BC: Buildings, Traits, Ancillaries, Titles & Historical Characters

[Miraj]

Excellent.

[Tadzreuli]

Georgian medieval titles, ancillaries and important historical persons

ANCILARIES AND TITLES

religion titles -

Catholicos-Patriarch all Georgia
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Mtavarepiskoposi = Archbishop
+ 3 piety

Episkoposi = Bishop
+ 2 piety

civil titles -


Mepheta Mephe Saqartvelosi = king of kings of all Georgia

+ 4 command
+ 4 authority
+ 2 dread
+ 3 piety

Mesiis makhvili = Sword of Mesiah, only to the Georgian kings, when Georgian king defeat major muslims armyes in 3 major battles.

+ 2 authority among the ortodox Christians rullers and kings
+ 3 command against muslims
+ 3 popularity
+ 3 loyalty receive from nobility

Eristavt-Eristavi = Grand Duke > Only in megacities

+1 authority
-2 loyalty
+10 % tax income
+5 law

Eristavi = Duke of some region or city

+3 law
+1 authority
+5% tax income
-1 loyalty


Aznauri = smal or middle feodal

+ 2 loyalty


Mtsignobartukhutsesi = Prime-Minister, only for king

+2 authority
+2 loyalty
+1 piety

Mechurchletukhutsesi = minister of Finance, only for king

+1 authority
+1 loyalty
+15 tax income

Mandaturtukhutsesi = head of security police, only for king

+ 2 authority
+ 3 loyalty
+ 10 law


SPECIFIC MILITARY titles for GEORGIA


Amirspalari = minister of Defence, only for king

+2 command
+2 authority
+3 dread

Spasalari = army general

+ 2 command
+ 1 authority
+ 1 dread

Spaspety = chef of 1000 soldiers

+1 command
+1 dread

Raindi = knight

+ 1 command
+ 2 chivalry


REGIONAL TITLES for GEORGIA


Tbilisi

King of Kings all Georgia (for forighn Christians)
Emir of Tbilisi (Muslims)
Eristavt-Eristavi of Kartli (for Georgian ruler)

+10 tax income
+ 5 trade
+10 law
+3 authority
-3 loyalty

Kutaisi

grand duke of Kutaisi (for forighn Christians)
Emir of Kutaisi (for Muslims)
Prince of Imereti (for Georgians)

+ 5 tax income
+ 5 Sea trade
+ 10 law
+ 3 authority
-3 loyalty



SPECIFIC Ancillaries for Georgia


Mouravi -

Owing to this person trade and extraction of taxes increases + 2 trade, + 1 tax income


Mtsignobari -

The scientific person always helps the mister, the authority and influence, on a society and in people, will increase + 1 authority, + 1 influence

Bazieri -

The assistant during hunting, + 1 security, +2 range of vision.


Mstovari -

The secret agent men, spy + 2 security, + 2 movement, + 3 range of vision.

Mstovartukhutesi -

head of spies guild , + 4 security, + 4 movement, + 5 range of vison.

Amirejibi -

chef of royal cavalry stables, + 3 movement, + 1 cavalry command.

Rindi -

Member secret a society mistics and philosophers, - 3 piety, + 1 command.

Mushaiti -

The acrobat and the athlete, + 2 Healthy

Mchedeltukhutsesi -

head of blacksmits guild, - 10% armor upgreids cost, - 10% weapons upgreids cost, - 10% havy infantry trained cost.

Memathrakhe -

veteran cavalrymen, + 3 movement, + 2 when cavalry command.

Moisari -

The champion on shooting from bow, + 2 range of vision, + 1 when archers command

Svanian pathfinder -

Hunter from Svaneti, highlander Georgian province , + 2 security, + 3 range of vision, + 2 when archers command

Mekhmle -

The champion on fencing, + 2 when swordsmen infantry command.

Khevisberi -

The authoritative person in a high-mountainous province of Georgia, + 2 law, + 1 authority, +1 when command Khevsurs forces.

Meabjre –

The servant who bears an armour and the weapon of his patron, + 1 chivalry, + 1 movement.



HISTORICAL CHARACTERS of GEORGIA


Ioane Petritsi

http://www.georgianbiography.com/bio...nepetritsi.htm

Georgian medieval philosopher and scholar in the XI-XII century, has based scientific academy in Gelati's monastery. During the reign of King David IV Aghmashenebeli, Ioane Petritsi worked at the Gelati Academy, where he left an important legacy of translations and original works. He was instrumental in spreading the ideas of neo-platonism and humanism in Georgia that influenced subsequent development of Georgian philosophy and theology. He tried to prove the existence of God on the basis of Aristotelian logic and Proclus’ emanation theory. He argued that Platonic philosophy could reach a true understanding of God and strived to become the Aristotle of Christian theology. His translation of Nemesius of Emesa’ On the Nature of Man introduced Christian anthropology into Georgian philosophical thought.
+ 1 authority, + 1 piety, + 1 popularity.

Beqa Opizari -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchiskhati_Basilica

well-known Georgian jeweller, the sculptor and the artist, goldsmith and silversmith (XII century). They were outstanding masters of the traditional techniques of embossing and chasing in silver gilt. Working in a monastery at Opiza in the Tao region, Beka and Beskhen produced a number of uniquely ornamented icons that set a standard for the subsequent masters. While most of their work perished in the following centuries, several icons and gospel chasings survive, including the chasing of the Anchis Khati (the Anchi icon) frame and the silver chasing of the Tskarostavi Gospel.

+ 1 popularity, + 5 trade income.

Shota Rustaveli -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shota_Rustaveli




The greatest Georgian poet of XII-XIII century, has written genius poem, Masterpiece of the medieval literature "knight in the Panter scin", well known all over the world, + 2 piety, + 5 popularity, +1 authority.

[B]Shalva of Akhaltsikhe -[/B]

http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/s/shalva.htm

Georgian military commander and court official. Lord Shalva belonged to the Akhaltsikeli branch of the powerful Toreli family and owned large estates in Akhalkalaki and other regions of Javakheti. Lord Shalva served as the mechurchletukhutsesi (treasurer) and later mandartukhutsesi (grand chamberlain) at the court of Queen Tamar and King Giorgi IV Lasha. He distinguished himself at the battle of Shamkhor in 1195, where he seized the enemy royal flag and delivered it to Queen Tamar. In the 1200s, Shalva, and Sargis Tmogveli, commanded the Georgian troops during the victorious campaign against Kars. In 1203, he and his brother Ivane led the Georgian advance guard at the battle of Basian. In 1210, he successfully campaigned throughout southern Georgia and Armenia. However, he also clashed with the influential Mkhargrdzeli family and their feud played an important role in 1225. During the Khwarazmean invasion of Jalāl al-Dīn in that year, Shalva Akhaltsikheli led the Georgian advance guard and engaged the enemy at Garhni. Despite repeated pleas from Akhaltsikheli, Ivane Mkhargrdzeli, the commander-in-chief of the Georgian forces deployed on the nearby heights, refused to commit his forces in support of his rival lords and watched as the Khwarazmean troops slaughtered them. Shalva survived the battle but was captured and delivered to Jalāl al-Dīn. He refused to convert to Islam and secretly informed the Georgian forces of the enemy numbers and movements, for which he was executed in late 1225.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalva_of_Akhaltsikhe

Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, St (Georgian: შალვა ახალციხელი, Shalva Akhaltsikheli) (died 1227; commemoration day on June 17/June 30 (O.S.)) was a Georgian general executed by the Khwarezmian invaders for having refused to serve them and to denounce Christianity.

He was a member of influential noble family having Akhaltsikhe in hereditary possession. Under Tamar of Georgia, he held top posts of Lord High Treasurer and Lord High Mandator consecutively. He was titled as Grand Duke (eristavteristavi) and served as a governor general in the southern province of Javakheti.

Shalva distinguished himself particularly in the Battle of Shamkor against the Seljuk atabek of Azerbaijan, 1195, when he fought in vanguard and captured a war banner of the Caliph. In 1206/1207, he together with Sargis of Tmogvi commanded a Georgian army that took Kars from the Seljuk Turks. At the Battle of Basian (1203) Shalva and his brother Iwane were put in command of Meskhetian vanguard and played a decisive role in the Georgian victory. The brothers commanded a Georgian vanguard again in the Battle of Garni against the Khwarezmians, 1225. The battle was lost however. Iwane fell on the battlefield and Shalva, grievously wounded, was captured. Shah Mingburnu offered him a position in his army provided he would convert into Islam. Shalva refused however and was martyred in June 1227.


+ 1 command, + 1 command againts muslims.



The architect Arsukidze-

http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/a/arsukisdze.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetitskhoveli_Cathedral



Architect of the Svetiskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta. In 1010, King Bagrat III commissioned the architect Arsukidze to build a magnificent cathedral and its construction was continued by his son Giorgi I. While constructing the new Svetitskhoveli Cathedral between 1010–1029, Arsukisdze proved himself an innovative engineer, changing the old basilica into the domed temple and erecting the largest ecclesiastical building in Georgia. Tradition claims that Arsukisdze surpassed all other architects in mastery of his craft, and his rivals conspired to have his hand chopped off. The central arch of the northern facade has a relief of a hand holding a bevel square with the inscription underneath “The hand of the servant of God Arsukisdze, pray for him.”

