Kingdoms, Sultanates and Khanates [WIP]

[Aura]

Spoiler for Features: 

*28 New Historical Faction.
*Historic Events.
*Different campaign scripts for all factions.
*Improved Mongol Invasıon and Crusades.
*Many emergent faction (Playable)
*Caliph and Caliphate
*New Portraits
*New Units
*New Heros
*New historical battles on the campaign map
*Strategic Stone Forts for Campaign map
*New Loading screens and interface
*New battle ground types
*Historical Family trees
*New buildings
*Timariot System
*Garrison Script
*Regular-Irregular system
*Two different Campaign Map (Early and Late)
*Reskins for the vanilla Units
*New battle flags for factions
*New flags for campaign map
*Standard-Bearers
*Improved horse charges
*New resources for the campaign map
*Improved Princesses
*Improved Vassal System
*Improved alliances

Spoiler for New Loading Screens: 

Spoiler for Campaign Map: 

Spoiler for New Portraits: 

Spoiler for New UI Design: 

MOD TEAM
Aura - Mod Leader, 2D-3D Modelling, Mapping, Scripting, 2D Artwork
CaPPeR - Co-Leader, Mapping, Scripting, 2D Artwork
Şeyhülislam - 2D Modelling
Mayk-2 - Mapping
Soreal~ - Mapping, 2D Artwork

[Vladyvid]

I see you have problems with the map - many coastal cities are inland and some cities are not where they should be - eg. Dijon...

[Aura]

I see you have problems with the map - many coastal cities are inland and some cities are not where they should be - eg. Dijon...

To be fixed

Mod's name is okay for me. There will be lot of khanates in the late period.

[Ashton]

Excellent work!!!

[Silesian_Noble]

1. Kingdom of Lithuania? Are you sure about that?
2. The mod's name is Kingdoms & Sultanates and Khanates, and on the factions list there are:
- many kingdoms:
- three Sultanates
- just one (!!!) khanate
- two Republics
- two Emirates
- and some others
So the mod's title do not reflect factions list. It should be Kingdoms & Sultanates and Khanate (singular form, nor plural). Or rather Kingdoms & Sultanates & Emirates and Republics... Yeah I know that probably there will be emerging Mongols, but they were rather called Empire then Khanate (or to be more precise Kaghanate).
3. Polish CoA seems to be of later period then your mod time frame is (BTW you didn't mention it, but I guess it starts somewhere in mid XIIc)
4. Nice loading screens
5. Hasn't there been already a mod called exactly like yours? I'm experiencing a Deja vu.

[Vladyvid]

5. Hasn't there been already a mod called exactly like yours? I'm experiencing a Deja vu.

Yeah deja vu all the way here too, but if the guy wants to call his mod like he called it I think no need to point out there is only one khanate. I mean you know, he made the factions list himself so he knows how many khanates he has... and so that a name is not exactly representative to all the factions included "shrug", so isn't the original Medieval 2 Total War cause it covers not only medieval but early renaissance period too.

Polish CoA seems to be of later period then your mod time frame is (BTW you didn't mention it, but I guess it starts somewhere in mid XIIc)

Right, it doesn't say what is the exact period but I guess since the polish symbol was always more or less the same and each king would have a slightly different eagle - it doesn't make much difference. Just my opinion.

Anyway good luck with it Aura.

[Aura]

Never mind the factions on the campaign maps for now.

Here the faction list

Playable
1.Great Seljuk Sultanate
2.Kwarezmian Shahdom
3.Almoravids
4.Abbasid Caliphate
5.Ayyubid Dynasty
6.Eastern Roman Empire
7.Kievan' Rus
8.Republic of Novgorod
9.Rostov-Suzdal Principlaty
10.Cuman Khanate
11.Volga Bulgar Khanate
12.Seljuks of Rûm
13.Danismends
14.Kingdom of Armenia
15.Holy Roman Empire
16.Kingdom of Hungary
17.Kingdom of Poland
18.Lithuanians
19.Teutonic Order (Emergent)
20.Kingdom of Galachia
21.Kingdom of Norway
22.Kingdom of Denmark
23.Commune of Genoa
24.Republic of Venice
25.Sicilo-Normans
26.Papal States
27.Crusader States
Unplayable
28.Mongol Horde

[karaislam]

looks very good my dear friend.congrats.+rep

[Aura]

Thanks for your gracious words friend.

