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Technically 3 of my provinces do not border the rest of the Kingdom and though it would be easy to rush across the very narrow desert in between Edessa and Aleppo, these troops are coming back from the Turkish lands so moving down through Cilicia is much quicker


The Caliph does not actually border any of Rome's provinces so you should not worry about them. The Ayyubids from Egypt have proven themselves to be the most trustworthy of all nations. They have steadfastly remained neutral in all of the conflicts in Anatolia and the Levant, never supporting one nation more than another, and never breaking their word to anyone. I hope that all western nations can look forward to an era of peace for the near-future.