- 5 % cost religion buildings buid, reduce build time – 2 turn.


[B]Arsen Ikaltoeli -[/B]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikalto

Georgian religion figure in XII c., monk, he founded Academy in Ikalto - + 3 piety, + 1 law, + 1 authority.

Peter the Iberian, or Peter of Iberia, (Georgian: პეტრე იბერი, Petre Iberi) (A.D. c. 411-491) is a Georgian Orthodox saint, who was a prominent figure in early Christianity. (in georgian - Petre Iberieli)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Iberian




Some of his accomplishments are the foundination the first Georgian monastery in Bethlehem and being the bishop of Gaza near Mayuma. In additon to being canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as a saint, he is also recognized by various eastern Chruches, some of which have deviated from the Orthodox doctrine, + 5 piety, + 2 authority


Giorgi At'oneli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_the_Hagiorite

George the Hagiorite – Giorgi Mt'ats'mindeli or Giorgi At'oneli (Georgian: გიორგი მთაწმინდელი, გიორგი ათონელი) – (1009 – June 27, 1065), was a Georgian monk, religious writer, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communities in the Byzantine Empire. His epithets Mt'ats'mindeli and At'oneli, meaning "of the Holy Mountain" (Hagiorite) and "of Athos" (Athonite) respectively, are a reference to his association with the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, where he served as hegumen.

One of the most influential Christian churchmen of medieval Georgia, George acted as an arbitrator and facilitator of cross-cultural engagement between his native country and the Byzantine Empire.

+ 5 piety, + 2 popularity.


Tornike Eristavi

http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/t/tornike.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornike_Eristavi

Prominent Georgian statesman and military commander, also known as Ioannis Tornikios or John Thornikios or John Tornik. He came from a family in the immediate circles of the Bagration rulers, and his father, Chordvaneli (referred to in Byzantine sources as the patrikios 'Zourbaneles') had been a member of the suite of the curapaltes Ashot when he visited the Emperor Constantine Prphyrogennetos in Constantinople in c. 950. He achieved prominence while serving David III Curopalates of Tao Klarjeti but, around 963, he abandoned secular society for a monastic live and worked under the name of Ioane (Ioannis, John) in the Athanasius Lavra on Mount Athos. In 978, Byzantine Emperor Basil, facing a powerful rebellion of Bardas Scleros (976-979), appealed for help to David Curopalates, who asked Tornike Eristavi to return temporarily to a layman’s life and lead the Georgian forces. As the Life of Saint John and Euthymos relates, Tornike was reluctant to leave the monastery but was persuaded by Athanasios and John the Iberian, prominent Georgian theologians, that it would be in the best interests of the Athonite monks for him to fulfill the imperial request. A Georgian expeditionary corps under Tornike Eristavi was dispatched to Basil’s aid and defeated the insurgents led by Bardas Skleros restoring royal authority to the emperor in March 979. Tornike was generously rewarded and granted the title of synkellos. As the Life of Saints Jogn and Euthimious reports, Tornike returned with "perecious objects: and some twelve kentenaria (1,200 lb, over 600 kg) of gold and used this money to found the famous Iviron Monastery on Mt. Athos. Tornike donated all his possessions to this monastery and spent the rest of his life as a monk here. The Ivirion Monastery soon became one of the most important Georgian cultural centers, where Georgian monks produced original illuminated manuscripts, translations and treatises.

+3 command, + 1 authority, + 3 piety


Bacurius Hiberios (4th century).

http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/b/bacurius.htm

Prominent Georgian military commander in the Byzantine service, also known as Bakur Iberieli and Bakur Iberi. Unfortunately few details are available on his life. He was born into the Iberian royal family and later lived in Constantinople, where he rose through the ranks and distinguished himself commanding Byzantine and Roman troops in several campaigns. He participated in the Battle of Adrianople in 378 and later helped Emperor Theodosius I to suppress Flavius Eugenius’ uprising in the Battle of Frigidus in 394. Bacurius also established himself as a notable scholar and philosopher, whose knowledge was praised by many contemporary Greek logicians

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Grigol Bakurianisdze

http://www.georgianbiography.com/bio...urianisdze.htm

Prominent Georgian prince and commander of the Byzantine forces, also known as Gregory Pakurianos. The son of Eristavteristavi Bakur of Tao, Grigol entered the Byzantine service and quickly rose through the ranks. He governed the Byzantine provinces in Syria, Kars and Theodosiopolis. In 1064, he fought against the Seljuks of Alp Arslan at Ani and, in early 1070s, commanded Byzantine troops against King Giorgi II of Georgia. Grigol was one of the most influential nobles in the Byzantine Empire and, in 1081, he played an active role in a coup against Emperor Nicephorus III. Under the new emperor, he became the commander-in-chief (megas domestikos) of western regions of the empire and controlled vast territories in the Balkans. He supported Georgian monasteries in the Holy Land and the Byzantine Empire, making substantial donations to the Georgian Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos and establishing the Georgian monastery of Petritsoni (modern Bachkovo). He died in one of the battles against the Pechenegs in 1086. His typikon of the Petritsoni monastery provided the history of the foundation of the monastery and set its curriculum and objectives.

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[Atterdag]

@ Tadzreuli

Maybe you could post a description of the historical characters?
I tried googling one of them, and all that turned up was a link to your post

[Tunch Khan]

• Khoja Ahmed Yasevi (Uzbek: Xoja Ahmad Yassivi, also spelled Khoja Ahmad Yasawi, Ahmet Yasevi, Ahmed Yesevi or Ata Yesevi) born in Sayram in 1106, and died in 1166, Yasi, Turkestan, both cities now in Kazakhstan, was a Turkic poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic), an early mystic who exerted a powerful influence on the development of mystical orders throughout the Turkic-speaking world. Yasavi is currently the earliest known Turkic poet who composed poetry in any Turkic dialect. Ahmed Yesevi was a pioneer of popular mysticism, founded the first Turkic tariqah (order), the Yasaviyya (Yeseviye), which very quickly spread over the Turkic-speaking areas. Yasavi is also mentioned by Ernest Scott (pseudonym) as a member of the Khwajagan Sufis. His poems created a new genre of religious folk poetry in Central Asian Turkic literature and influenced many religious poets in the following countries.

• Ali Kuşçu (?, 1403 - 16 December 1474) was a Turkish mathematician and astronomer. He is best known for his contributions to Uluğ Bey's famous work Zij-i-Sultani, his efforts in founding Sahn-ı Seman University which is one of the first Ottoman universities, his seperation of astronomy from natural philosophy, and his discussions on the Earth's motion.

He was born in 1403 on an unknown date in Semerkand which is today in Uzbekistan. He attended the courses of Bursali Kadizade Rumi, Giyaseddin Cemşid and Muinuddin Kaşi. He moved to Kirman and there he conducted some researches on the storms of Oman sea. He compleated Hall-ü Eşkal-i Kamer (Explanations of the Periods of the Moon) and Şerh-i Tecrid in Kirman. He moved to Herat and taught Molla Cami about astronomy (1423). After professing in Herat for a while he went back to Semerkand and herald his works about moon to Uluğ Bey. Uluğ Bey was fascinated with the works and read the entire work while standing up. Uluğ Bey assigned him to Ulugh Beg Observatory which was called "Semerkand Observatory" at that time. He worked there till Uluğ Bey was assassinated. After Uluğ Bey's death, he went to Herat, Taşkent and finally Tebriz. While he was in Tebriz, Uzun Hasan the Khan of Ak Koyunlu sent him as a delegate to Fatih Sultan Mehmed (about 1470). At that time Sultan Baykara had come to reign in Herat but Kuşçu prefered İstanbul rather than Herat because of Fatih Sultan Mehmed's attitude toward scientists and intellectuals.

When he came to İstanbul, his grandson Kutbuddîn Muhammed had a son Mirim Çelebi who would be a great mathematician and astronomer in the future. Kuşçu extended his studies in İstanbul. He wrote "Şerh el-risâlat el-vad'iyye" on Adududdîn İ'ci's famous study called "Fâi'de fî el-vad" which is the first work on linguistics. Kuşçu's work made a great impact on the scientific community. The work has thousands of copies in handwriting libraries all around the world. He then finished "Şerh el-tecrid" on Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's "el-Tecrîd fî 'ilm el-kelâm". That work is called "Şerh-i cedid" in scientific community. It is considered as the most important philosophical work on metaphysics, physics, optics and mathematics done within Islamic civilisation.

• Ulugh Beg (Chaghatay/Persian: Mīrzā Mohammad Tāregh bin Shāhrokh (Ulugh Beg) - also Uluğ Bey, Ulugh Bek and Ulug Bek) (c. 1393 or 1394 in Sultaniyeh (Persia) – October 27, 1449) was a Timurid ruler of Turkish origin as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His commonly known name is not truly a personal name, but rather a moniker, which can be loosely translated as "Great Ruler" or "Patriarch Ruler" and was the Turkic equivalent of Timur's Perso-Arabic title Amīr-e Kabīr. His real name was Mīrzā Mohammad Tārek bin Shāhrokh. Ulugh Beg was also notable for his work in astronomy-related mathematics, such as trigonometry and spherical geometry.
  
