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The Kingdom of Nasrad was a state that existed west of the Arik mountain range and was an early vassal of the Shang dynasty. The state was conquered by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] and became a battleground between the two empires for decades. The Muslims were expelled when the caliphate fragmented and Nasrad was reinstated as an independent buffer state. Nasrad offered as tribute many ores such as iron, copper, tin and bronze and also tools and weapons made of these materials. On ocassion they also gathered gems in sufficient quantity (too few could be seen as an insult) so that they could be included in the tribute. | The Kingdom of Nasrad was a state that existed west of the Arik mountain range and was an early vassal of the Shang dynasty. The state was conquered by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] and became a battleground between the two empires for decades. The Muslims were expelled when the caliphate fragmented and Nasrad was reinstated as an independent buffer state. Nasrad offered as tribute many ores such as iron, copper, tin and bronze and also tools and weapons made of these materials. On ocassion they also gathered gems in sufficient quantity (too few could be seen as an insult) so that they could be included in the tribute. | ||
===Emirate of Ghanim=== | ===Emirate of Ghanim=== | ||
Oduniyyad successor states like Ghanim who had tributary status provided trained slaves. Ghanim's slavemasters were renowned for the quality of their slaves, from body slaves and eunuch servants to the ghulam slave soldiers. Batches of ghulams were provided yearly and every [[Daxia]]n dynasty employed them. Some ten percent of the early Qian land army is thought to have been slaves from the west. In a reversal of roles, Ghanim had to pay a form of jizya to [[Daxia]]. Every muslim citizen (with exceptions for cripples, children, the insane and some other categories) had to pay a special tax to the central treasury which then forwarded the total sum | Oduniyyad successor states like Ghanim who had tributary status provided trained slaves. Ghanim's slavemasters were renowned for the quality of their slaves, from body slaves and eunuch servants to the ghulam slave soldiers. Batches of ghulams were provided yearly and every [[Daxia]]n dynasty employed them. Some ten percent of the early Qian land army is thought to have been slaves from the west. In a reversal of roles, Ghanim had to pay a form of jizya to [[Daxia]]. Every muslim citizen (with exceptions for cripples, children, the insane and some other categories) had to pay a special tax (called the Tou tax) to the central treasury which then forwarded the total sum to [[Daxia]] along its annual regular tribute. To ensure nothing was skimmed, special auditors went over the census figures collected by Ghanim and double checked the figures submitted. This form of onerous tax was created to humilliate the muslims, in a mirror to the jizya tax imposed by the caliphate on its non-muslim inhabitants. | ||
===Emirate of Lakdu=== | ===Emirate of Lakdu=== | ||
===Degei Confederation=== | ===Degei Confederation=== | ||