Death of Homayd in the year 804 left Taid Shahdom in the hands of his grandson - Darius The Holy, who ruled Persian domain until 826, dealing with minor rebellions and increasing size of the kingdom thanks to weakness of Abbasid Caliphate.
His son, Akkadin 'The Holy' was murdered in unclear circumstance in the year 834, starting period of inner struggle for control over the large state. Loyalist faction supporting young prince Yazdegard finally triumphed in the year 843, but even they were shocked by the newly ascended ruler's policy.
With his father murdered and youth spent struggling for his domain, Yazdegard begun his kingship with a great purge of everyone who was even remotely connected to the rebellious lords. All prisoners caught during the years of civil war were executed - and everyone who opposed the new ruler was either killed or imprisoned.
In foreign policy, Yazdegard continued plans of his father, expanding west, and for the first time since the fall of Sassanids, challenging the Caliphate directly (with moderate success).
Muslim World:
Abbasid Caliphate continued to lose it's position as the centre of Muslim world. In 813 Harun al-Rashid became the new Caliph who restored peace to the core of the Muslim provinces, but neither him nor his son could stop the slow decline of their empire.
Harun's grandson - Hussayn, who replaced his father, killed in a rebellion in the year 843 must carefully plan his moves, as both - Romans in the West and Persian in the East grow bolder, and African provinces seem exist in constant defiance against Abbasids and Allah himself.
Umayyad Caliphate managed to establish foothold past Pyrenees as far north as Loire. Their hold on Iberia however, isn't still complete, with decadent houses and christian subjects keeping Umayyad Caliph Abbad on his toes.
Roman Empire:
Struggling through the period of internal uproar, Roman Empire tries to reclaim grip on Asia Minor and Levant from the hands of Muslims, with mixed effect. Their efforts are diminished by a strong presence of recently settled nomads north of their Balkan provinces.
Western Europe:
Carolingian Dynasty:
Eudes, grandson of Charles 'The Witch Hunter' saw his domain of Middle Francia invaded by Saxon pagans. His kingdom was decimated and he himself died of wounds in 829. His son, Charles III struggles to hold back the embolden Saxon horde with the help of Italian allies.
Other grandson of Charles, Andre, remains alive, his kingdom however, saw fall even greater than his brother's - invaded by both Muslims and Scandinavian Vikings. Half of his remaining domain was claimed by his Italian allies, while he himself became ruler of Burgundy.
Italy: King Desiderius II son of Adlechis not only kept his kingdom safe, but forced his Christian allies of Carolingian dynasty to relinquish most of their remaining domains to him. He is now the most powerful Catholic ruler in Europe, followed by Bavarian dynasty of Agiolfings - resisting Saxon incursion from the north.
British Isles:
Kingdom of Scotland rules the north unchallenged, slowly expanding their interest toward Ireland, while England is split between Northumbria, Mercia and emerging petty kingdom of Wessex.
Pagan Faiths:
Saxons, under wise leadership of Diederik (770-828) and his son Theoderic III not only managed to defeat Christian defenders of East Francia, but also dominate their eastern Slavic neighbours, reducing kingdom of Poland to few vassal duchess.
Controlling all of Scandinavia and large portions of Central Europe Germanic pagans seem undefeated. But to the east another pagan people control even greater territory:
From Avaria all the way to Gulf of Finland and far east to the steppes of central Asia Tengri people control great, even if empty, domain, with Khagans of Kiev, Khazaria and Uyghur leading in size and number of warriors.
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