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At the risk of being a Cyprus fanboy, it could use another province.

I get that the super rich part of Cyprus' history might have been later in the period. But the just two provinces really doesn't simulate it.
 
Two Sunni caliphs, interesting, perhaps the caliph title is now tied to the Emperor-tier?

I have a feeling the Caliphate of Cordoba is just a titular title given to the Umayyads to simulate their historical title, and it's not the actual Sunni Caliph title which is held by the Abbassids still.
 
Damnit! Seeing governors being called "Sultans" still grinds my gears! But everything else looks promising, so that's good!

Shouldn't the Abbasids in 867 and 936 start with high decadence, like the Fatimids do in 1066?
 
Unfortunately, this does guarantee that this patch will not be save-compatible with 3.1.1, no?

Saves I have opened in 3.2 have opened and worked, but ... There's always a certain amount of oddities with map reworks. If anyone is in the process of playing through a large game, I would definitely recommend waiting with an update until they've finished.
 
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.

It's not the dejure things that empires get, it's that it allows vassal kings.

And the historical back and forth doesnt seem to happen now, let alone with an even more powerful Umayyablob
 
Ali of Buyids had his heir, Panah Khosrow become a brilliant military leader and he took over Iraq, al jazira, and Daylam. Any chance be could be written in as a child of destiny with those claims?

Lastly, any chance the cultural retinue of the Persians be changed to cataphracts? The Byzantines copied the Sassanians afterall
 
It's not the dejure things that empires get, it's that it allows vassal kings.

And the historical back and forth doesnt seem to happen now, let alone with an even more powerful Umayyablob

Disagree. Umayyads in 769 and 867 can get destroyed by a well-used Reconquista early on, while in 935 they should be at the height of their power.
 
Is that westernmost province the only clay Abbasids have in their de-June empire?
 
@Snow Crystal I have a slight concern when looking at the AAR. In the decision to split Germany into all the separate 'tribes' you see Swabia, Thuringia, Franconia, Bavaria, and Saxony all gain independence. Why not Frisia? If you're going with splitting the kingdom into the separate tribal identities, then surely Frisia would still have their identity, as they were conquered shortly before the Saxons.

Also, what's with the duchies of East and West Frisia, are they dejure, titular, or just cultural names of old duchies?
 
Also, how will the Hajj work with the Kabba being held captive in another city?

The Kaaba was still in Mecca. The Qarmatians had the Black Stone (which is something contained within the Kaaba). I believe they wanted to redirect/end Hajj, but the Hajj continued unabated to Mecca. Maybe it would make sense for the rest of Islam to have a small Moral Authority malus to signify the stone being held by the Qarmatians?

Now, if there were options to redirect/end Hajj if if the Moral Authority of Sunni/Shia is low and the Qarmatian Moral Authority was high... That could be an interesting idea.