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800
1. Tang Empire
1. Tang Empire
Emperor: Liezong
House: Li
Culture: Han
Religion: Taoist
Tributary States: Karkota Kingdom, Petty Shahdom of Kroran and Khaganate of Uyghur
"As usual, we shall begin our class with a look at the Tang Empire..."
2. Abbasid Empire
Capital: Ain Al-Tamur
Caliph: Idris
Heir: Prince Al-Hadi (Idris' son mothered by Empress Meirona)
House: Abbasid
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
Great Works: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Great Pyramid of Khufu, Petra and House of Wisdom
Tributary States: Uqaylid Sultanate, Taghlibid Sultanate, Taid Sultanate and Kingdom of Nubia
"The year 800 passed relatively uneventful in the Abbasid Empire."
3. Kingdom of Bavaria
Capital: Landshut
King: Merovech (Carolingian Blood)
Heir: Duke Marell of Navarra (Merovech's brother)
House: Karling
Culture: Frankish
Religion: Catholic
"The Franks and the Saxons clashed yet again at Erfurt just as the 9th Century began. Despite having 300 more men than their enemies, the Saxons led by Grand Chief Gelder himself lost the battle and over 600 men. The Franks, under the command of Duke Grifo II of Chamavia, had suffered less than 300 casualties. The duke, a relative of King Merovech, led the Franks to another victory over the invaders at the Battle of Arnstadt. Both sides had similar numbers at the start of this battle with the Christian Chief Sigward of Lara leading the Saxons. But by the end of the battle, nearly 800 Saxon men lay dead whereas the victorious Franks had suffered minimal losses of just over a hundred or so deaths."
4. Byzantine Empire
Capital: Constantinople
Basileus: Leon the Monk
Heir: Mayor Konstantinos of Mush (Leon's son mothered by Basilissa Iouliana)
House: Isauros
Culture: Greek
Religion: Iconoclast
Artifacts: Imperial Diadem and Nail of the True Cross
Great Works: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Hagia Sophia
"Having defeated the Uqaylid Sultanate at war, the Byzantines were now in control of the Duchy of Mesopotamia. Leon the Monk made his eldest son Konstantinos the Mayor of Mush, one of the cities conquered in the recent war."
5. Umayyad Sultanate
Capital: Alcolea
Sultan: Abdul-Gafur the Monster
Heir: Chief Abd-al-Rahman of Anfa (Abdul-Gafur's son mothered by Sultana Tanaz)
House: Umayyad
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
"In the beginning of the 9th Century, Abdul-Gafur the Monster tried to revoke the titles of his Berber Kharijite vassal Kadidu the Frog, who wasted no time in raising his flag in rebellion."
6. Rashtrakuta Kingdom
Capital: Devagiri
Maharaja: Jogama
Heir: Thakur Madhava of Uchangidurga (Jogama's brother)
House: Rashtrakuta
Culture: Kannada
Religion: Hindu
"We learned in our previous class how the Oriya Raja Nandivarman 'Ironside' of the Bana Raj tricked Maharaja Jogama of the Rashtrakuta Kingdom. The maharaja only realized what had happened when the Nagavamsis, who were now vassals of the Ironside, stopped paying their tributes to him. Furious, he demanded the Thikana of Vairagara from the Ironside and then declared war after it was refused."
7. Empire of Tibet
Capital: Marpori
Tsenpo: Nyantsen (Blood of Songtsen Gampo)
Heir: Prince Purgyal Mutri (Nyantsen's brother)
House: Purgyal
Culture: Bodpa
Religion: Buddhist
Artifacts: Sariraka Bone
Tributary State: Mlechchha Kingdom
"On 19 May 800, Tsenpo Purgyal Mutri the Chaste of Tibet died under suspicious circumstances at the age of 41. His eldest son, seven years old Nyantsen, succeeded him to the imperial throne of Tibet."
