Medieval Kingdoms Total War: The Marinid Sultanate

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The Marinid Sultanate

المرينيون [Al Marīniyūn]
ⵉⵎⵔⵉⵏⴻⵏ [Imrinen]

Background:

The Marinids were the foremost of the successor dynasties to the Muwallads, and of those-the most powerful, if for a moment. Forming from among the Beni Merin clan within the Zanata Berbers (the traditional opponents of the Masmuda that the Almohads drew from), they were able to conquer the core Almohad territories in Morocco, and eventually subsume much of the Almohad empire under their control. Though they never reconquered Al-Andalus, they made several invasion attempts, and were a serious threat to Christian powers during their existence.

Marinid armies were structured on the same roots that the Almohads had built their army upon, with a five-fold division of Arabs, Berbers, Blacks, Turks, and Christians. Marinid armies were renowned for their cavalry, and the framework of later Moroccan dynastic armies like those that troubled Portugal during its own conquests of the region in the 1500s were born in the Marinid army.

Both the Marinids, and Hafsids use units common to the entire Maghreb, units that in some cases already have appeared in the Almohad roster. Therefore, some screenshots might repeat between the three faction previews but they will be marked as such.


Early Era (WIP):

General:

Nobat al-Djandariya [Corps of Djandar]

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Melee Infantry:

Saqalibah Jund [Army of Slavs]

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Rifian Infantry

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Mushud [levies] [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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'Abid Infantry [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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Maghrebi Tribesmen [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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Ranged Infantry:

Zanata Skirmishers [Tier 1 - Tier 2]

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'Abid Skirmishers [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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Maghrebi Rumat [Maghrebi Archers] [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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Melee Cavalry:

Beni-Merin Lancers [Tier 1 - Tier 2]

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Riyah Arab Cavalry [Tier 1 - Tier 2]

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Jund al-Nasara [Army of Christians] [Almohads, Marinids]

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Ranged Cavalry:

Ghuzz Horse Archers [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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Asnaf al-Berber [Corps of Berbers] [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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Credits


A huge thanks to Zsimmortal, Warman, Ltd, Hessam, Slytacular and other team members. and Druzhina for his excellently researched website

A special thanks to Slytacular to busting my balls over helmets (believe me, it helped)

And a extra special thanks to the TWC formatting system, without which I might be able to get these previews done easily and quickly without having to go back and delete a bunch of redundant formatting boxes that metastasize like cancer for some reason.

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High Era (WIP):

General

Nobat al-Djandariya (High)

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Melee Infantry

Moroccan Mushud

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Italian Mercenaries [Marinids, Hafsids]

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Andalusian Jund [Marinids, Hafsids]

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Humah Watanihi

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Ranged Infantry

Catalan Crossbowmen

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Moroccan Handgunners

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Melee Cavalry

Jund al-Nasara [Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids]

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Ranged Cavalry

Andalusian Mounted Crossbowmen [Almohads, Marinids]

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Late Era (WIP):

General

Nobat al-Djandariya (Late)

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Melee Infantry

Moroccan Mushud (Late)

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Italian Mercenaries (Late) [Marinids, Hafsids]

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Granadine Jund [Marinids, Hafsids]

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Iburadren

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Ranged Infantry

Zanata Skirmishers (Late)

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Catalan Crossbowmen (Late)

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Drawi Tribal Gunners

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Moroccan Handgunners (Late)

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Melee Cavalry

Arab Horsemen

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Zenata Berber Cavalry

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Jund al-Nasara (Late)

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Ranged Cavalry

Andalusian Mounted Crossbowmen (Late)

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[bigdaddy1204]

Fantastic work guys! Thank you for posting. Can't wait to play!

[Knight2708]

Really like what you did with those Italian and Catalan mercs. Although the tier 3 Catalan crossbowmen look strange, some of them have really unproportional and distorted looking bodies for some reason. Maybe its a visual bug or a problem with the screenshot itself?
Also will these Italian and Catalan units be available to any other factions?

[Dontfearme22]

Really like what you did with those Italian and Catalan mercs. Although the tier 3 Catalan crossbowmen look strange, some of them have really unproportional and distorted looking bodies for some reason. Maybe its a visual bug or a problem with the screenshot itself?
Also will these Italian and Catalan units be available to any other factions?

I almost gave myself an aneurysm trying to find what was causing that bug once you pointed it out, but its fixed now - new screenshot

The Italian units are avaliable to the Hafsids, but the Marinids are the only Islamic faction that get the Catalan units.