So You Think You Can Rule Persia

The Umayyad Caliphate is no more and in its place rise the Abbasids in the person of al-Saffah, the bloodshedder. Will he live up to his name, and will he be able to consolidate his dynasty before it's too late?

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We're back and it's time to finish up the Third Fitna! Marwan managed to rise from obscurity to take control of the caliphate but will he be able to solve its structural problems or will they submerge him?

 

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The heir of a usurper is always a precarious one, but Ibrahim is here during the bubbling Third Fitna. Join us for a slow slide into chaos and a surprising number of death options.

 

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The tyrant is dead and now we have a man in charge who thinks that rulers should be held accountable for their actions. How will the caliphate react to a new regime and is more turmoil soon to follow? 

 

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The caliphate is in crisis: rebellions wrack the provinces and the eternal expansion has ceased. Who better to deal with this than an entitled manchild? Join us for rude poems, wine drinking, and all the symptoms of decline.

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