8. Pratihara Kingdom
Capital: Shakambhari
Maharaja: Vatsraja the Holy
Heir: Raja Devasakti of Sauvira (Vatsraja's son mothered by Maharani Dhruvasvamini)
House: Pratihara
Culture: Rajput
Religion: Hindu
Tributary State: Zunbil Satrapy
"In the beginning of the 9th Century, Maharaja Vatsraja the Holy of the Pratihara Kingdom shifted his capital north from Dasapura to Shakambhari. That same year, he also declared a holy war for Bhakkar against Abbasid tributary Sultan Aghlab of the Taghlibid Sultanate. The war went smoothly for the maharaja and the only setback occurred after a small Pratihara unit led by Damapati Vigraharaja of Siwana decided to engage the Taghlibid army under the command of Bistam ibn Amr, which was twice their size, at Kafirkot."
Tsenpo Purgyal Mutri the Chaste of Tibet was most likely murdered either by his half-sister Mangmorje Tshistong or his brother Mune. Both of the plots had high power with the tsenpo's vassals taking part in both of them.
And you were right. The Franks have bounced back.
I hope they get even bigger and in the list of great powers.
Slavic's the second largest religion? How did that happen? They're unreformed, right?
Bavaria (under Frankish rule) is working on German unification. I wonder if the HRE will form eventually?
Byzantium actually gained territory? I wonder if this expansion will continue. The best targets are probably the small Muslim states on the edges and the Slavic states to their north in Europe...
Bavaria (under Frankish rule) is working on German unification. I wonder if the HRE will form eventually?
Byzantium actually gained territory? I wonder if this expansion will continue. The best targets are probably the small Muslim states on the edges and the Slavic states to their north in Europe...
Yeah, Slavic is the second largest religion and it is still unreformed. I mean, have you seeen how big Serbia is?
801
1. Tang Empire
1. Tang Empire
Emperor: Liezong
House: Li
Culture: Han
Religion: Taoist
Tributary States: Karkota Kingdom, Petty Shahdom of Kroran and Khaganate of Uyghur
"As usual, we shall begin our class with a look at the Tang Empire..."
2. Abbasid Empire
Capital: Ain Al-Tamur
Caliph: Idris
Heir: Emir Al-Hadi of Damashq (Idris' son mothered by Empress Meirona)
House: Abbasid
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
Great Works: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Great Pyramid of Khufu, Petra and House of Wisdom
Tributary States: Uqaylid Sultanate, Taghlibid Sultanate, Taid Sultanate and Kingdom of Nubia
"In the year 801, Caliph Idris appointed his infant son Al-Hadi as the Emir of Damashq."
3. Umayyad Sultanate
Capital: Alcolea
Sultan: Abd-al-Rahman
Heir: Prince Mahmud (Abd-al-Rahman's half-brother)
House: Umayyad
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
"On 7 July 801, Abdul-Gafur the Monster died under suspicious circumstances at the age of 31. His eldest son Abd-al-Rahman became the next Umayyad Sultan at the young age of ten."
4. Kingdom of East Francia
Capital: Landshut
King: Merovech (Carolingian Blood)
Heir: Duke Marell of Navarra (Merovech's brother)
House: Karling
Culture: Frankish
Religion: Catholic
Artifacts: Skull Trophy
"The Saxon invasion, which had started in 795, finally ended in the year 801. Having won that war, Merovech declared himself the King of East Francia. While the king was celebrating his victory, Guillaume of Toulouse gathered other disgruntled vassals and declared their war of independence. The Lombard Duke Peter II of Friuli, one of the rebel leaders, made the grave mistake of challenging Merovech to a duel to the death. The Lombard duke was impaled to death by the Frankish king, who kept his skull as a trophy. This made Merovech, a known devil worshiper who had been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, even more unpopular among his subjects and more and more of his vassals joined the rebellion."
5. Byzantine Empire
Capital: Constantinople
Basileus: Leon the Monk
Heir: Prince Neophytos (Leon's third son mothered by Basilissa Sybille)
House: Isauros
Culture: Greek
Religion: Iconoclast
Artifacts: Imperial Diadem and Nail of the True Cross
Great Works: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Hagia Sophia
"Listening to his German Catholic wife Sybille, Leon the Monk decided to name their newborn son Neophytos as his heir. At her advice, he decided to revoke titles of one of his vassals and grant them to their son. The basileus saw Zoe the Unfaithful of Trebizond as the perfect candidate to have her titles revoked but instead came to face a large uprising against his rule. Zoe the Unfaithful may have been an adultress but Leon the Monk was by now seen as a weak ruler who was nothing but a puppet of his lowborn German wife."