  
• Kadizade Rumi, (Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī) (1364 in Bursa, Turkey – 1436 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan), whose actual name was Salah al-Din Musa Pasha (Qāḍī Zāda means "son of the judge"), was an astronomer and mathematician who worked at the observatory in Samarkand. He computed sin 1° to an accuracy of 10-12. Together with Ulugh Beg, al-Kāshī and a few other astronomers he produced the Zij-i Sultani, the first comprehensive stellar catalogue since Ptolomy, containing the positions of 992 stars.

• Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (also known as Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi), but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi, (September 30, 1207–December 17, 1273), was a 13th century Turkic poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian. Rumi is a descriptive name meaning "the Roman" since he lived most parts of his life in Anatolia which had been part of the Roman Empire until the Seljuq conquest two centuries earlier.

Rumi's family traveled west, first performing the Hajj and eventually settling in the Anatolian city Konya (capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, now located in Turkey), where he lived most of his life, composed one of the crowning glories of Islamic literature and profoundly affected the culture of the area. He lived most of his life under the Sultanate of Rum, where he produced his works and died in 1273 CE. He was buried in Konya and his shrine became a place of pilgrimage. Following his death, his followers and his son Sultan Walad founded the Mawlawīyah Sufi Order, also known as the order of the Whirling Dervishes, famous for its Sufi dance known as the samāʿ ceremony.

Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. His original works are widely read in the original language across the Persian-speaking world. Translations of his works are very popular in South Asian, Turkic, Arab and Western countries. His poetry has influenced Persian literature as well as Urdu, Bengali and Turkish literatures. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages in various formats, and BBC News has described him as the "most popular poet in America".

[Tunch Khan]

• Ahi Evren (1169 – 1261) was believed to be the Muslim preacher who came Trabzon in Empire of Trebizond times and extended Islam there. His grave in Boztepe was sacred and visited by many people. His real name is Sheyh Nasreddin Ebul’ Ha-kayik, Mahmud Bin Ahmed El-Hoyi and he was born in Hoy, Iran in December 1169. He grew up in Azerbaijan and then came to Kayseri and established the Ahi community. He was killed by Mongols in Kırsehir on 1 April 1261.

• Hacı Bayram Veli was a prominent person in the history of Islam in Turkey. He lived between 1352 and 1430. His original name was Numan, he changed it to Bayram after he met his spiritual leader Somuncu Baba during the festival of Eid ul-Adha (called Kurban Bayramı in Turkish). Hacı Bayram was born in small village in Ankara, and became a scholar of Islam. His life changed after he received instruction in Sufism from Somuncu Baba in the nearby city of Kayseri. The two mystics were living in the city of Bursa when they made the Hadj (pilgrimage to Mecca together. During this holy journey Somuncu Baba continued to teach sufism. Somuncu Baba died in 1412 passing his authority to Hacı Bayram-ı Veli, who returned to Ankara as the sheikh (leader) of an Islamic sufi sect called Bayrami. He built the Dervish lodge on the site in Ankara where his tomb and mosque still stand today. People would come to stay there and learn about sufism. The sect grew popular with Bayram's successful teaching.

The growth of the sect perturbed some local authorities; and they shared their worries with the Ottoman Sultan Murad II, who called Hacı Bayram Veli to Edirne (the capital of the Ottoman Empire at that time). The Sultan wanted to test the opinions, doctrine and the patriotism of the sect. At this time in Anatolia there were still many independent Turkish clans with little unity among them.

Hacı Bayram Veli took another scholar, his student Aksemseddin with him to Edirne to meet the Sultan. Murad soon understood that the complaints against Bayram were merely rumours and Hacı Bayram Veli and Aksemseddin stayed for a while in Edirne, lecturing and preaching to the court. He had more private consultations with the Sultan in which they discussed matters of the world, life and the future. In particular the Sultan was concerned with the conquest of Constantinople, the Byzantine capital that the armies of Islam had struggled to conquer without success. The Sultan asked Bayram directly Who will conquer the city?. The reply came You will not. But this baby shall. You and I will not be alive at the time of that conquest. But my student Aksemseddin will be there. The baby was the Sultan’s son the future Mehmed II, who would conquer the city.

Hacı Bayram Veli requested that his student Aksemseddin be the teacher of the baby Mehmed. And Sultan Murad accepted this. Hacı Bayram Veli made a few more trips to Edirne until he died in 1430 in Ankara, passing the leadership of his sect to Aksemseddin. His tomb and the mosque dedicated to him are in Ankara.

• Çaka Bey or Çakabey (Tzachas in Byzantine sources) was the Bey of İzmir (Smyrna) during the Beyliks era in Anatolia between 1081 and 1095. He was taken as a prisoner during a war with the Byzantine Empire by Emperor Nicephorus III Botaniates. In this war he had fought independently, without the Seljuk Empire's army. He took the emperor's interest, and was taken to the palace. He was very appreciated there and allowed to act on his own. When Alexius I Comnenus became the new basileus in 1081, Çaka Bey was granted his freedom.
  The first Anatolian Turkish naval fleet, which consisted of 33 sail ships and 17 oar ships, was established at the port of İzmir by Çaka Bey in 1081, following his conquest of İzmir, Urla, Çeşme, Sığacık, Foça and the surrounding Aegean coast of Anatolia in that same year. The ships were built at the naval arsenals of İzmir and Ephesus, which Çaka Bey had established.

Çaka Bey's fleet conquered Lesbos (1089) and Chios (1090), before defeating the Byzantine fleet near the Koyun Islands off Chios on May 19, 1090, which marked the first major Anatolian Seljuk naval victory in a sea war. In 1091 Emir Çaka Bey's fleet conquered the islands of Samos and Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. The Byzantines prepared a new naval force in order to take back these islands from Çaka Bey, but they seemed to fear him so much that they didn't get past Chios.

Çaka Bey's province was famous for its naval force, which was the first in Anatolian Turkish history. Çaka Bey, furthermore, was the father-in-law of Sultan Kılıç Arslan I of the Anatolian Seljuk Turks. In 1095, during a campaign against the Byzantine Empire with the support of Kılıç Arslan, Çaka Bey's fleet conquered the strategic port city and gulf of Adramyttium (Edremit) on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, and the city of Abydos on the Dardanelles Strait, during the siege of which Çaka Bey died. Byzantine sources say he was killed by Kılıç Arslan; his name however appears in papers after that period, showing quite the opposite for those who do not believe this version of the story. Some historiansindicate that it was in fact his son who was appointed to take his post. After Çaka Bey's death, his beylik (principality) disappeared from history. The Byzantines would soon recapture the area under the leadership of Alexius I. On the whole, Çaka Bey was a feared enemy for Byzantium, and a valiant warrior who expanded the Seljuk territories in western Anatolia, albeit for a brief time.

• Umur the Lion: Umur was the Amir of Aydin from 1336 to 1344 and a great Turkish admiral. Umur has been celebrated in a chronicle by a Turkish poet in the 15th century as the "Lion of God", for his exploits against Christian shipping. However, western sources paint a far less heroic image - two Venetian ambassadors remarked that he was immensely fat with a stomach, "like a wine casket". They had found him wearing silks, drinking almond milk and eating eggs with spices from a golden spoon. At the height of its power, his principality possessed 350 ships and 15,000 men. In 1348, a Papal fleet of 20 ships destroyed his fleet. Umur was killed in the battle - despite his title, Umur failed to remove the Christians in Smyrna.

• Hassan-i Sabbah (c. 1034 - 1124) was an Iranian Ismā'īlī Nizarī missionary who converted a community in the late 11th century in the heart of the Alborz Mountains of northern Iran. The place was called Alamut and was attributed to an ancient king of Daylam. He founded a group whose members are sometimes (originally derogatorily) referred to as the Hashshashin.

• Omer Hayyam: Ghiyās od-Dīn Abul-Fatah Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām Nishābūrī or Omar Khayyam (Nishapur, Persia, May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131) was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in Seljuk Empire. His name is also given as Omar al-Khayyami. He is best known for his poetry, and outside Iran, for the quatrains (rubaiyaas) in Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, popularized through Edward Fitzgerald's re-created translation. His substantial mathematical contributions include his Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, which gives a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle. He also contributed to calendar reform and may have proposed a heliocentric theory well before Copernicus.

• Nizam-ul Mulk (Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Tusi Nizam al-Mulk, 1018 – 14 October 1092) was a celebrated Turkish scholar and vizier of the Seljuq Empire. Born in Tus in Persia (Iran) and initially serving the Ghaznavid sultans, Nizam ul-Mulk became chief administrator of the entire Khorasan province by 1059AD. From 1063, he served the Seljuks as vizier and remained in that position throughout the reigns of Alp Arslan (1063-1072) and Malik Shah I (1072-1092). He left a great impact on organization of the Seljuk governmental bodies and hence the title Nizam al-Mulk which translates as "the order of state".

Aside from his extraordinary influence as vizier with full authority, he is also well-known for systematically founding a number of schools of higher education in several cities, the famous Nizamiyyah schools, which were named after him. In many aspects, these schools turned out to be the predecessors and models of universities that were established in Europe.

Nizam ul-Mulk is also widely known for his voluminous treatise on kingship titled Siyasatnama (The Book of Government). He also wrote a book titled Dastur al-Wuzarā, written for his son Abolfath Fakhr-ol-Malek, which is not dissimilar to the famous book of Qabus nama.

