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===Emirate of Truk=== | ===Emirate of Truk=== | ||
See also: [[Capture of Truk]] | See also: [[Capture of Truk]] | ||
[[File:Codice_Casanatense_Fartaques.jpg|thumb|A painting of the third Emir of Truk, Selim II and his wife Radwa]] | |||
In the year 1251 an Islamic mystic by the name of [[Sayed Ali Qumi]] arrived by accident on the islands with a few companions after being shipwrecked in a storm. Qumi proceeded to successfully spread Islam to the people of Imarli by recounting the martial prowess of the Oduniyyad caliphs As the people of Truk did not have alcohol or pigs, forbbiding their consumption was not an obstacle to conversion. The King of Truk of the day adopted the islamic first name of Akhmat Bagusid to signal his new piety and began to style himself as emir, in imitation of Muslim rulers under Oduniyyad suzerainty. Under the Bagusids, the damage done to the islands during the Jaws of Hunger was undone and a prosperous merchantile society was built up as Truk began building bigger ships capable of ocean exploration. Imarli was known during this period as the Jewel under the Sun and the palaces and masjids of the Bagusids were adorned with fine carpets, mother of pearl and exotic woods and silks. Truk's relative geographical isolation in this early period allowed it to expand at its leisure to nearby islands such as [[Rapa Rapa]], taken under the Emir's protection in 1265. Traditional notions of clan loyalty and kingly veneration were useful tools in the consolidation of the Bagusids and their power; internal upheaveals were a rare thing and crisis only came with the arrival of foreign vessels on the [[Polynesian Sea]]. | In the year 1251 an Islamic mystic by the name of [[Sayed Ali Qumi]] arrived by accident on the islands with a few companions after being shipwrecked in a storm. Qumi proceeded to successfully spread Islam to the people of Imarli by recounting the martial prowess of the Oduniyyad caliphs As the people of Truk did not have alcohol or pigs, forbbiding their consumption was not an obstacle to conversion. The King of Truk of the day adopted the islamic first name of Akhmat Bagusid to signal his new piety and began to style himself as emir, in imitation of Muslim rulers under Oduniyyad suzerainty. Under the Bagusids, the damage done to the islands during the Jaws of Hunger was undone and a prosperous merchantile society was built up as Truk began building bigger ships capable of ocean exploration. Imarli was known during this period as the Jewel under the Sun and the palaces and masjids of the Bagusids were adorned with fine carpets, mother of pearl and exotic woods and silks. Truk's relative geographical isolation in this early period allowed it to expand at its leisure to nearby islands such as [[Rapa Rapa]], taken under the Emir's protection in 1265. Traditional notions of clan loyalty and kingly veneration were useful tools in the consolidation of the Bagusids and their power; internal upheaveals were a rare thing and crisis only came with the arrival of foreign vessels on the [[Polynesian Sea]]. | ||
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Truk is unique in [[Daxia]] in that it is governed by an almost fully autonomous administration and legislature. These bodies have complete authority regarding lawmaking, taxation and expenditure; the exception to their powers are the areas of national defense and relations with foreign policy which are handled from [[Mirzak]]. The unicameral, sixty-seat Legislative Diwan is elected once every four years by single non-transferable votes from fixed constituencies. The District Governor is nominated by the largest party (must be a member of the Diwan and is usually the party leader) in the Diwan and must be ratified by a simple majority; he may be unseated by a two thirds majority vote and cannot be recalled by the population. The Daxian government may employ a veto on national security reasons, but it has never been used. Currently the government is led by a coalition of the local [[People's Justice Party (Daxia)|People's Justice Party]] and the [[Party of Daxian Democrats]]; together they have thirty nine seats in the Diwan. | Truk is unique in [[Daxia]] in that it is governed by an almost fully autonomous administration and legislature. These bodies have complete authority regarding lawmaking, taxation and expenditure; the exception to their powers are the areas of national defense and relations with foreign policy which are handled from [[Mirzak]]. The unicameral, sixty-seat Legislative Diwan is elected once every four years by single non-transferable votes from fixed constituencies. The District Governor is nominated by the largest party (must be a member of the Diwan and is usually the party leader) in the Diwan and must be ratified by a simple majority; he may be unseated by a two thirds majority vote and cannot be recalled by the population. The Daxian government may employ a veto on national security reasons, but it has never been used. Currently the government is led by a coalition of the local [[People's Justice Party (Daxia)|People's Justice Party]] and the [[Party of Daxian Democrats]]; together they have thirty nine seats in the Diwan. | ||
Recently an uptick in support for political Islamism has been registered in Truk, especially on the islands of Anako and Hutau. Currently the largest opposition party in the Diwan is the Islamic Development Party, | Recently an uptick in support for political Islamism has been registered in Truk, especially on the islands of Anako and Hutau. Currently the largest opposition party in the Diwan is the Islamic Development Party, a political movement rooted on turning religious tenets such as sharia law into government policy. The party wants a blanket ban on alcohol, the addition of corporal punishment in the criminal code for a range of offenses, the imposition of fines for missing the call to prayer. | ||
==Demographics== | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
[[Category:Daxia]] | [[Category:Daxia]] | ||