6. Rashtrakuta Kingdom
Capital: Devagiri
Maharaja: Jogama
Heir: Thakur Madhava of Uchangidurga (Jogama's brother)
House: Rashtrakuta
Culture: Kannada
Religion: Hindu
"On 28 July 801, the Oriya Raja Nandivarman 'Ironside' of the Bana Raj died at the age of 61 from the injuries he had received while fighting the war against the Rashtrakutas. His realm was split between his two sons, who immediately sued for peace with Maharaja Jogama. Only after returning home with his army did the maharaja learn of a peasant revolt led by some Marathi Jain man named Moropant."
7. Empire of Tibet
Capital: Marpori
Tsenpo: Nyantsen (Blood of Songtsen Gampo)
Heir: Prince Purgyal Mutri (Nyantsen's brother)
House: Purgyal
Culture: Bodpa
Religion: Buddhist
Artifacts: Sariraka Bone
Tributary State: Mlechchha Kingdom
"The year 801 passed relatively uneventful in Tibet."
8. Pratihara Kingdom
Capital: Shakambhari
Maharaja: Vatsraja the Holy
Heir: Rajkumar Vijada-Dasasyandana (Vatsraja's son mothered by Karmavati)
House: Pratihara
Culture: Rajput
Religion: Hindu
Tributary State: Zunbil Satrapy
"While Vatsraja the Holy won his holy war for Bhakkar, he also lost his eldest son Devasakti in the year 801. 29 years old Devasakti, who had been the Raja of Sauvira, was murdered by Thakur Balaprasada of Sarangpur on 25 October 801. The Holy thus named his second son, seven years old Rajkumar Vijada-Dasasyandana, as the heir to the Pratihara Kingdom."
I really have no idea who murdered Abdul-Gafur the Monster. Usually, I can dial a year back and look at the plots. There is no known plot for his case.
Byzantium is in civil war again. That didn't take long.
Why did Merovech proclaim himself King of East Francia and not King of Germany?
It seems like East Francia is collapsing, but a victory could probably lead to the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire - or the Unholy Roman Empire, if we're being honest.
I wonder what would happen if Merovech was assassinated?
Why did Merovech proclaim himself King of East Francia and not King of Germany?
It seems like East Francia is collapsing, but a victory could probably lead to the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire - or the Unholy Roman Empire, if we're being honest.
I wonder what would happen if Merovech was assassinated?
Oh yeah, he is.
He had inherited the Kingdoms of Bavaria and East Francia; so he made the latter his primary title now.
802
1. Tang Empire
1. Tang Empire
Emperor: Liezong
House: Li
Culture: Han
Religion: Taoist
Tributary States: Karkota Kingdom, Petty Shahdom of Kroran and Khaganate of Uyghur
"As usual, we shall begin our class with a look at the Tang Empire..."
2. Abbasid Empire
Capital: Ain Al-Tamur
Caliph: Idris
Heir: Emir Al-Hadi of Damashq (Idris' son mothered by Empress Meirona)
House: Abbasid
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
Great Works: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Great Pyramid of Khufu, Petra and House of Wisdom
Tributary States: Uqaylid Sultanate, Taid Sultanate and Kingdom of Nubia
"In 801, Khan Manar of Bukhal had declared war against Sultan Aghlab 'Son of Shaytan' of the Uqaylid Sultanate. The khan was a vassal of Khazar Khagan Otemis the Bane of Galicia-Volhynia whereas the Uqaylids were Abbasid tributaries. A large Abbasid army arrived at Bagrati a year after the war had started and fended off the Khazars led by the khan's Volhynian Slav commander Fedot."
