Capture of Truk: Difference between revisions

Over the next two hundred years the emirate would become a local trading power, welcoming merchants from [[Daxia]], [[Caphiria]], the [[Takatta Loa|Loa]] and [[Pelaxia]]. Truk's wily rulers managed to tiptoe around the various powers and avoided committing to any one side for too long, making [[Truk]] an important component of the [[The Southern Route|southern route]] and the [[Audonia]]-[[Sarpedon]] trade. Beginning in 1642 Emir Mahmud Tidore II agreed to a loose compact with [[Daxia]] to counter encroachments by the [[Carto-Pelaxian Commonwealth]]. Mahmud allowed the Daxians to build a fort on the island; the emirate's forces also received some shipments of weapons such as muskets to increase their battle worthiness. In time the Daxians would station a permanent representative on Truk to oversee relations with the emirate and steer its pro-Daxian stance. In return for their protection, Mahmud sold them saltpeter, sago(a type of starch used for bread) and cassava at greatly discounted rates. Mahmud's son, Akhmat opposed his father's pro-Daxian policies and anti-Daxian courtiers and officials banded around him; creating a powerful clique. Akhmat resented non muslims having such influence over the affairs of the emirate and considered the discounted prices on goods sold to Daxia ruinous to local finances. Emir Mahmud fell gravely ill during the spring of 1675; prompting the prince to launch a coup. Akhmat and his loyalists in the royal guard seized the palace complex and produced a fatwa by the Grand Mufti deposing Mahmud in favor of his son.

==Conquest==

==Aftermath==

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