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Al-Andalus Rising (Crusader Kings II AAR)

Al-Andalus Rising – AAR (or ‘Non est ad astra mollis e terris via’) Abdullah I ‘The Cleansing Flame of Andalusia’ Al-Andalus (r.769 – 819) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘History of the Empire, Book 1: Reign of the Early Sultans’ by Hafiz Ketrid [Property of the University of Merrakec Jadida] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “…And so, the exiled scion returned from North Africa, accompanied by an army of light. The thrice-blessed Abdullah called upon the downtrodden masses, along with the lords still true to the ways of faith and called for them to cast down the decadent and tyrannical Umayyad dynasty. The gates of Qurtubah were thrown open and the false sultan defeated, Abdullah’s most holy conquest of Andalusia cemented the future of the Al-Andalus dynasty; bringing a return to the peace, freedom, and devotion lost to