3. Byzantine Empire
Capital: Ancyra
Basileus: Orestes the Tenacious
Heir: Prince Misael (Orestes' eldest son mothered by Basilissa Konstantine)
House: Karteroukas
Culture: Greek
Religion: Iconoclast
Great Works: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Hagia Sophia
"In the year 802, Khazar Khagan Otemis the Bane of Galicia-Volhynia demanded Leon the Monk to become his tributary. When the demand was refused, the Bane of Galicia-Volhynia invaded the Byzantines with a large army of Khazars, Mordvins and Pechenegs. On 26 December 802, Byzantine nobles led by Strategitissa Zoe the Unfaithful of Trebizond overthrew Leon the Monk from power and elected Orestes the Tenacious as their new basileus, who made Ancyra his capital."
4. Umayyad Sultanate
Capital: Alcolea
Sultan: Abd-al-Rahman
Heir: Prince Mahmud (Abd-al-Rahman's half-brother)
House: Umayyad
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
"In the year 802, a Visigothic man named Froila led a Catholic uprising against 11 years old Umayyad Sultan Abd-al-Rahman."
5. Kingdom of East Francia
Capital: Landshut
King: Merovech (Carolingian Blood)
Heir: Duke Marell of Navarra (Merovech's brother)
House: Karling
Culture: Frankish
Religion: Catholic
Artifacts: Skull Trophy
"Early in the year 802, the loyalist army of East Francia under the command of Duke Grifo II of Chamavia managed to rout the rebels led by Guillaume of Toulouse at the Battle of Largentiere. However, the loyalists would later get defeated at the Battle of Donauworth by the rebels."
6. Rashtrakuta Kingdom
Capital: Devagiri
Maharaja: Jogama
Heir: Thakur Madhava of Uchangidurga (Jogama's brother)
House: Rashtrakuta
Culture: Kannada
Religion: Hindu
"The year 802 passed relatively uneventful in the Rashtrakuta Kingdom."
7. Empire of Tibet
Capital: Marpori
Tsenpo: Nyantsen (Blood of Songtsen Gampo)
Heir: Prince Purgyal Mutri (Nyantsen's brother)
House: Purgyal
Culture: Bodpa
Religion: Buddhist
Artifacts: Sariraka Bone
Tributary State: Mlechchha Kingdom
"The year 802 passed relatively uneventful in Tibet as well."
8. Pratihara Kingdom
Capital: Shakambhari
Maharaja: Vatsraja the Holy
Heir: Rajkumar Vijada-Dasasyandana (Vatsraja's son mothered by Karmavati)
House: Pratihara
Culture: Rajput
Religion: Hindu
Tributary State: Zunbil Satrapy
"In 802, Maharaja Vatsraja the Holy of the Pratihara Kingdom waged war upon Maharaja Vajrayudha the Purifier of the Ayudha Kingdom. The Purifier was a known cannibal and it has been speculated that this was all that the Holy needed to declare the war."
I will say, Otemis had the balls to demand the bloody Byzantine Empire become his tributary. That's some bravery, well, from a certain point of view at least.
The Francian Civil War appears undecided. We'll see how that goes.
The nomads are getting extremely aggressive - attacking Byzantium and an Abbasid vassal? That takes guts.
The capital of Byzantium isn't Constantinople anymore? Does that mean the ERE should now be known as the Ancyran Empire?
The nomads are getting extremely aggressive - attacking Byzantium and an Abbasid vassal? That takes guts.
The capital of Byzantium isn't Constantinople anymore? Does that mean the ERE should now be known as the Ancyran Empire?
Dude's called the Bane of Galicia-Volhynia by his enemies. He's already a certified badass.
803
1. Tang Empire
1. Tang Empire
Emperor: Liezong
House: Li
Culture: Han
Religion: Taoist
Tributary States: Karkota Kingdom, Petty Shahdom of Kroran, Khaganate of Uyghur and Khaganate of Mujde
"In 803, Uyghur Khagan Cor the Just of Mujde became a tributary of China."
2. Abbasid Empire
Capital: Ain Al-Tamur
Caliph: Idris
Heir: Emir Al-Hadi of Damashq (Idris' son mothered by Empress Meirona)
House: Abbasid
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
Great Works: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Great Pyramid of Khufu, Petra and House of Wisdom
Tributary States: Uqaylid Sultanate, Taid Sultanate and Kingdom of Nubia
"On 1 October 801, Caliph Idris' third wife Maryam gave birth to a boy named Abdallah. Two years later, it became public knowledge that the boy's real father was Sheikh Ubayd of Az Zarqa; a relative of the caliph and member of the Abbasid dynasty. The furious caliph started planning the murder of his unfaithful wife."