Nizam ul-Mulk was finally assassinated en route from Isfahan to Baghdad on the 10th of Ramadhan of 1092AD. The mainstream literature says he was stabbed by the dagger of a member of the Hashshashin sect near Nahavand, Persia, as he was being carried on his litter. The killer approached him disguised as a dervish.

This account is particularly interesting in light of a possibly apocryphal story recounted by Jorge Luis Borges. In this story a pact is formed between a young Nizam ul-Mulk (at that time known as Abdul Khassem) and his two friends, Omar Khayyam and Hassan-i-Sabah. Their agreement stated that if one should rise to prominence, that they would help the other two to do likewise. Nizam ul-Mulk was the first to do this when he was appointed vizier to the sultan Alp Arslan. To fulfill the pact he offered both friends positions of rank within the court. Omar refused the offer, asking instead to be given the means to continue his studies indefinitely. This Nizam did, as well as building him an observatory. Although Hassan, unlike Omar, decided to accept the appointment offered to him, he was forced to flee after plotting to dispose Nizam as vizier. Subsequently, Hassan came upon and conquered the fortress of Alamut, from where he established the Assassins.

• Fużūlī was the pen name of the poet Muhammad bin Suleyman (c. 1483 – 1556). Often considered one of the greatest contributors to the Dîvân tradition of Turkish literature, Fuzûlî in fact wrote his collected poems (dîvân) in three different languages: Azerbaijani Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. Although his Turkish works are written in Azerbaijani, he was well-versed in both the Ottoman and the Chagatai Turkish literary traditions as well. He was also well versed in mathematics and astronomy.

• Evrenos ((Gazi) Evrenos Bey or Beg; or Hadji Evrenos; d. 17 November 1417 in Yenice-i Vardar) was an Ottoman military commander. Evrenos served as general under Süleyman Pasha, Murad I, Bayezid I, Süleyman Çelebi and Mehmed I. The gazi's Turkish name was Evren, a name given to many Turcoman villages in Anatolia. A persistent Greek legend maintains that the father of Evrenos was a certain Ornos, renegade Byzantine governor of Bursa who defected to the Ottomans after the city fell in 1326. Stanford J. Shaw and Joseph von Hammer regard Evrenos as a Byzantine/Greek convert to Islam.

Evrenos led many crucial Ottoman campaigns and battles in Rumelia, Thrace, Macedonia and Serbia. He and his akincis fought in the Battle of Kosovo (1389) and the Battle of Nicopolis (1396). Evrenos conquered Keşan, İpsala, Gümülcine, Feres, Xanthi, Maronea, Serres, Monastir, and, in 1397, Corinth. He founded the town Yenice-i Vardar, modern Giannitsa.

Gazi Evrenos Bey died at an advanced age in Yenice-i Vardar. He was buried in a mausoleum there in 1417. The mausoleum survives but was badly mutilated in 19th century and served for a time as an agricultural store. Several monuments attributed to Gazi Evrenos survive in southeastern Europe. Of primary importance is his mausoleum, or türbe, with its accompanying epitaph in Giannitsa. A hammam of Evrenos stands to the south of the mausoleum. Two other monuments stand in Greek Thrace.

• Hacı Bektaş Veli was a Turkish mystic, humanist and philosopher from Khorasan who lived approximately from 1209-1271 in Anatolia. His real name is not known, but the name attributed to him can be translated as "The Pilgrim Saint Bektash." He is the eponym of the Bektashi Sufi order and is considered as one of the principal teachers of Alevism. He is also a renowned figure in the history and culture of both Ottoman Empire and modern day Turkey.

It is reported in some Bektashi legends that Hajji Bektash was a follower and the caliph ("representative") of Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi, a Turkish Sufi mystic from Central Asia who had great influence on the Turkic nomads of the steppes.

Bektashism spread from Anatolia through the Ottomans primarily into the Balkans, where its leaders (known as dedes or babas) helped convert many to Islam. The Bektashi Sufi order became the official order of the elite Janissary corps after their establishment. The Bektashi Order remained very popular among Albanians, and Bektashi tekkes can be found throughout Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania to this day. During the Ottoman period Bektashi tekkes were set up in Egypt and Iraq, but the order did not take root in these countries.

• Yunus Emre (1238?–1320?) was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present. Because Yunus Emre is, after Ahmet Yesevi and Sultan Veled, one of the first known Turkish poets to have composed works in the spoken Turkish of his own age and region rather than in Persian or Arabic, his diction remains very close to the popular speech of his contemporaries in Central and Western Anatolia. This is also, it should be noted, the language of a number of anonymous folk-poets, folk-songs, fairy tales, riddles (tekerlemeler), and proverbs.

Like the Oghuz Turkic Book of Dede Korkut, an older and anonymous Central Asian epic, the Turkish folklore that inspired Yunus Emre in his occasional use of tekerlemeler as a poetic device had been handed down orally to him and his contemporaries. This strictly oral tradition continued for a long while.

Following the Mongol invasion of Anatolia facilitated by the Seljuk Turkish defeat at the 1243 Battle of Köse Dağ, Islamic mystic literature thrived in Anatolia, and Yunus Emre became one of its most distinguished poets. He is one of the first poets known by name to have composed extensively in the Turkish language, and his poems—despite being fairly simple on the surface—evidence his skill in describing quite abstruse mystical concepts in a clear way. He remains a popular figure in a number of countries, stretching from Azerbaijan to the Balkans, with seven different and widely dispersed localities disputing the privilege of having his tomb within their boundaries.

His poems, written in the tradition of Anatolian folk poetry, mainly concern divine love as well as human destiny:

Yunus'dürür benim adım Gün geçtikçe artar odum İki cihanda maksûdum Bana seni gerek seni "'Yunus the mystic' is my name, Each passing day fans and rouses my flame, What I desire in both worlds is the same: You're the one I need, you're the one I crave"

• Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkish: Kaşgarlı Mahmud), born in 1005, was an early Turkic linguist of Turkic languages from the Kara-Khanid Khanate, born in Kashgar, East Turkestan (modern day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China). He was a renowned scholar and lexicographer of Turkic dialects.

His father, Husayn, was the mayor of Barsgan and related to the Karakhanid ruling dynasty. His mother was Bibi Rābiy'a al-Basrī. He studied Turkic dialects and wrote the first comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages, the Dīwān ul-Lughat al-Turk (Arabic: Collection of Turkic words) in 1072. It was intended for use by the Caliphs of Baghdad, the new, Arabic allies of the Turks. Mahmud Kashgari's comprehensive dictionary contains specimens of old Turkic poetry in the typical form of quatrains (Persian/Arabic: rubāiyāt; Turkish: dörtlük), representing all the principal genres: epic, pastoral, didactic, lyric, and elegiac. His book also included the first known map of the areas inhabited by Turkic peoples.

Mahmud Kashgari died in 1102 at the age of 97 in Opal, small city southwest of Kashgar, and was buried there. There is now a mausoleum erected on his gravesite (opened on May 26, 2006). He is remembered as a prominent Uyghur scholar.

• Kemal Reis (c. 1451 – 1511) was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral. He was also the paternal uncle of the famous Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis who accompanied him in most of his important naval expeditions.
• Piri Reis (full name Hadji Muhiddin Piri Ibn Hadji Mehmed) (about 1465 – 1554 or 1555) was an Ottoman-Turkish admiral and cartographer born between 1465 and 1470 in Gallipoli on the Aegean coast of Turkey. He is primarily known today for his maps and charts collected in his Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation), a book which contains detailed information on navigation as well as extremely accurate charts describing the important ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea. He gained fame as a cartographer when a small part of his first world map (prepared in 1513) was discovered in 1929 at Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. The most surprising aspect was the presence of the Americas on an Ottoman map, making it the first map ever drawn of the Americas.

• Pir Sultan Abdal (ca. 1480 - 1550), a legendary Alevi (Sufi) poet, whose direct and clear language as well as the richness of his imagination and the beauty of his verses led him to become a loved among the Turks and Kurds. Pir Sultan Abdal reflected the social, cultural and religious life of the people; he was a humanist, and wrote about love, peace, death and God. He was also rebellious against authoritarian rule which led him into problems with the Ottoman establishment.

[Miraj]

Thanks Tunch Khan!

[Tunch Khan]

Thanks Tunch Khan!

Sure, no problem. Sorry the list I have on my mind would actually be pages long, but I didn't want to clutter the thread more than I already did. So I included several names that came to my mind first...

They are mostly cut-and-paste from Wikipedia, with minor editing.

I assumed you'd have the names of the faction leaders and heirs anyway so they are not included. Please let me know if you need any specific information and format, so I can be more focused.

[jermagon]

(western Muslim) Traits and ancillaries

1- retinues

1.The chief of Biet el Hekma:this man is chief of ''Biet el Hekma'' (the house of wisdom university in Baghdad),one of the greatest universities in the world

2.Qadi Al Qudat: this man holds the office of Chief Judge of the State,he's in charge of applying the sharia laws in the caliphate/sultanate.

3. Naqeeb Al Abasseyeen: he is the head of the Abbasid royal family,they descended from prophet Mohamed's cousin Al Abbas,+2piety, +loyalty.

