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Two Sunni caliphs, interesting, perhaps the caliph title is now tied to the Emperor-tier?
 
And as an added bonus the last EU4 DLC is called the Golden Century, so it makes a neat contrast.
 
I'm interested in Abd-al-Rahman and Vushmgir.
 
Also, how will the Hajj work with the Kabba being held captive in another city?
 
Interesting.
I am looking forward to tomorrow's DD even more since i really enjoy Pagan comeback games.

A bit of topic but the Karijite could make use of the same setup as the Qarmatians. Meaning agreesive nature as a religion. I know it is not a very influential heresy but still.
 
I'll have to say that seeing navigatable rivers in Iberia in the last DD gave me hopes you might have reworked the region, and sure i can tell the county borders do look better, but Iberia in general still looks absolutely barren in comparison with everywhere else in Europe.
You can still fit 10 Welsh counties on around the same size as the county of Porto, despise the area corresponding to the county of Porto in the XII century having a populational density of 125% the French average.
Evora and Bragança are Africa-Tier large.
 
I guess the explanation of the new "caliph" should be copied from the earlier DD, so that people would get a clear picture.
Well, it functions as an Empire title with Caliph as a title. But it does not have the same effects as the other Caliph titles, as those are religious heads, this one isn't.
 
If the Umayyads have an empire tier I doubt much will stop then.

It"s just a titular empire that doesn't give de jure CBs, and they won't exactly be able to diplo-vassalize Christians to the north. The Reconquista and crusade mechanics should unlock shortly after 936.
 
I guess the explanation of the new "caliph" should be copied from the earlier DD, so that people would get a clear picture.

Thanks for pointing that out. An understandable choice by the devs, but a pity that it has to be like this. That doesn't do the historical/theological notion of what it means to be the Caliph justice at all. Still cool the Caliphate of Cordoba is at least represented though.
 
Tell me about the lessers. What culture is the Muslim Fatimid vassal in Sicily? What religion / culture is Cyprus and Krete?

Berber Shia or Qarmation in any of those is going to be really fun.
 
Tell me about the lessers. What culture is the Muslim Fatimid vassal in Sicily? What religion / culture is Cyprus and Krete?

Berber Shia or Qarmation in any of those is going to be really fun.

Cyprus is Berber Sunni, and start with some event ships. If you want to go raid-mode, I'd recommend them.