3. Byzantine Empire
Capital: Ancyra
Basileus: Orestes the Tenacious
Heir: Prince Boethios (Orestes' fourth son mothered by Basilissa Konstantine)
House: Karteroukas
Culture: Greek
Religion: Iconoclast
Great Works: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Hagia Sophia
"Khazar Khagan Otemis the Bane of Galicia-Volhynia and his army were ambushed by a Byzantine unit of 150 men led by Strategos Ioustininos of Sicily. The ambush failed with the Byzantines, save for the strategos who managed to escape, being slaughtered by the Khazars."
4. Umayyad Sultanate
Capital: Alcolea
Sultan: Abd-al-Rahman
Heir: Prince Mahmud (Abd-al-Rahman's half-brother)
House: Umayyad
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
"Shortly after getting their independence from the Kingdom of East Francia in the year 803, the Duchy of Toulouse was invaded by Iberian Muslims from the south."
5. Kingdom of East Francia
Capital: Landshut
King: Merovech the Ill-Ruler (Carolingian Blood)
Heir: Duke Marell of Navarra (Merovech's brother)
House: Karling
Culture: Frankish
Religion: Catholic
Artifacts: Skull Trophy
"In 803, King Haesteinn of Denmark invaded the Kingdom of East Francia. The Frankish king Merovech, who had recently lost most of his vassals to an independence war, was by now known as the Ill-Ruler."
6. Rashtrakuta Kingdom
Capital: Devagiri
Maharaja: Jogama
Heir: Thakur Madhava of Uchangidurga (Jogama's brother)
House: Rashtrakuta
Culture: Kannada
Religion: Hindu
"In 803, Maharaja Jogama of the Rashtrakuta Kingdom waged war against Tamil Raja Tantivarman II the Drunkard of Pallava Raj to make him his vassal. The Rashtrakuta invasion force, under the command of Thakur Narendra of Kambampet, defeated the Pallava army led by the Drunkard's Chinese commander Liang Huangshang at the Battle of Vallurapura."
7. Empire of Tibet
Capital: Marpori
Tsenpo: Nyantsen (Blood of Songtsen Gampo)
Heir: Prince Purgyal Mutri (Nyantsen's brother)
House: Purgyal
Culture: Bodpa
Religion: Buddhist
Artifacts: Sariraka Bone
Tributary State: Mlechchha Kingdom
"The year 803 passed relatively uneventful in Tibet."
8. Pratihara Kingdom
Capital: Shakambhari
Maharaja: Vatsraja the Holy
Heir: Rajkumar Vijada-Dasasyandana (Vatsraja's son mothered by Karmavati)
House: Pratihara
Culture: Rajput
Religion: Hindu
Tributary State: Zunbil Satrapy
"The Battle of Indraprastha took place in the year 803. The nearly 4,000-men strong Pratihara army, under the command of Hindustani Thakur Madanapala of Candhoba, was defeated by the Ayudha army led by the mercenary Captain Hansi of the Jurchen Band."
804
1. Tang Empire
1. Tang Empire
Emperor: Liezong
House: Li
Culture: Han
Religion: Taoist
Tributary States: Karkota Kingdom, Petty Shahdom of Kroran, Khaganate of Uyghur and Khaganate of Mujde
"As usual, we shall begin our class with a look at the Tang Empire..."
2. Abbasid Empire
Capital: Ain Al-Tamur
Caliph: Idris
Heir: Emir Al-Hadi of Damashq (Idris' son mothered by Empress Meirona)
House: Abbasid
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
Great Works: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Great Pyramid of Khufu, Petra and House of Wisdom
Tributary States: Uqaylid Sultanate, Taid Sultanate and Kingdom of Nubia
"The year 804 passed relatively uneventful in the Abbasid Empire."