[batufb94]

nice work +rep mate

[Zames]

Really promising and interesting, +rep for you but please, change faction name for Genoa if you can, it has never been a Duchy; in that time it was a Commune, so the correct name should be "Commune of Genoa" (it became Republic in 1528 under the rule of Andrea Doria).

[druzhina345]

These pictures of Seljuk Turks from the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, c1250 might be of interest:
The main primary documentary source for Seljuk dress and armour of the 13th century is the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah.


Plus large pictures of:

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1: A scene showing four bazaar shops, a jewelry store, herbalism drugstore, a butcher and a bakery with a character who takes the bread from the oven; inscription: "Representation of the encampment of the Banū Shayba."
2: Warqah and Gulshāh before their tutor sitting on a throne; inscription: "Representation of the cousins and of the tutor."
3: Scene of war; inscription: "Night Attack of Rabī‘ b. ‘Adnān."
4: Scene of war; inscription: "Representation of the night attack of Rabi b. ‘Adnān."
5: Gulshāh in the tent of Rabī‘, seated on a throne, with whom there is a servant; to the right and left four servants bearing gifts to Gulshāh
6: The battlefield after the war; inscription: "Description of the condition of Banū Shaybah, killed or wounded, after the night attack."
7: Inside the house (or tent) of Gulshāh's old father, seated on a throne; in front of him stands Warqah; outside the door, the doorman and two men with a horse.
8: Departure of the Banū Shaybah for the war of vengeance; all horses are different colours.
9: War Scene containing four riders and four people including two dead and fallen to the ground.
10: Another scene from the same war; inscription: "The war of the Banū Shaybah with the Banū Dabya."
11: Another scene of war. Rabī‘ cutting the head of his opponent; in the middle of the image a fox.
12: Another scene from the same war; among the riders there is a fox and another animal resembling a dragon, with Chinese type clouds.
13: Scene of the struggle of Warqah's father and of Rabī‘; behind them their squires and a rabbit.
14: Rabī‘ kills the father of Warqah
15: Warqah takes in his arms his father Humām, killed; to the right two horses over which there are three birds
16: The struggle between Warqah and Rabī‘; beside Warqah there is a cypress and a bird, Rabī‘ next to a flowering plant and three birds.
17: Another scene of struggle between Warqah and Rabï'; amid a cypress, and plants; to right and left, birds; Warqah's horse wears chain mail.
18: Another scene of the same struggle, Warqah's horse is injured.
19: Gulshāh fleeing the palace of Rabī‘; a rabbit among the feet of the horse; to the right the door and the walls of a palace
20: The contemplation of Gulshāh, the fight between Warqah and Rabī‘, a rabbit between the feet of Rabī‘ ’s horse; behind him, a bird; behind Gulshāh three birds at various positions
21: Warqah is taken by Rabī‘, one sees another rider that must be Gulshāh disguised
22: Gulshāh uncovers her face; facing Rabī‘ on the horse, behind him Warqah, half naked and bound.
23: Gulshāh kills Rabī‘ by driving the lance in his chest; four horsemen and Warqah bound; inscription: "Gulshāh kills Ibn ‘Adnān, saves Warqah"
24: Gulshāh kills the son of Rabī‘; to right a bird like a crane and an ornamental plant, on the other side plants flower
25: The struggle of Gulshāh with Ghālib, the other son of Rabī‘, under the belly of Gulshāh's horse - a dog
26: Gulshāh struggles with Ghālib, on foot; on one side Gulshāh's horse, throat cut, and on the other, that of Ghālib, two legs cut off; in corners, weapons
27: The entrance of Warqah into the enemy encampment to save Gulshāh; in the middle a tent, next to a door, to the right Warqah, to the left a horse
28: Interior of the same scene; Ghālib seated on a throne, a sword in one hand and a glass of wine in the other; Gulshāh before him, beside the tent a door with a doorman, outside Warqah
29: Warqah cuts off the head of Ghālib; Gulshāh is standing; to the right a door and flowering plants.
30: Warqah on a throne with his slave, birds and plants fill space.
31: Warqah speaks with the mother of Gulshāh; an empty throne on which there are two cushions and cloth, three birds and a flowering plant in voids
32: Interview of the mother of Gulshāh with her husband sitting on a throne; right one three-legged table on which there are fruits, and a door; coloured blue, chinese type cloud.
33: Farewell visit of Warqah to Gulshāh, before his departure for Yemen; within a tent, to the right a door, to the left a flowering plant and birds; before them a cat; inscription: "Warqah and his Gulshāh."
34: Same scene, within a tent (or house), to the left a door and a porter; inscription: "Oath of fidelity of Warqah and of Gulshāh."
35: Same scene under a cypress with a bird to left and to right, plants; to the left a crow and a rooster in a fighting position
36: Warqah enters into the city of Yemen and Warqah speaking with the Vizier; to right a horse at rest, and Warqah who enters; to the left two tents, in one is found the vizier and the other Warqah with a candle; behind the tent two horses with a feed bag and a guard.
