Crusader Kings II

[Monk]

@Monk: How did the Tahirids survive? The Saffarids usually eat the Tahirids and form a mega blob.

They did, but the Tahirids made a comeback when I destroyed the Saffarids.

The Saffarids only had a couple duchy titles across their blob, apparently. So when I invaded Birjand in a holy war and took it (in a series of flawlessly timed engagements where I completely broke their stacks before they could doom up, if I might add) it fractured the mega-blob into a half-dozen smaller states after the peace offer. The Tahirids are the result of around 10 years of clawing back to the forefront in the ensuing chaos.

I'm currently in the process of dismantling them once again.