3. Byzantine Empire
Capital: Ancyra
Basileus: Orestes the Tenacious
Heir: Prince Boethios (Orestes' fourth son mothered by Basilissa Konstantine)
House: Karteroukas
Culture: Greek
Religion: Iconoclast
Artifacts: Imperial Diadem and Nail of the True Cross
Great Works: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Hagia Sophia
"On 25 November 804, former basileus Leon the Monk of Isauros dynasty died at the age of 54 due to his poor physique. With his passing, the Imperial Diadem and the Nail of the True Cross were passed over to the current basileus Orestes the Tenacious. That same year, at the Battle of Udabno, a large Byzantine army under the command of Strategos Innokentios of Charsianon emerged victorious against Khazar warriors of the Baranjar clan led by their khan Barjik."
4. Umayyad Sultanate
Capital: Alcolea
Sultan: Abd-al-Rahman
Heir: Prince Mahmud (Abd-al-Rahman's half-brother)
House: Umayyad
Culture: Bedouin
Religion: Sunni
The army of Duke Clodio of Dauphine, the eldest son and heir of Duke Guillaume of Toulouse, finally arrived at Cotlliure in 804 to aid his father defend against a massive Umayyad invasion force led by the Berber Emir Abd-al-Karim II. Clodio gave the command of his army to his father, a skilled tactician, but the Iberian Muslims were too numerous and the battle was lost."
5. Kingdom of East Francia
Capital: Landshut
King: Merovech the Ill-Ruler (Carolingian Blood)
Heir: Duke Marell of Navarra (Merovech's brother)
House: Karling
Culture: Frankish
Religion: Catholic
Artifacts: Skull Trophy
"At the Battle of Utrecht, Duke Grifo II of Chamavia successfully repelled a Norse naval invasion."
6. Rashtrakuta Kingdom
Capital: Devagiri
Maharaja: Madhava
Heir: Raja Jagadhekamalla of Vidharba (Madhava's half-brother)
House: Rashtrakuta
Culture: Kannada
Religion: Hindu
"On 3 April 804, 21 years old Maharaja Jogama of the Rashtrakuta Kingdom was murdered by a woman named Chandaladevi Thalnerid. His 19 years old brother Madhava thus became the new maharaja and continued the war against the Tamil Pallavas."
7. Empire of Tibet
Capital: Marpori
Tsenpo: Mutri II (Blood of Songtsen Gampo)
Heir: Princess Purgyal Gemathar (Mutri II's half-sister)
House: Purgyal
Culture: Bodpa
Religion: Buddhist
Artifacts: Sariraka Bone
Tributary State: Mlechchha Kingdom
"On 7 February 804, Tsenpo Purgyal Nyantsen of Tibet died under mysterious circumstances at just 11 years of age. His four years old brother Mutri II became the new Tsenpo of Tibet."
8. Pratihara Kingdom
Capital: Shakambhari
Maharaja: Vijada-Dasasyandana
Heir: Maharaja Viranarayana of Malwa (Vijada-Dasasyandana's half-brother)
House: Pratihara
Culture: Rajput
Religion: Hindu
Tributary State: Zunbil Satrapy
"On 18 May 804, Vatsraja the Holy died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 54 and his realm was splintered into two. While most of the Rajput vassals recognized the Holy's 10 years old son Vijada-Dasasyandana as the new Maharaja of the Pratihara Kingdom, the lords of Malwa crowned infant Viranarayana as their puppet king."
11 years old Tsenpo Purgyal Nyantsen of Tibet was murdered by his half-sister Gemathar's mother Gar Thrimalo, a character once mentioned way back in the 788 post. While she is now married to the Chief of Coqen, she was taken prisoner by then tsenpo Mutri the Chaste, Nyansten and Gemathar's father, while she was still a child and then forced to become his concubine when she became an adult. Was she punishing the son for the crime of his father? Or does she intend to have her daughter Gemathar eventually rule Tibet? I have no idea.
As for Vatsraja the Holy, he was murdered by his rival Thakur Dilippal of Godwad. The thakur had seduced Maharani Kishan and is the real father of her daughter Madhavi (which is not public knowledge). Thus he and the maharaja had become enemies of each other.
As for Vatsraja the Holy, he was murdered by his rival Thakur Dilippal of Godwad. The thakur had seduced Maharani Kishan and is the real father of her daughter Madhavi (which is not public knowledge). Thus he and the maharaja had become enemies of each other.