37: The exit of the armed Warqah from the walls of Yemen, flanked by two riders.
38: Warqah to battle; with him, a standard-bearer, behind him, two figures on camels beating large drums; in front of him, two riders and foot-soldier; inscription: "The army of Warqah scatters that of Bahrain and of ‘Adan."
39: Struggle of Warqah with a warrior of ‘Adan.
40: Combat of Warqah with the army of Bahrain and of ‘Adan, seven armed horsemen in various positions, in the midst a warrior wounded by an arrow
41: Scene of war; Warqah brings defeat to the army of Bahrain and ‘Adan and the pursuit.
42: The King of Shām disguised as a merchant; two tents, in the largest of which he is sitting on a throne
43: Two tents; in one, the king of Shām sits on the throne; the other is empty, Gulshāh being on the outside; inscription: "Gulshāh leaves the tent."
44: Inside a tent, to left and to right two plants; inscription: "The old woman came and brought gold to the wife of Hilāl."
45: A reception with the king of Shām sitting on his throne; the first of four people sitting is Hilāl, the father of Gulshāh; inscription: "The king of Shām sits."
46: The fainting of Gulshāh upon hearing that her father has given her as wife to the king; inside a tent, to right a rabbit and a duck, to left two birds (perhaps falcons) and flowers; inscription: "and she lost consciousness."
47: Gulshāh suffering in her tent; her mother sitting on the right, on the left two cats biting the tail of each other; inscription: "The mother of Gulshāh."
48: Gulshāh with a slave to whom she gives a ring to give to Warqah; behind her a cheetah and plants
49: Inside a tent where they are preparing to hide a slaughtered sheep in place of the body of Gulshāh; to the right is Hilāl, Gulshāh's father and on the left her mother in mourning; both in mourning; inscription: "They hide the sheep."
50: The fainting of Warqah learning of the alleged death of Gulshāh; behind him, Hilāl weeping, and his wife in mourning, with decorations in blue, including animal heads and a man.
51: They brought Warqah to the tomb of the sheep; two people assist Warqah, in the middle - the grave, to left is Hilāl weeping and behind him, his wife in the same attitude
52: Visit of Hilāl to Warqah; behind him a mouse whose tail was caught by a cat, and a plant in which one can discern a hand, an apple and a monkey's head
53: Warqah opens the tomb and finds the corpse of the sheep; in the middle the young girl
54: Warqah leaves his tribe after learning the truth; wall of a city, a door, outside Warqah armed, on horseback.
55: The King of Shām on horseback, brings the wounded Warqah; amid a plant on which there are birds, to the left a servant, who carries Warqah on his back
56: Warqah wounded in bed; a plant on which there are two falcons, to the right a servant and, behind her, a dog
57: Warqah on a throne, on his left a three-legged table, on which there are fruits; left a jug of water; in the middle a servant; to the right plant under which is a rabbit, two birds, fly over the head of Warqah.
58: Gulshāh half-reclining on a throne, found the ring in the milk, in the middle a bowl on which there are cuts with the milk; before it a servant; inscription: "She drank the milk, found the ring, and [lost] consciousness. "
59: Fainting of Warqah and of Gulshāh seeing themselves from afar; a city gate; to the right Warqah fell unconscious from his horse, on the left Gulshāh fainted; inscription that I have not been able to read.
60: The King of Shām between Warqah and Gulshāh; inside a tent.
61: Warqah and Gulshāh face-to-face; to the left the door half open, to the right a plant; inscription on the golden part: 'amal 'Abd al-Mumin b. Muhammad al-Hawi alnaqqāsh.
62: Chat of the three friends sitting: King of Shām, Warqah and Gulshāh.
63: Scene of farewell; the sleeping king on his throne, in the middle Gulshāh, left most Warqah; inscription erased.
64: The King attends the departure of Warqah on horseback, leaving Shām, behind him his servant, in front Gulshāh, rightmost a bizarre animal.
65: Warqah dead, his servant and two horsemen with black figures.
66: Interior of the house where you will find Gulshāh; a closed door, to the left a plant with a rabbit; inscription: "Gulshāh recites a poem during the separation."
67: Gulshāh goes to the tomb of Warqah and throws herself on the tomb, from right to left: the tomb, Gulshāh, a litter of woman and two horses; Gulshāh throwing herself on the ground, a horse; inscription: "Gulshāh gets out of the litter."
68: Gulshāh on the tomb of Warqah and five people including the king weeping
69: The tomb of Warqah and Gulshāh; to the right the king, behind him another person, to the left two men visiting the tomb; inscription: "The tomb of Warqah and Gulshāh." Right corner an inscription that I was not able to read.
70: The visit of the Prophet to the tomb; he is seated on a throne, to the right Abu Bakr and Uthman, his friends and future caliphs, to the left the king of Shām standing, behind him a servant .
71: Resurrection of Warqah and Gulshāh, by the prayer of the Prophet, in attitude of prayer behind him his four friends and future caliphs, and the king of Shām, Warqah and Gulshāh emerging from the tomb; inscription: "the Prophet made the prayer; Warqah and Gulshāh out of the tomb."