4.Imam Al haram Al makki: he is the leading imam of the Grand mosque in the Islamic holy city of Mecca (the holiest mosque in Islam),+5 piety,+2 Authority.

5.Imam Al Masjed Al Nabawy: this man is the leading Imam and prayer leader of the Mosque of the Prophet in Holy Medina (the second holiest Mosque in Islam).

6.Pope of Alexandria: he is the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the leader of Christian minority in Egypt.-1 piety,-1 loyalty.

7.Naqib Al Ashraf: this man is the head of Al Ashraf (those who are descended from prophet Muhammed through his two grandson Hassan,Hussien).+2 piety.

8.Imam Al Masjed Al Aqsa:he is the leading Imam and prayer leader of ''Al Aqsa Mosque'' in Jerusalem,the Third holiest mosque in Islam.+ 4 piety,2 loyalty.

9.Al Muhtasib:this man is a Muhtasib (inspector of markets)A municipal officer responsible for public morals and regulation of markets.+2 Authority

10.Amir Al Hajj:the leader of the pilgrimage was appointed annually by the caliph/sultans,to lead the Pilgrims safely to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina,+2 Loyalty,2 piety

11.Muhandes Al Me'mar:this Man is a great Architect he built Mosques, Hammams, Palaces ,Madrasses and other civil Buildings, his designs became a model to all Muslim cities.

12.Saheb Al Kharaj:This man is responsible for collecting Kharaj (landtax) from farmers and landowners

13.Patriarchs of Babylon:he is the leader and head bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East and the leader of the Christian minority of Iraq, the Patriarch was based in Babylon but it was moved to Baghdad after caliph Al Mansur made it the capital of the Abbasid caliphate.

14. Imam of the Umayyad Mosque: he is the leading Imam and prayer leader of The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus,+2 piety,+2 Authority.


15.The muezzin: a man appointed to call to prayer, climbs the mineret of the mosque, and he calls in all directions, "Hasten to prayer." Many mosques, retinue to all Muslim factions.


16. Munajim (astrologer): this man observes the stars, alleging that he reads fortune and the unknown.



17. Chief of Madrassah: this man is the chief of the madrassah a senior office within the Sultanate/Caliphate.


18.Chief of Bamaristan: this man holds the office of chief of the city's bamaristan (Hospital).


19- chief of the merchents: he is the chief of the merchants of the city.


Traits



1. Born to a slave woman: Although he is the sultan/caliph, and belong to a great family but his mother was just a slave girl in the harem of his fathers, his opponents used this as a weapon against him.

2. Enemy of philosophy: The imams had persuaded the sultan/caliph that philosophy is blasphemy and against the teaching of Islam, now he closed all the academies which teach philosophy and dismissed philosophers out of his kingdom.

3. Friend of the crusaders: Although the Frankish crusaders are the enemy of the Umma, the caliph/sultan has made a political relation with them.

4. Lost his right arm in combat: the caliph/sultan lost many battles against his enemies, he hardly survived the last battle, and his men saved him after the enemy had cut off his right army,-1 command.

5. Fat sultan/caliph: the sultan eats so much,his weight grew weight,all his subjects make fun of him and call him the fat sultan/caliph,-1 loyalty.

6. Emir Al Murtazaqa: This man have hired hundreds of Murtazaqa (mercenaries) from many races, both his generals and his subjects are displeased because of their costs..

7. Captured by the enemy: the enemy captured the sultan/caliph after his defeat, they released him after he had paid thousands of dinars, his subjects now are displeased because that's means a new heavy taxes.

8. Merciful: The caliph/sultan released all his war prisoners without even waiting for their ransom, his generals have warned him that these released men will fight him again one day, but the caliph didn't listen to them,+2 piety,-1 command.

9. Mongol slayer : The caliph have defeated the Mongols and pushed them back to their lands in far Asia, they no longer threaten Islam and the caliphate,+2 piety,+3 command,+1 Authority

10. Establishes law and order: order and law follow this man wherever he goes to any city, he speaks well with commoners, listen to their problems and their complains, he executed the criminals and repels without any mercy,+2 Authority,-1 piety

11. Father of shaheed (martyr): the caliph/sultan lost his eldest son and his faction heir in battle against the enemies of islam.+2 piety.-2 command.

12. Obsessed with his harems:this caliph/sultan spends a lot of time with his harems,and neglects his royal duties,-3command.

13. Follows the footsteps of the 4 righteous caliphs: although he is the caliph and the leader of Muslims, he doesn't live in palaces or in luxury ,he thinks that god's paradise is better than all the mortal pleasures, now he is a model for all sultans of Islam.

14. Poet sultan/caliph: this sultan/caliph is very talented he writes poetry in both Arabic and Persian, his poems praise himself and his dynasty.

15. Charitable: the caliph/sultan spends a lot of money on his poor subjects; he builds schools for orphans, hospitals for poors. Now all his subjects pray for him.

16. Attends the Friday prayer: The caliph/sultan prays the Friday prayer in public with his commoners in the great mosque

17. Paranoid caliph/sultan: after several unsuccessful assassinations, the caliph/sultan trusts nobody even his son. he thinks that everyone in his court wants to kill him

18. As-Safah: The caliph has no mercy, he easily executes anyone, he killed many of his opponents, he killed even the prisoners of the enemy and refused to ransom them.

19. Drinks wine: although its forbidden in Islam, the caliph/sultan drinks wine, the imams advised him to stop, but he didn't listen

20. Stingy: although this great sultan/caliph rules a l large empire and has a great income, he spends few on his subjects and his army.

21. Puppet caliph/sultan: the sultan/caliph does not hold any real powers,his vizier and his generals control everything.

22. Fateh Constantinople: this caliph/sultan fulfilled the prophecy of the prophet Muhammad of the Muslim conquest of Constantinople, now the Muslim prayers are being heard in the great Mosque (former church) of Hagya Sophia.

23. Secret Shia: the caliph practices the shia faith in secret, he believes in the holiness of the household of the prophet Muhammad, and rejects the Sunni faith

24. Collects parrots: the caliph likes to collect parrots and doves, singing birds, and spends a lot of time playing with them.

25. Intellectual: the sultan/caliph encourages science and scientists, poets, he builds Madrassas, universities, and hundreds of students from allover the Islamic countries come to study at his Madrassas

26. Ghulam Lover: this man commits much worse than adultery, although he pretends he is normal, his personal guard have whispered to the commoners that he kept ghulams in his palace.

27. Al-Mansur: the caliph's victory after victory against the enemies of the caliphate, make him a model to his great grandfather caliph Al-mansur the real founder of the Abbasid caliphate.

28. Seljuk slayer: The caliph/Sultan has crashed the Seljuks,and pushed them back to their homeland beyond Transoxiana, they no longer present any threat to the Caliphate/Sultanate.+3 command, 2 dread.

29. Qa'yed Al-Thughur (commander of the frontier army): this man is the commander of the frontier army; he defends the borders of the Sultanate/Caliphate from the raids of the enemies.

30. Al Munatsir bellah: Victorious by god, Honorary title given to Abbasid caliph, prince after having a great victory.

31. Qa'yed Haras Al Khalifa/Sultan: he is the commander of the Caliph/sultan bodyguard,

32. Hafez Quran: this man memorizes every single word in the holy Quran .he's a model to all his men, for All Muslim Factions.

33. Qa'yed Alf (commander of 1000): this man commands 1000 brave men; it was a senior office in the Ayyubid/Mamluk army.

34. Persecutes Dhimmis(non-Muslims): This man hates Dhimmis and despise their religion, he imposed heavy taxes upon them and ordered them to wear Distinctive clothing.

35. Al Sultan Al Mujahed: Defending and expanding the lands of Islam is the main target of the Sultan, thousands of Believers joined the Sultan in his holy wars.

36. Qa'yed Jaysh Al Khilafa/Saltana: he is the commander in chief of all the armies of the Caliphate/Sultanate.

37. Khateeb Baligh (eloquent elocutionist): the words of this man inspires everything even the stones, everyone stay mute when he talks, his men memorize his speeches.

38. Al Jazzar (the butcher):this man kills all the war prisoners,he doesn't wait for their ransom

39. Al Muhtadi bellah (Guided by God):The Sultan/Caliph respects the Sharia law he closed all the taverns in his realm, he doesn't make a move without consulting his ulemas.

40. Amir Al Behar: he is commander in chief of the Caliphate/sultanate fleets

42. Sunni Maliki: this man follows the maliki madhab (school), one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam.

43. Sunni Hanafi: this man follows the Hanafi madhab (school), one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam.

44. Sunni Shaf'i: this man follows the Shaf'i madhab (school), one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam.

45. Sunni Hanbali: this man follows the Hanbali madhab (school), one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam.

46. Captured the true cross: After our warriors have conquered Jerusalem from the infidel crusaders,the sultan/Caliph captured their ostensible holy cross,it's just a piece of wood to us but worth alot for the Christians.

47. Sultan of Egypt: this man has captured cairo he is now the Sultan of Egypt.

49. Believes Munajimen (astrologers): Although only mighty Allah Knows the unknown and our destinies, this man believes that astrologers could see his fortune from the stars -piety.

50. Al Mudamer (the destroyer):he always choose to raze the conquered cities to the ground and exterminate their population,even if they are his fellow muslims.

