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Gilgalion III's critics would be justified in the 8th century as his descendant, Farrukh II, had to contend with the invasion of the Oduniyyad Caliphate in 730 CE. The unified Audonian army led by one of successors of Muhammad's trusted generals, Abu Talib Bey, landed swiftly on the coasts on May 2 avoiding any naval interception. Melid was besieged two days later, a sufficient time for King Farrukh to leave the city, attempting to rally an army while the majority of the royal guard remained in the capital. The king had little success, however, as many were convinced of the Caliphate's invincibility after it had taken over much of the mainland within a few years. In July, the Oduniyyad force managed to confront the small army of the Ker-Melid Kingdom which had thus far been contented with harassing the larger invading force while the capital expended its supplies to hold out. The battle on July 3 was swift, ending in decisive victory for the Caliphate, though a large portion of the Ker-Melid army including the king managed to escape. Following the routing of the army, the capital capitulated. General Abu Talib Bey establish court in the royal palace and ordered the destruction of many temples and idols within the city while a contingent of the army pursued the king. After a short period of resistance, the king was captured in September 731, unable to mobilize a force against the invaders. On December 22 of the same year he was executed, effectively ending organized resistance against the occupation of the Oduniyyad Caliphate.

The lands of Kermelid remained a periphery of the Odunnyid influence in Alshar and extending its influence and teachings beyond into the steppes and lands to the south of the Kermelid lands and the rest of Western Alshar. However in the early 11th century, sectarian conflicts and rising powers of steppe lords of Alshar pushed the Odunnyids out of Kermelid and effectively turned the settled coastal lands into a tributary vassal kingdom of whichever nomadic horde held the most influence close to the mountains.  

This would change in 1221 when it would become subject of the Myanga Atyil Khanate which reached unmatched heights in size as a horde and Empire. With hordes giving obiesance to the great Chingis, so too did their tributaries, including Kermelid For the next one hundred some years it would be ruled by the Khanate and would grow in prosperity as the port to the west for the Khanate. Trade from the far reaches of Alshar would arrive in the cities of Karmelid and intermingle with goods from Audonia and recently also far off Sarpedon and Levantia as traders from those regions explored and expanded further across the seas.