he stayed in Baghdad for a long time and was seen as a Arab-Berber by the locals. He used his time to learn children and the poor how to write, read and simple theology. He never learned students in universities, because he was still viewed as a foreigner despite being an Arab.

In Morocco, he was continuing to help students learn and learned the poor how to read, write and theology. In Fez, he was finally enrolled as a teacher on the University of al-Qarawiyyin, the same university he went to as a student. With being a teacher, he also got his title as a Polymath and Scholar.

#### **From Scholar to Emir**

Frosty was quite popular as a scholar and was invited by an Emir in Granada to come to Andalusia and to continue his teachings there. He was approached by many people included Abbas Ibn Firnas, Al-Zahrawi and Ibn al-Haytham. During his time, he became more political and religious active. He used his knowledge of history and appealed to the dhimmis with more rights and considered using an early form of secularism. He eventually became Emir of Granada after the last emir died (the same Emir who invited Frosty) and began inviting scholars from the Islamic world. He also focused more with uniting Andalusia diplomatically.

#### **Sultan of Andalusia and the Reconquista**

As emir of Granada, he used his time to unite the Andalusian Taifas diplomatically, promising land rights for the nobles and "uniting the Muslims against the Christian threat" as he said himself. In the end, he managed to make an confederation of the Muslim Taifas and proclaimed himself as "Sultan of Al-Andalus and the defender of the True Faith in the Iberian peninsula. Besides military influence, he was fascinated about Islamic mysticism and used it to not take a side in "Sunni-Shia debates". His time was also used in scholarly research and politics. He invited scholars, poets and artists to Andalusia and was especially interested in the poet Ibn Arabi. Ibn Arabi eventually got a advisory roll for Frosty and learned him how to be a better man and humbleness. Caliph Frosty was heard to say: "*That man is a national treasure and I wish that God could give me more time to talk to him*" before Ibn Arabi left for Damascus.