51. Kitab Sahih al-Bukhari (The book of authentic collection): is one of the Sunni six major Hadith collections (Hadith are oral traditions recounting events in the lives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad). Sunni Muslims view this as their most trusted collection, calling it "The most authentic book after the Holy Qur'an,hese prophetic traditions were collected by the Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (810-870) and published during his lifetime.

52. Covers the Ka'aba: this sultan/Caliph annually covers the holy Ka'aba with new Kiswah (cloth) during the month of dhu al hijjah and shortly before the pilgrimage.

53. Fitna vanquisher: this man doesn't tolerate with fitna (rebellion), he fights the rebels and executes their leaders.

54. Skulls collector: collecting the heads of his enemies is this man's hobby, he keeps them in a chest inside his personal safe, he always says ''there always a place for more skulls''.

55. Tolerant with Dhimis: the caliph/sultan allows his Dhimis (non-Muslims) subject to practice their faiths freely.

56. Converted to Islam: this man has left the faith of his ancestors and converted to Islam.

57. Dreams of Jerusalem: the 3rd holiest city Islam is in the hands of the infidel crusaders since many decades, this man always dream of liberating Jerusalem from the infidels.

58. Conqueror of Jerusalem: the Sultan/Caliph has conquered the holy city of Jerusalem, and brought it back to Islam.

59. Conqueror of Baghdad: this man has conquered Baghdad, and razed it to the ground, his armies killed thousands of innocent people, the city's universities, and mosques had been perished.

60.Son of a Christian woman: although he is a Muslim monarch but his mother is Christian, rumors have said that she influenced him with her beliefs.

61- not a faction heir: although he's the caliph's/sultan's second son,but his brother has removed him and appointed his young son in his place.

[Tunch Khan]

CALIPHATE:
Caliphate was used as an effective means of political influence as a means of soft power over other Sunni states, allowing Ottomans to gain a superior position in those countries foreign and domestic politics as well as earning their merchants significant privilidges in their markets. Also, the Caliphate allowed the Ottomans to justify their actions against other Sunni nations, as the Caliph was considered to interpret the Sher'ia (Islamic) Law better than other Islamic scholars, hence reduce the BB. In the Ottoman case, as the Sultans were secular leaders as well as Caliphs themselves, the Sheikh-ul Islam, the Kazasker (Kadi-asker: Chief Military Judge, highest Judicial rank, interpreting Islamic Law) and the Mufti of Kostantiniyye (equivalent to Chief Cleric:Archbishop) constituted the highest Islamic authority. So even though the Caliph (successor to the Prophet Muhammed) themselves, the Sultans would seek the approval of Sheikh-ul Islam through a "Fetwa" (Islamic jurisdiction) before any military campaign or other important matters.

PATRIARCHATE:
After uniting with Catholics and accepting the superiority of the Pope at the Council of Florence in 1439, the Orthodox Patriarchate became subordinate to Rome. The office of Patriarch for Orthodox Christians was re-established, made independent and handed to Gennadius II Scholarius by the conquering Ottoman ruler, Sultan Mehmed II, who wished to show his dynasty as direct heirs to the Byzantines, adopting the imperial title Kayser-i-Rûm "Caesar of [Constantinople, the second] Rome", one of many subsidiary titles. As per Russia usurping the title of New Rome, that was plainly a political move to enhance their influence over all Orthodox Christians. Yet, this fancy title didn't mean anything to those beyond immediate Russian borders as the leaders of all Orthodox Christian Churches continued to be appointed by the Patriarchate of Constantinople from 1453 to this present day. The Patriarchate allowed the Ottomans to rule over Orthodox nations as if Ottomans were Orthodox themselves. The Patriarch was designated ethnarch of the Greek (Rum) millet, which included all Orthodox Christians under Ottoman rule, regardless of their nationality in the modern sense. This role was carried out by ethnic Greeks with mixed success. Similar to the College of Cardinals for Catholics, the Ecumenical Patriarche of Constantinople is elected by the Sacred Synod which consists of the following electors:

SACRED SYNOD:

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Patriarch of Alexandria, Patriarch also styled Pope, historically second Patriarchate in rank, in Ayyubid Sultanate (Egypt)
Patriarch of Antioch, historically third Patriarchate in rank
Patriarch of Jerusalem, historically fourth Patriarchate in rank, in Ayyubid Sultanate
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, kept Russia's claim to succeed to Byzantium as the Third Rome after 1453. Was recognized by Constantinople only in 1589
Metropolitan Archbishop of Ephesus (for Smyrna)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Nicomedia
Metropolitan Archbishop of Nicaea
Metropolitan Archbishop of Trebizond
Metropolitan Archbishop of Seleukeia
Metropolitan Archbishop of Ikonion (Konya)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Caesarea (Kayseri)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Heraclea
Metropolitan Archbishop of Amasia
Metropolitan Archbishop of Myra (Attalia)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelfia (a city between Smyrna and Dorylaion)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Stavropolis (modern Geyve, between Smyrna and Amorium)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Armenia
Metropolitan Archbishop of Crete
Metropolitan Archbishop of Cyprus
Metropolitan Archbishop of Tbilisi (Georgia)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Kiev-Halych

Those dioceses outside the BC map:
Metropolitan Archbishop of Athens
Metropolitan Archbishop of Corinthia (Morea)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Peć and Belgrade
Metropolitan Archbishop of Constanta (Tomi, Romania)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Alba Iulia (Wallachia)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Suceava (Moldavia)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Turnovo (Bulgaria)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Cetinje (Montenegro)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Ohrid (Macedonia)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Halkidon (Calchedon, province on the Asian side of Istanbul)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Durazzo (Venetian part of Albania)
First Bishop of Mount Athos (Greece)

[Tunch Khan]

Caravanserai (Kervansaray): The word "caravansarei" derived from "caravan" (travellers) and "sarai" (or sera) meaning home or inn. A caravanserai was a roadside inn where caravans could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across a network of trade routes of Asia, North Africa and South-Eastern Europe.

Most typically it was a building with a square or rectangular walled exterior, with a single portal wide enough to permit large or heavily laden beasts such as camels to enter. The courtyard is almost always open to the sky, and along the inside walls of the enclosure are ranged a number of identical stalls, bays, niches or chambers to accommodate merchants and their servants, their animals and merchandise.

Caravanserais provided water for drinking (for animals and people), and for washing and ritual ablutions. Sometimes they even had elaborate baths. They also kept fodder for animals and had shops for travellers where they could acquire new supplies. In addition, there could be shops where merchants could dispose some of their goods.

All through the Ottoman Empire, a traveller from any country or religion could use all of the services (including lodging, food for themselves and also for their beasts, bathing and other services) of these Caravanserais for free up to three days stay.

Turkish Bath (Hamam): The hammam, like its early precursors, Roman thermae, is not exclusive to men only - hammam complexes usually contain separate quarters for men and women. Being social centers, in the Ottoman Empire, hammams were quite abundant, and were built in almost every Ottoman city. Integrated in daily life, they were centers of social gatherings, populated on almost every occasion with traditional entertainment (e.g. dancing and food, especially in the women's quarters) and ceremonies, such as before weddings, high-holidays, celebrating newborns, beauty trips, etc.

University (Medrese): A typical medrese usually offers two courses of study: a "hifz" course; that is memorisation of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qur'an to memory is called a hafiz); and an 'alim course leading the candidate to become an accepted scholar in the community. A regular curriculum includes courses in Arabic, Tafsir (Qur'anic interpretation), shari'ah (Islamic law), Hadith (recorded sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad), Mantiq (logic), and Islamic History. Depending on the educational demands, some madrasahs also offer additional advanced courses in Arabic literature, Persian and other foreign languages as well as science and world history.

Fountain (Çeşme or Cheshme): Ottoman fountains are usually rectangular stone buildings decorated with marble arches and ornaments with clean water flowing on every side. These fountains have always been built as charity from the wealthy and usually their names are inscribed along with pleasant poems. From small villages to the cosmopolitan cities, fountains are places to meet, socialise and often serve as first contact locations between young men and girls.

Public Kitchen (Imarethane): Public kitchens are places where the poor and needy can feed themselves once or twice a day, usually found in large public charity complexes called "Kulliye".

Hospital (Dar-us Shifa): All kinds of health care was provided for free, including musical threapy for the mental disorders as well as hot water treatments as learned from the Romans (Therapia was the name of such location close to Istanbul, where patients would seek cure. Today the area is still called Tarabya).

