Timeline (Emir John)

In 1209, a shipment of elite soldiers from Cordoba arrived in England. Over the next few months, John went on a rampage, using his own mercenaries and his new soldiers to virtually destroy the English nobility. Huindreds of tousands of people fled northwards into the arms of the invading Scots. The Scots set up a variety of new countries, for the people who had fled, like the. In the south, the French invaded Cornwall and set up the Kingdom of Upper Britanny as a vassal. But John, now crowned Emir dominated Wales and Southern and Central England as well as the Emirate of Ireland. With his forces he could have easily crushed the Scots and French, but for one thing. The money he had to pay the Caliph of Cordoba every year, maintained a status quo for centuries. No one nation grew powerful enough to attack any other.

Over time the overlord of England changed. The Caliph who ruled over the Emirs of England decreased in power over the centuries. The great Almohad dynasty who ruled Morocco as well as most of Iberia, was weakening by 1248, only a small rump state remained. The Emirate of Granada. The Emir of Granada claimed the title of Caliph over the Emir of England and so John and his descendants served as the vassal of a much weaker state. Granada itself was a vassal of Castille. This meant that England became a vassal of Castille. When it became the Christian Kingdom of Granada in 1492, England cut off ties with Granada, avoiding the possibility of becoming a direct vassal to Spain. The Emirate became the Caliphate of England and Ireland remained a Emirate. The huge amount of money it had sent ot Granada every tear, that had prevented anyone country from getting abve the others in the British Isles, they could now keep. England rapidly became extremely rich. Scotland and her allies were just exploring the coast of America when the invasion came. Well-equipped, well-trained soldiers from England invaded the Realm of Free England and later the whole of Britain. In 1512, the Caliphate of Britana was formed. The various monarchs, driven from their lands, lead an exodus to France, Spain and various other European nations with interests overseas.

to be continued