User blog comment:Fedelede/A divided Caliphate/@comment-1310192-20100823211129

I also thought that the Turks would also declare independence, because I think nobody would accept being part of a nation which capital is almost out of access. Now it can happen because of air and advanced sea travel, but Turkestan is land-locked and with no connection to Arabia on the TL (and on OTL too, but they had connection at the age because, again, Persia and Mesopotamia were part of the Caliphate)