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Interwar Period

INTERWAR PERIOD

Countries granted "independence" under Badr al-Ramin. These countries were Tunisia(colored in very dark green blue), Bornu(colored in gold), and Assudan(colored in brown).




Abbasid Controversy
Quraishi Akhrif would end his third term on July 30, 1923; and be succeeded by Mujahid Al-Jabbar. His ascension however, would be challenged by Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, the Sharif of Mecca; who accused the election of being rigged, and stated that he should have been rightfully elected. When asked to stand down by the 81st Abbasid Caliph, Farajallah, Hussein similarly accused him and his dynasty of being illegitimate. While initially unheeded, records surfaced revealing that there was no evidence that the progenitor of the current Abbasid dynasty, Al-Hakim I, was an Abbasid at all; only being the alleged grandson of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustarshid. Hussein cited hadeeths, claiming that the caliph had to be of Quraysh descent, such as those of the clans Banu Hashim, Banu Abbas, Banu Umayya, and several others. This resulted in some widespread dispute over the legitimacy of the sultan and caliph, dividing the administrators and military leaders who elected the sultan; further being the cause for Farajallah not being re-elected at the end of his five year term, and for the next sultan to follow a similar pattern. While the caliph would continue to reign, the lack of legitimacy caused by this accusation created unrest among some of Arabia's Muslim provinces, who would begin to seek independence, refusing to heed the commands of the false caliph. These factors, combined with the Great Depression, would prove unfavorable to Arabia until the term of the twenty-seventh sultan.

Badr al-Ramin the Great
Elected on April 11, 1933; Badr al-Ramin would begin to implement administrative reforms in a campaign to restore some legitimacy to his position. First off, he would reform the election system; and make it so that all people, even the commoners, would be able to vote for the sultan. This would ensure that as long as he remained popular among the larger common population, he would be re-elected even if he was not as popular among politicians and generals. Similarly, he implemented reforms in local and most especially tribal politics; making it so that local administrators were elected instead of chieftains with a hereditary succession, while governors were nominated by the sultan and elected by the people. Further more, Badr al-Ramin would reform and reorganize the states of Arabia; merging some and adding some. Badr al-Ramin also saw the problem of separatism, and sought to control it by granting "independence" to some states, and began to draft constitutions, maps, and appoint loyal administrators. While he promised independence to these states, they were in reality but autonomous puppets of the sultanate; as certain treaties and limitations made each of them severely dependent on Arabia, and gave Arabia certain economic rights and overwhelming influence over them. These countries would continue to support and be supported by Arabia.

Re-elected on February 16, 1938, Badr al-Ramin would begin to modernize the Arabian military with the latest equipment and doctrine. Badr al-Ramin would also begin to construct oil wells, seeking to exploit Arabia's massive oil reserves both for its own purposes and for export. Italy, under Benito Mussolini, would also attempt to procure sovereignty over Tunisia; to which Arabia would warn them to stay out of North Africa, which they would for a while, knowing fully well that they would not be able to take on Arabia alone. Badr al-Ramin would also create the United Muslim Military Alliance(UMMA), declared on February 17, 1939 in Qahira in the presence of the Abbasid Caliph shortly after the Hajj season; consisting of the founding members of Cairene Arabia, Bruneian Malaya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Bornu, Assudan, Alfida, and Algharb.


Map of the member nations of UMMA in 1939

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