Some of the famous Dar us-Shifas are indicated below;

• Gevher Nesibe Darüşşifa and Medrese (medical school) in Kayseri, Turkey
• Divriği Great Mosque's adjoining Turan Melek Sultan Darüşşifa in Divriği, Turkey
• Şifaiye Medrese (medical school) and Darüşşifa in Sivas, Turkey
• Bayezid II Külliye complex of buildings' Darüşşifa in Edirne, Turkey, a museum dedicated to medicine today

Külliye: deriving from the Arabic word "kûl" (meaning the whole, all) is a term which designates a complex of buildings, centered around a mosque and managed within a single institution, often based on a vakıf (foundation), and composed of a medrese, a darüşşifa, kitchens, bakery, hammam, other buildings for various benevolent services for the community and further annexed constructions. The tradition of külliye is particularly marked in Turkish architecture within Seljuk, particularly Ottoman Empire and also Timurid architectural legacies.
Notable külliye include;

• Battal Gazi Külliye, dedicated to Battal Gazi, in Seyitgazi, Eskişehir, built in 1208 by Ümmühan Hatun, wife of the Anatolian Seljuk sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev I and extended in 1511 by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II,
• Orhan Gazi Külliye in Bursa, built in 1339 by the Ottoman sultan Orhan Gazi,
• Hüdavendigar Külliye in Bursa, built between 1365-1385 by the Ottoman sultan Murad I,
• Bayezid I Mosque and Külliye in Bursa, built between 1390-1395 by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I,
• Emir Sultan Mosque and Külliye in Bursa, dedicated to the dervish and scholar Emir Sultan, built for the first time in the 14th century, and re-built in 1804 following the destruction caused by 1766 Bursa earthquake, rebuilt again in 1868 following the destruction caused by 1855 Bursa earthquake,
• Timurtaş Pasha Mosque and Külliye in Bursa, built between 1404-1420 by the Ottoman commander Kara Timurtaş Pasha,
• Mehmed I Mosque in Bursa, built between 1419-1421 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed I,
• Muradiye Külliye in Bursa, built in 1426-1428 by the Ottoman sultan Murad II,
• Fatih Mosque and Külliye in Istanbul, built between 1463-1470 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror,
• Bayezid II Külliye in Amasya, built by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II in 1485-1486,
• Bayezid II Külliye in Edirne, built in 1488 by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II,
• Selimiye Külliye in Edirne, built by the Ottoman sultan Selim I in 1522,
• Abd al-Qadir Geylani Külliye in Baghdad, built by the Ottoman sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in 1534,
• Şehzade Mosque and Külliye in Istanbul, built by the Ottoman sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in 1548,
• Süleymaniye Mosque and Külliye in Istanbul, built by the Ottoman sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in the 1550s,
• Muradiye Mosque and Külliye in Manisa, built by the Ottoman sultan Murad III between 1583-1592

[Miraj]

Great work Jermagon and Tunch Khan.

Some new structures related to the arts would be nice. For example where would poets like Jelalluddin Rumi and such have done their work? Would it be some sort of sufi order house?

[Tunch Khan]

...Some new structures related to the arts would be nice. For example where would poets like Jelalluddin Rumi and such have done their work? Would it be some sort of sufi order house?

Exactly. These religious order houses are called "Tekke" in Turkish and "Khanegah" in Persian:

A khanegah, khaniqah (also transliterated as khanqa, and khaneqa Persian: خانگاه khanegah and خانقاه khaneghah), ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation. In the past, and to a lesser extent nowadays, they often served as hospices for Sufi travelers (Salik) and Islamic students (Talib). Khanqahs are very often found adjoined to Dargahs (shrine of a Sufi saint), mosques and madrasas (Islamic schools). They are found throughout the Persian-influenced Islamic world, especially Iran, Central Asia and South Asia.
In the Arab world, especially North Africa, similar buildings are also found, which are known in Arabic as a zawiya or zaouia (Arabic: زاوية zāwiya). In Turkey and other formerly Ottoman areas like Albania and Bosnia, similar buildings are called locally tekke or tekye (تكيه).
It is not at all clear when Sufism emerged as a movement within Islam, or when the first khanqah was built. Sufis themselves trace their movement back to Muhammad; academic historians argue for later dates. Jonathan Berkey writes:
One of the characteristic features of later medieval Sufism was the spread of institutions, variously known as khanqahs or ribats, complete with buildings and endowments which housed and supported the activities of the mystics. Their origins are quite obscure, but it is likely that their roots lie in ninth- and tenth-century Iran. (Berkey 2003 p. 157) Khanqahs later spread across the Islamic world, from Morocco to Indonesia.


A dargah (Persian: درگه) is a Sufi shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint. Local Muslims visit the shrine known as (ziyarat). Dargahs are often associated with Sufi meeting rooms and hostels, known as khanqah. They often include a mosque, meeting rooms, schools (Madrassas), residences for a teacher or caretaker, hospitals, and other buildings for community purposes.
The term is derived from a Persian word which can mean, among other uses, "portal" or "threshold". Many Muslims believe that dargahs are portals by which they can invoke the deceased saint's intercession and blessing (see Tawassul).
Shrines are found in many Muslim communities throughout the world, and called by many names (see Ziyarat). The term dargah is common in the Persian-influenced Islamic world, notably Iran and South Asia.
In South Africa, the term is used to describe shrines in the Durban area where there is a strong Indian presence, while the term keramat is more commonly used in Cape Town, where there is a strong Cape Malay culture.
In South Asia, dargahs are often the site of festivals (Milad) held in honor of the deceased saint at the date of his Urs, which is a day dedicated to the saint which usually falls on the saint's death anniversary. The shrine is illuminated with candles or strings of electric lights.

I would suggest these two kinds of buildings for the reasons you stated. Other than literature, calligraphy and miniature was the most widespread form of Islamic art which developed around religious centers of learning.

Also I have noticed you included Siyaset-name as an artifact. Excellent choice, and I might suggest Qabus name, a lesser work of literature, yet very unique and useful resource for aspiring generals and princes.

Qabus nama is a major work of Islamic literature from the eleventh century. It was written by Amir Unsur al-Mo'ali Keikavus ibn Iskandar ibn Qabus ibn Wushmgir ibn al-Ziyar, the Ziyarid ruler of Persia, also known as the Prince of Gurgan, and was dedicated to his son Gilan shah. The belles-lettres was written in 44 chapters and outlines princely education, manners, and conduct in ethical didactic prose.

[Miraj]

I have some I gathered from my own readings over the winter break. Its more for the eastern factions like Ghazni, Ghorids, Khwarezm, and Sultanate of Delhi.

Sari Jandhar - BG or executioner

Sari Silahdar - Chief Armour Bearer

Amiri Akhur - Intendant of the Sultan's Stables - QutbUddin Aybak had this

Amiri Shikar - Intendant of the Sultan's Hunt - apparently important

Aridh - Muster master

Amiri Hajib - Military Chamberlain

Amiri Dadh - Military justiciar

Qadi-al-Quddat - highest judge of the kingdom

Lashkarkash - war leader

Alim - learned islamic scholar

Habashi Guard - Abysinnian (delhi, egypt, oman, abbasid)

Khara-Khitai Warrior - Khwarezm/Ghazni/Ghorids

Kypchak Captain - Khwarezm/Georgia

Dihqan - feudal lord, could be a character that boosts farming

Faqih - Generic religious scholar

Hammer of the Infidels - Self-bestowed titles that many Muslim rulers gave themselves or earned in wars with hindus, Mahmud Ghazni was 'bestowed' this by the Caliph.

Yabgu - Turkic title, viceroy, 2nd highest position

Siyasat-nama - "Book of Statecraft" by Nizam ul Mulk (eastern islamic)

Pand-nama - heriditery epistles from last king containing pieces of advice (eastern islamic)

Nasir-al-din Wa'l Dawla - Helper of the Religion and State. Honorary title given to generals upon a great victory for the Sultan.

[John I Tzimisces]

Hey Tadz, Peter the Iberian is waaaaaaay before BC's timeline. Like...400s AD.

[Miraj]

Yeah, please don't forget BC is from 1174 to 1400.

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

The Monastery: Would it be possible, once built for Monastries to appear on the Campaign map? Some folks (me I guess) enjoy landscape building, and take as much pride in their kingdoms (visualy) as they do
conquering the map. Thanks...

[Tunch Khan]

In light of the extensive information and format presented by Tadzreuli and jermagon, (excellent work) I have rearranged and formatted my previous list, while including some additional titles and perks. These could be used for Turkish and Seljuk Sultanates as well as other Turkic speaking political entities. Ayyubids, even though half Kurdish, half Turkish in origin were a family in the service of Seljuk Atabegs of Kerkuk and adopted many Turkic administrative and military titles (1171-1252). Their successor state, the Mamluks were also a Turkic class of rulers who controlled Egypt and the Holy Lands until the arrival of the Ottomans (1517). So the list could as well be used for them, at least portions of it.

The below titles and traits are merely suggestions and could be used as titles for BC characters or as people in their entourage. The stats I came up with are my initial thoughts on the specific title or rank and do not reflect game balance issues.

The names of the ranks and titles are mostly of Ottoman Turkish written in modern Turkish/English. Some of the titles are however Persian and Arabic but were of use during the BC period.

Some of the titles could be used together with ranks and other titles, whereas two ranks should not be used together. I assume they are pretty explanatory, but if there's any confusion or error, please let write down the specific problem or question.

The religious titles at the bottom of the list could be used to replace one another in order of hierarchy, so the piety bonuses don't stack.

Please let me know how they look like initially and we can work on them to achieve an entertaining and realistic list.


