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===Kingdom of Guangbei=== | ===Kingdom of Guangbei=== | ||
===Kingdom of Nasrad=== | ===Kingdom of Nasrad=== | ||
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. Nasrad also gave war elephants to [[Daxia]] that they bought in the markets of [[Pukhgundi]]. | ||
=== | ===Emirates of Ghanim and Lakdu=== | ||
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 | Oduniyyad successor states like [[Rusana|Ghanim]] and Lakdu who had tributary status provided trained slaves. Ghanim's ad Lakdu'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 proffesional army is thought to have been slaves provided by their Muslim vassals. In a reversal of roles, Ghanim and Lakdu 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. | ||
===Degei Confederation=== | ===Degei Confederation=== | ||
The Degei Confederation was a nomadic state to the northwest of [[Daxia]] proper that existed for several hundred years and alternated between vassalage to Daxian dynasties and hostility and plundering. During the periods that they gave tribute, the Khans of the steppe sent thousands of prized horses that filled the stables of the imperial armies. They also sent goat and alpaca pelts from the vast herds that roamed the steppes, thousands of jugs of fermented mare milk which they drank as alcohol, fine bows of carved yew and sinew and also multitudes of slaves captured in raids in central [[Audonia]]. The Degei mounted archers were also valuable and effective cavalry auxiliaries when their chiefs were in the mood to heed imperial summons to war, just as they were effective and brutal at decimating border towns. The value of the confederation as a vassal greatly decline after Darukh Khan's failed rebellion as their numbers were decimated and their unity crushed. The traditionally Degei lands were slowly incorporated into Guangbei province. | The Degei Confederation was a nomadic state to the northwest of [[Daxia]] proper that existed for several hundred years and alternated between vassalage to Daxian dynasties and hostility and plundering. During the periods that they gave tribute, the Khans of the steppe sent thousands of prized horses that filled the stables of the imperial armies. They also sent goat and alpaca pelts from the vast herds that roamed the steppes, thousands of jugs of fermented mare milk which they drank as alcohol, fine bows of carved yew and sinew and also multitudes of slaves captured in raids in central [[Audonia]]. The Degei mounted archers were also valuable and effective cavalry auxiliaries when their chiefs were in the mood to heed imperial summons to war, just as they were effective and brutal at decimating border towns. The value of the confederation as a vassal greatly decline after Darukh Khan's failed rebellion as their numbers were decimated and their unity crushed. The traditionally Degei lands were slowly incorporated into Guangbei province. | ||