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The main primary documentary source for Seljuk dress and armour of the 13th century is the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah.


druzhina345
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina345]

Italian Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers

A detail of a 9th Century North Italian guard with mail leg armour from:
'Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicaea', Northern Italy, c.825 AD
10th century Lombards in chainmail hauberk with round shield and spear.
Full image from Exultet Beneventano Ms. Vat. Lat. 9820
Horsemen in The Life of St Alessio in the Church of San Clemente, Rome, Italy, 11th Century
from The Life of St Alessio in the Church of San Clemente, Rome, Italy, 11th Century


Lombard knights in an early 11th Century De rerum naturis
12th century Arabic & Frankish costume in the Painted Wooden Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel
Sicilians & Germans in the Liber ad honorem Augusti {or Carmen de motibus Siculis, (Poem on the Sicilian revolt)} by Pietro da Eboli, c.1197
Guillaume de Durford at Santissima Annunziata Church, Florence, c.1289
A man-at-arms on the late 13th century Seal of the Guild of St George of Ferrara
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the early 14th Century
Italian Soldiers in Frescoes at Sabbionara Castle at Avio, Guard House, c1340
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the mid to late 14th Century
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the early to mid 15th Century
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the mid to late 15th Century
A 1506 print of the Battle of Fornovo 1495


Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the early 16th Century
Renaissance Italians by George Gush
The 1859 Italian War-Operations Of War by Luigi Casali.

Larger scale paintings with more detail:

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Italian City Militia in the Codex Manesse, early 14th century
St. Martin Renounces His Weapons by Simone Martini, 1312-17
Guidoriccio da Fogliano, condottiere, by Simone Martini
Italian Soldiers in 14th Century Frescoes at Sabbionara Castle at Avio, Guard House
Battle between the armies led by Laomedon and Nestor, Naples, Italy, 2nd quarter of the 14th century
Pompey the Younger, surrounded by his troops, De bello civili by Lucanus, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, Italy, 1373
Scenes from the Life of St. James, Pistoia Cathedral, 1376
Victory of the Sienese Troops at Val di Chiana, Italy, 1363
The Battle of Clavigo, Scenes from the Life of St. James, Italy, 1376-79
St. Benedict discovers the shield bearer of Totila by Spinello Aretino, Italy, 1387
Conquest of Fiesole, Villani Chronicle, Italy, 1390s
Conquest of Carmignano, Villani Chronicle, Italy, 1390s
The 1381 Conquest of Naples by Charles of Durazzo, by the Master c.1400 in Florence
Soldiers with large shields - mozaic in the Cappella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily
A Naval Battle by Spinello Aretino, Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, 1406-7
The leader of the victorious Florentine condottieri, Niccolo Mauruzi da Tolentino - the rout of Sanromano 1432 by Paolo Uccello
2nd painting from The rout of Sanromano 1432 by Paolo Uccello
3rd painting from The rout of Sanromano 1432 by Paolo Uccello
On The Way To Calvary by Fra Angelico, 1438-1445
Filippo Scolari by Andrea del Castagno, 1455
The condottiere Farinata degli Uberti in a mural by Andrea del Castagno in the refectory in Sant Apollonia In Florence, c1455.
The taking of Pisa - unknown Florentine master of the 1460s: detail of left
The battle of Anghiari - unknown Florentine master of the 1460s
Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes by Piero della Francesca, ca. 1466
Conversion of St. Paul by Luca Signorelli, ca. 1470
Federigo de Montefeltro by Della Francesca c.1470
Fresco in the Chapel of San Fiorenzo by Bastia di Mondovi, 1472
Another fresco in the Chapel of San Fiorenzo by Bastia di Mondovi, 1472
Miracle of St Bernard by Perugino, 1473
The Betrayal - Detail of Last Supper by Cosimo Rosselli, 1481-82, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
Delivery of the keys by Pietro Perugino, 1481-1483 & detail of soldiers in middle left
St Ursula arrives in Cologne by Hans Memling, c.1489-93
Martyrdom of St Ursula by Hans Memling, c.1489-93
[url=http://warfare.gq/15/Carpaccio-St_Ursula-Arrival_of_the_Pilgrims_in_Cologne.htm]The Pilgrims' Arrival in Cologne, the Life of St Ursula, by Vittore Carpaccio, 1490-96</h2>
[url=http://warfare.gq/15/Carpaccio-St_Ursula-Martydom_of_the_Pilgrims.htm]Martyrdom of the Pilgrims, the Life of St Ursula, by Vittore Carpaccio, 1490-96</h2>
The fight between the Bonacotsi and Gonzaga in the Piazza Sordello in Mantua, 1494, by Domenico Morone
Guard Room Fresco, Castello di Issogne, Val d'Aosta, north west Italy, c. 1495
[url=http://warfare.gq/15/Madonna_della_Vittoria_by_Andrea_Mantegna-dt.htm]Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, in 'Madonna della Vittoria' by Andrea Mantegna, 1496</h2>
Group of Italian Soldiers and Men in Oriental Costume by Vittore Carpaccio, 1493-1500
St George by Carpaccio, c.1500. The saint is shown as a fully equipped Venetian man-at-arms, though without a helmet
A 1506 print of the Battle of Fornovo 1495


Young Knight in a Landscape, 1510 by Vittore Carpaccio
Portrait Of A Florentine In Armour c.1510 attributed to Francesco Granacci
The French recapture of Genoa Le Voyage de Gênes (The Journey to Genoa) by Jean Marot, 1510-1520
Entry of Charles VIII into Florence by Francesco Granacci, 1518
The siege of Padua 1521 by Niccolò degli Agostini
Emperor Charles V in procession after his coronation by Pope Clement VII in Bologna, 1530, by Nicolaus Hogenberg
The Oath of Sermide by Girolamo Genga, 1530-31
Portrait of a Warrior by Dosso Dossi, 1530s
Tournament Fresco Cycle by Marcello Fogolino, c.1535

Drawings and notes based on the above, by Ian Heath:
58 & 59 Page
60 & 61 Trumpeters
72 & 73 Italian Infantrymen, 14th Century
77 Italian Man-At-Arms c.1455
78 Italian Pikeman
79 Italian Crossbowman
82 Italian Musician

Druzhina345
Illustrations of Italian Costume & Soldiers

[Takverely]

Nice wip.. I really like the Idea...
but there is Georgia on the map(as a kingdom) and there is not Georgia among playable factions... so? will Georgia be playable faction or not?

[Aura]

@druzhina345

Thanks for that resources, they are really useful

@Zames

I changed Republic of genoa to Commune of Genoa, thanks

@Takverely

Faction list updated with the correct one.

[_Capper_]

Good

[CReSTo]

Looks good Aura.

[Tureuki]

Love the map +rep

[mayk-2]

nice work +rep mate

[Aura]

Thanks for you guy's good words.It really motivates me

P.S:Mod team list up to date.