How can we prevent the Arab Empire (the Abbasids) from changing the location of their capital?

[Carlux]

I don't know if it's historically correct, but I think the capital can't change every time there's a succession, much less to meaningless places, like the Arabian Desert or peripheral areas of the empire.

Is there any way or something to prevent the capital from changing? For example, like the Byzantines, who always had it in Constantinople.

 

[Emperor 1997]

I don't know if it's historically correct, but I think the capital can't change every time there's a succession, much less to meaningless places, like the Arabian Desert or peripheral areas of the empire.

Is there any way or something to prevent the capital from changing? For example, like the Byzantines, who always had it in Constantinople.

The difference between the Abbasids and the Byzantine Empire is, that the Byzantine Empire starts at their de-jure Capital and Abbasids don't, but the AI wants always to be at their de-jure Capital, so the AI changes the Capital to the de-jure Capital or to the first Title they have gotten, when not holding the de-jure Capital.

 

[Carlux]

The difference between the Abbasids and the Byzantine Empire is, that the Byzantine Empire starts at their de-jure Capital and Abbasids don't, but the AI wants always to be at their de-jure Capital, so the AI changes the Capital to the de-jure Capital or to the first Title they have gotten, when not holding the de-jure Capital.

And can't that be fixed? With some mod or something?

 

[Silens]

And can't that be fixed? With some mod or something?

It can be fixed the same way as with the Byzantines: provide the title holder of the title with the decision to relocate the capital to the de jure holding, regardless of who owns it. Put a high AI willingness to it and the AI will do it.

 

[Carlux]

It can be fixed the same way as with the Byzantines: provide the title holder of the title with the decision to relocate the capital to the de jure holding, regardless of who owns it. Put a high AI willingness to it and the AI will do it.

But that can only be done if you play as the caliph. I like to play as a governor, but you can't do that from that position.

 

[Silens]

But that can only be done if you play as the caliph. I like to play as a governor, but you can't do that from that position.

Decisions can be made available to everyone, player and AI.

And if it wasn't clear enough, when I said "put a high AI willingness to it", it means that you can make sure the AI will take the decision. You know, for when the AI is the Caliph and you want to force it to take the decision.

Just make a mod decision, 1:1 copy from the Byzantines "Reclaim Constantinople", just modify it for the Arabia title and its de jure capital.

 

[apollo1989vieten]

They could rework the 867 map. Make Baghdad the de jure capital of Arabian empire.

 

[Carlux]

They could rework the 867 map. Make Baghdad the de jure capital of Arabian empire.

I think Paradox should make a DLC about the Arab Empire like the one about Byzantium.

 

[DiabloDeVille]

But that can only be done if you play as the caliph. I like to play as a governor, but you can't do that from that position.

The ai reclaims constantinople quick enough that its fine for a caliph to reclaim it striaght away too

 

[apollo1989vieten]

I think Paradox should make a DLC about the Arab Empire like the one about Byzantium.

I don't they should do one focused on Arabian Empire, but an expansion focused on the Muslim world could fix the problems.

 

[PAnZuRiEL]

Just make a mod decision, 1:1 copy from the Byzantines "Reclaim Constantinople", just modify it for the Arabia title and its de jure capital.

Shouldn't the decision be for the Sunni Caliph, rather than the Arabian Emperor? Sometimes the Caliph loses the empire title, and they should probably remain in Baghdad as they were historically, without a new emperor being too eager to remove them.

 

[Silens]

Shouldn't the decision be for the Sunni Caliph, rather than the Arabian Emperor? Sometimes the Caliph loses the empire title, and they should probably remain in Baghdad as they were historically, without a new emperor being too eager to remove them.

Well, it's up to whoever makes the mod to determine which owner of which title gets what decision to (re)claim which holding. You can do it with every title and every holding in the game.