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The Caliphate of Al-Andalus and it's colonial territories

The Caliphate, pushed back as far as Cordoba in the mid 14th century, managed to rally against the northern catholic spanish kingdoms in half a dozen epic battles, with victories only having come straight from Allah himself. Sensing that perhaps the tide was turning against Christianity in Spain, funds and arms from the larger European nations dried up, Kings and Princes distancing themselves from the Reconquista. Soon Cordoba began the push back northward, and when the Spanish kings felt Muslim armies sieging their walls, they found their calls to the north and to the papacy went unheaded...

A century later, Islamic explorers from the Al-Andalus Caliphate, seeking a westward route to China, six heavily modified super-sized Baghlah stumbled upon a scattering of islands in a warm blue sea. Knowing the approximate size of the world, these explorers knew they could not possibly have reached China already. They returned to Al-Andalus with fifteen natives invited to take the return trip, which generated enough of an impression on the ruling class and the Caliph to secure funds for a second trip to the mysterious islands, and a third. After tenative explorations of the American mainland, it was discovered that this new land, the Al-Aradyghrib, was far more substantial than first appearances.

By the dawn of the 20th century, the Al-Andalus Caliphate still maintains extensive colonial holdings in Al-Aradyghrib, but has had to allow substantial regions some significant autonomy to stave off rebellion and revolution, especially with problems at home in Africa and the still largely Christian province of Sardinia.

Description
The Caliphate of Al-Andalus and it's colonial territories

The Caliphate, pushed back as far as Cordoba in the mid 14th century, managed to rally against the northern catholic spanish kingdoms in half a dozen epic battles, with victories only having come straight from Allah himself. Sensing that perhaps the tide was turning against Christianity in Spain, funds and arms from the larger European nations dried up, Kings and Princes distancing themselves from the Reconquista. Soon Cordoba began the push back northward, and when the Spanish kings felt Muslim armies sieging their walls, they found their calls to the north and to the papacy went unheaded...

A century later, Islamic explorers from the Al-Andalus Caliphate, seeking a westward route to China, six heavily modified super-sized Baghlah stumbled upon a scattering of islands in a warm blue sea. Knowing the approximate size of the world, these explorers knew they could not possibly have reached China already. They returned to Al-Andalus with fifteen natives invited to take the return trip, which generated enough of an impression on the ruling class and the Caliph to secure funds for a second trip to the mysterious islands, and a third. After tenative explorations of the American mainland, it was discovered that this new land, the Al-Aradyghrib, was far more substantial than first appearances.

By the dawn of the 20th century, the Al-Andalus Caliphate still maintains extensive colonial holdings in Al-Aradyghrib, but has had to allow substantial regions some significant autonomy to stave off rebellion and revolution, especially with problems at home in Africa and the still largely Christian province of Sardinia.