Titles available for Faction Leaders:

Sultan of Sultans:
+ 4 command
+ 4 authority
+ 3 piety

Halife Hazretleri (Caliph):
+ 5 piety
+ 4 authority
+ 4 law
+ 5 troop morale

Malik ul-Barreyn (King of the Two Lands: Europe and Asia):
+ 2 authority
+ 2 command
+ 3 popularity

Hakan ul-Bahreyn (Khagan of the Two Seas: Mediterranean and Indian Seas):
+ 1 authority
+ 1 command
+ 2 popularity

Kanuni (The Lawgiver):
+ 4 authority
+ 4 law
+ 3 chivalry
+ 10% bonus on trade income
+ 20% bonus on tax income

Yildirim (Thunderbolt):
+ 3 command
+ 2 authority
+ 25% movement points
+ 2 troop morale
+ 2 dread


Titles available for Faction Heirs:

Veliahd Sultan (Crown Prince):
+ 3 command
+ 2 authority
+ 1 loyalty

Shahzade (Prince):
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 loyalty


Titles available for all Generals:

Vezir-i-Azam (Chief Minister in Charge):
+ 4 command
+ 4 loyalty
+ 4 authority
+ 20% bonus on tax income

Atabey (Viceroy and Teacher of Shehzades):
+ 3 command
+ 3 authority
+ 5 loyalty
+ 3 chivalry
+ 10% bonus on tax income

Serasker (Chief of the Armed Forces):
+ 4 command
+ 4 loyalty
+ 3 authority
+ 2 dread
+ 2 troop morale
+ 15% movement points


Anadolu Beylerbeyi (Governor General of Anatolia):
+ 3 command
+ 3 authority
+ 3 loyalty
+ 10% bonus on tax income

Rumeli Beylerbeyi (Governor General of European possesions):
+ 3 command
+ 3 authority
+ 3 loyalty
+ 10% bonus on tax income

Vezir (Minister):
+ 3 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 loyalty
+ 10% bonus on tax income

Kaptan Pasha (Chief of the Navy):
+ 3 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 loyalty
+ 2 troop morale
+ 10% movement points (naval landings, shipment of suppplies)

Kazasker (Chief Military Judge):
+ 2 command
+ 3 authority
+ 4 law
+ 3 chivalry
+ 3 loyalty
+ 2 troop morale

Nişanci (Bearer of Imperial Signs and Seals):
+ 1 command
+ 1 authority
+ 3 chivalry
+ 3 loyalty

Defterdar (Minister of Finance):
+ 2 authority
+ 3 loyalty
+ 15% bonus on trade income
+ 15% bonus on tax income

Reis-ül-Küttab (Minister of Foreign Affairs):
+ 2 authority
+ 3 loyalty
+ 4 chivalry

Sancak Beyi (Lord of Frontier Province, Marquis):
+ 3 command
+ 1 authority
+ 2 loyalty
+ 2 piety
+ 5% bonus on tax income

Yeniceri Ağası (Agha/Chief of Janissary Forces, protector of the capital):
+ 3 command
+ 2 authority
+ 1 loyalty
+ 2 troop morale
+ 10% movement points

Istanbul Ağası (Agha of Janissary Acemi Academy in Capitol):
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 dread
+ 2 loyalty

Rumeli Ağası (Agha of 14 Janissary Battalions based in Gallipoli):
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 dread
+ 2 loyalty

Anadolu Ağası (Agha of 17 Janissary Battalions in Anatolia):
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 dread
+ 2 loyalty

Kapi Ağası (Chief White Eunuch - Lord of the Palace Gate):
+ 1 command
- 2 authority
+ 3 dread
+ 1 loyalty
- 2 local popularity
+ 5% penalty on tax income

Kızlar Ağası (Chief Black Eunuch - Lord of the Harem):
+ 2 command
+ 1 authority
+ 2 dread
+ 3 loyalty

Sekbanbaşi (Deputy Chief of Armed Forces, military affairs):
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 1 loyalty
+ 2 troop morale
+ 5% movement points

Kul Kethudasi (Deputy Chief of Armed Forces, organizational affairs):
+ 1 command
+ 2 authority
+ 1 loyalty
+ 15% movement points

Cebecibaşi (Chief of Logistics):
+ 1 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 loyalty
+ 20% movement points


Silahdar Ağa (Personal Guard and Weapons Bearer of the Sultan):
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 3 loyalty
+ 2 chivalry
+ 2 public security

Bostancibaşi (Chief Executioner and Chief of Palace Guards):
+ 1 command
+ 1 authority
+ 4 dread
+ 3 loyalty

Hekimbaşi (Royal Physician):
+ 1 authority
+ 2 health
+ 1 loyalty

Zağarcıbaşı (Master of Royal Hunt):
+ 2 command
+ 1 authority
+ 2 loyalty

Doğancibaşi (Royal Falconer):
+ 1 command
+ 1 authority
+ 2 loyalty

Muneccimbaşi (Chief Astrologer):
+ 1 authority
+ 2 loyalty
+ 2 piety

Hazinedarbaşı (Chief Treasurer):
+ 1 authority
+ 3 loyalty
+ 5% bonus on trade income
+ 15% bonus on tax income


Has Odali Ağa (Keeper of the Holy Relics of the Prophet):
+ 2 authority
+ 5 piety
+ 2 chivalry
+ 4 loyalty

Acemi Ağası (Master of Military Academy):
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 dread
+ 2 loyalty

Turnacibaşi (Master of Conscription):
+ 1 command
+ 2 authority
+ 4 dread
+ 1 loyalty


Titles tied to location available for Faction Leaders:

Kayser-i Rûm (Roman Caesar [emperor]): After eradicating Eastern Roman Empire.
+ 3 command
+ 3 authority
+ 3 popularity
+ 3 chivalry

Khadim ul Haremeyn (The Servant of The Two Holy Shrines): For the owner of Mecca and Medina.
+ 1 command
+ 2 authority
+ 5 piety
+ 5 troop morale
+ 3 popularity

Kasir ul-Jayshayn (Conqueror of the Two Armies: European and Eastern): Title enjoyed by some Ottoman sultans if they participate campaigns in two fronts.
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 popularity

Shah of Baghdad and Iraq: For owning a number of Iraqi cities including Baghdad.
+ 2 command
+ 2 authority
+ 2 popularity

Shirvanshah: For owning a number of Azeri cities including Baku.
+ 1 command
+ 2 authority
+ 1 popularity


Titles tied to location available for all:

Khedive of Egypt (Viceroy):
+ 3 command
+ 3 loyalty
+ 3 authority

Fatih (Conqueror [of Constantinople]): For the army general who conquers Constantinople.
+ 4 command
+ 4 authority
+ 4 loyalty
+ 4 piety


Religious titles:

Sheikh ul-Islam (Chief religious authority):
+ 9 piety, immune to heresy

Grand Mufti of Kostantiniyye (Constantinople):
+ 8 piety, immune to heresy

Grand Mufti of al-Quds (Jerusalem):
+ 7 piety, immune to heresy

Grand Mufti of al-Qahire (Cairo):
+ 6 piety, immune to heresy

Grand Mufti of Baghdad:
+ 6 piety, immune to heresy

Grand Mufti of Sham (Damascus):
+ 6 piety, immune to heresy

Sherif of Mecca:
+ 6 piety, immune to heresy

Grand Mufti:
+ 5 piety

Mufti:
+ 4 piety

Mullah:
+ 3 piety

Imam:
+ 2 piety

Hodja:
+ 1 piety

[GatorMarine1833]

Ancillary Characters for KoJ:

Nicasius (Nicasio, Nicaise) of Sicily: He was a member of the Knights Hospitaller. His feast day is July 1. Born in Sicily -perhaps Palermo- to the Kameti (or Camuto) family (later known as de Burgio) in the twelfth century, he joined the Order as a knight with his brother Ferrandino. They answered the call of Roger des Moulins and travelled to the Holy Land.

He assisted in the defense of Acre, but was captured and beheaded there in 1187. Alternatively, another tradition claims he was captured during the battle of Hattin and was decapitated in the presence of Saladin after refusing to convert to Islam. He is now a Saint.

Unique Buildings:

Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: Hospital HQ of the Hospitallers in Jerusalem

Al Aqsa Mosque: HQ of the Templars in Jerusalem, religion bonuses for muslims

Hospital of St. Mary of Jerusalem: Hospital HQ of the Teutonic Knights

Church of the Nativity: The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (Arabic, كنيسة المهد) is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. The structure is built over the cave that tradition marks as the birthplace of Christ, and it is considered sacred by followers of both Christianity and Islam (see Islamic View of Jesus).

Chapel of the Ascension: a chuch built on the mount of olives where Jesus is said to have ascended into heaven. It also houses what is said to be his foot print. Venerated both by Muslims and Christians.

The Citadel (Tower of David): The Tower of David (Hebrew: מגדל דוד, Migdal David) is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. Built to strengthen a strategically weak point in the Old City's defenses, the citadel was constructed during the second century BC and subsequently destroyed and rebuilt by, in succession, the Christian, Muslim, Mamluk, and Ottoman conquerors of Jerusalem. It contains important archeological finds dating back 2,700 years, and is a popular venue for benefit events, craft shows, concerts, and sound-and-light performances.

Leper Hospital of the St. Lazarus Postern: Leper Hospital in Jerusalem, HQ for the Knights of St. Lazarus

[whhyy]

I hope the good/bad traits and ancillaries ratio is carefully balanced out.

Looks like things are going to get very complicated.

[Miraj]

Looks like things are going to get very complicated.

Not at all. I never said I will be implementing all of the trait here or in the old thread. Only the ones with the most relevance and taking balance into consideration.