Emirate of Lariya

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The Emirate of Lariya
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Provincial flag Coat of Arms
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Motto "ربك رب قلوب." (Your lord is the lord of hearts)
Capital Zanobia
Languages
  - Official
  - Unofficial

Arabic,
English
Government
  Emir -
 

Kamal Nazzadallah
Area
 
 

176.215 km²
176,220 sq mi
Region United Federal Kingdom of St Samuel
Population
 - Total (2007)

32,061,247

Lariya (Arabic: لريا), officially the Federal Emirate of Lariya, is an Arab emirate of the United Federal Kingdom of St Samuel, located south-east of the Pellina Island. Lariya is bordered by the Emirate of Muhtaseb to the north and the Emirate of Abu Hana to the west; and the Gulf of Dominica Sea to the east and south.

History

For ancient history see the Pellinese Empire.

Lariya was an Emirate of The Pellinese Empire between 2000 BC to 1200 AD. It's borders have remained unchanged since 954 BC when the council of Elders of the Pellinese Empire divided the empire into 19 Emirate's ruled by local warlords. Lariya was awarded to Nasdaka Lariya, a legendary Pellinese warrior. The emirates capital, Zanobia, founded around 1800 BC, became an important trade port for the Pellinese Empire.

Around 1205AD, Shah Muhamed of the Pellinese Empire called for an army to be raised and asked all the Emirates to send 10,000 men each to fight the Emirate of Samah Island, who had declared itself independant of the Pellinese Empire. The Lariyan Emir at the time, Adham Mirzarhi, refused to support the Shah's call to arm's. Shah Muhamed called for all the Emir's who failed to provide soldiers to be arrested and executed, which in turn sparked the War of the Pellina Island Succession.

The war lasted three months, only ending when Shah Muhamed and his family were killed by Emir Jamal Al Baqara of the Emirate of Salehstan. Emir Mirzarhi raised an army of 20,000 and fought a number of battles against the Shah in the Emirate of Makaoui.

On March the 18th 1206, the 19 Emir's of the former Pellinese Empire met at Intisar (Emirate of Makaoui) and the Treaty of Intisar was signed by all 19 Emir's granting independence to the Emirates. Lariya remained for some 500 years a Theocracy state with the most powerful warlord representing Allah, as the Emir of Lariya. This led to a 500 year period of inter-tribal wars.

St Samuel Period

In 1722, Vincenzo De La Moya, a Samuelonian trader travelled to Lariya, where he founded the Western St Samuel Company in Zanobia and eventually controlled the lucrative the spice trade of the Pellina Island. Inter-tribal wars throught the 1740's led King Isaac Fernandino of St Samuel to send a fleet of naval ships and 5,000 soldiers to protect the Western St Samuel Companies establishments in Zanobia.

Furthing tribal wars in Lariya, saw the city of Zanobia come under threat of the powerful Diswanaq tribe. In May 1747, the Diswanaq tribe attacked the city of Zanobia, which at the time was controlled by the Razirah tribe, Emir Saud Bin Ottaz's tribe. The rise of the Diswanaq tribe threatened to ruin the Western St Samuel Companies monopoly over the spice trade and King Isaac Fernandino sent a further 10,000 troops led by Lord Oscaro Di Piqa to support Emir Bin Ottaz.

Lord Di Piqa was placed in control of Emir Bin Ottaz's army and in a year long campaign, Di Piqa led the Samuelonian/Razirah army against the Diswanaq tribe. Di Piqa was successful in what became known as the Lariyan Spice War and remained in Lariya with a garrison of 10,000 Samuelonian troops. By 1748, King Isaac Fernandino convinced Emir Bin Ottaz to become a protectorate of St Samuel, to protect him from the other tribes of Lariya. Bin Ottaz accepted the King of St Samuel's offer, thus seeing Lariya come under direct control of St Samuel for nearly 250 years.

From 1799 to 1804 the Southern Holdinia Empire supported by the Emirate of Hassia and the Emirate of Makaoui invaded the Emirate of Abu Omar and the Emirate of Abu Hana, in an attempt to gain control of the vital Baba Canal. The Emirates of Abu Omar and Abu Hana quickly recruited the help of St Samuel, and thus becoming protectorates of St Samuel. By November 1804 St Samuel and it's allies were victorious over Southern Holdinia in the Baba Canal War. A large number of Lariyan's were called up to fight for St Samuel during the Baba Canal War.

The Baba Canal War was a small conflict compared to the Great War of Pellina which began in 1812 and saw nearly the whole of the Pellinese Island become a battle ground, where the Arab states allied themselves with either St Samuel or Southern Holdinia. The war had only minor affects on Lariya, other than attacks on the port of Zanobia by the Southern Holdinian navy in 1816 and 1819. During the war around 40,000 Lariyan's were called up to fight for St Samuel in the war. The Great War of Pellina ended in 1827 with victory for St Samuel and it's allies and ending Southern Holdinia's time in the Arab lands.

Independence

Lariya was granted independence in 1902 by Queen Mariana I of St Samuel, thus entering a new phase of Lariyan history. A Laiyan noblemen, Namir Al-Sawwiyah, who had served as Governor of the Samuelonian Protectorate of Lariya was made the first President of Lariya.

Al-Sawwiyah held office for 17 years, before his reign as president was ended after he was assaniated. Major-General Gamal Latif-Farooq, commander of the Lariyan army took office and controlled Lariya for some 23 years. President Latif-Farooq died in 1942 of natural causes and the countries first free elections were held in which Mohammed El-Zadda became President. El-Zadda had only been President for two months before he was overthrown by Major-General Mustafa Al-Rahman.

Major-General Mustafa Al-Rahman proved unpopular with the people, who didn't want another military dictatorship.

Recent History

On the 22nd of November 2007, the people of Lariya voted to become an emirate of the United Federal Kingdom of St Samuel, making the region a federal emirate.

Geography

Adminstrative Capital

Zanobia

Other Cities: Suqeima, Port Mustafa, Al Samriya, Faldagaya, Maktouba, Umm Dasyia, Satwa, Al Hussanein, Al Majaz, Heshamya, Umm Asser, Toukassa, Nadda, Sadr

Demographics

Population

32,061,247

Religion

Muslim 87%, Orthodox Christian 8%, Catholic 5%