Court of the Caliph: BC Hotseat Council Thread

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Caliph Sulayman enters the Court to a frenzy of drumming and a fanfare of trumpets.

He is magnificently attired in flowing emerald green robes, embroidered in gold thread with the design of the tree of life. Ghulam boys, also dressed in rich green fabric, scatter rose petals in his path and swing incense burners until the air in the Courtroom takes on an otherwordly fragrance.

Finally the entourage settles into place and the hubbub dies down. The Caliph's Grand Vizier Tariq bows low to his master and, his forehead pressed almost against the marble floor, glides backwards into the shadows.

The Caliph addresses the Court.

Leaders of the Faithful, Praise be to Allah the most gracious and benevolent!

The accursed plague has passed from these lands and the Armies of Islam have devastated all resistance in their path to reclaim the lands of Anatolia and the Levant from the infidel Romans and Franks.

The Great Mosque at Damascus, built by our Ummayad ancestors, is again in Islamic hands!

The faithful of Armenia and Georgia can live their lives under the protection of sharia law!

The mighty cities of Egypt are unmolested by Frankish Crusaders!

Now the gates of mighty Konstantinopolis herself have been breached, and her perfidious inhabitants put to the sword.

Our congratulations to our Seljuqid Brothers on their glorious conquest, which will live in the hearts of the ummah for all eternity. The storytellers will sing for generations of the might of Sultan Arshanslah and his glorious deeds.

A New Caliphate has arisen, as our illustrious Caliph An-Nasir once dreamed, and through our alliance with the Mighty Seljuks and the Wise and Powerful Ghaznavids we have achieved the restoration of our once-great nation, and the revival of Islamic civilisation across the world.

Now even the Mamluks of Egypt have flocked to our banner, may Allah be praised.

The call of the muezzin is heard from the Hellespont in the West, to Kabul in the East, and the faithful are free to live their righteous lives in peace and prosperity.

This day surely marks the dawn of a new Golden age of Islam, and we look forward to a long and lasting peace with our neighbours and Brothers in faith.

Allah-u Akbhar!