Islamic Republic of Daytanistan
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| Capital | Yerbel | ||
| Suffrage | None | ||
| Official Language(s) | Arabic, Dushtoo | ||
| Government Mufti of Daytanistan
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Theocracy Sheikh Ali Madi (1892 to 1921) Sheikh Mamood Mamood (1921 to 1932) | ||
| Established The 1892 Revolution | |||
| Abolished 1933 following the Straw Hat Revolution | |||
The Islamic Republic of Daytanistan (Dushtoo: ee Islamatan Ripooblykan al Daytanistan) was the predecessor state of the modern-day Democratic Republic of Daytanistan, which came into being in the late 19th Century after the overthrowing of the last Shah of the Shahdom of Daytanistan, Mamood Amad Sha. The Islamic Republic of Daytanistan was an Islamic theocratic state under the rule of clerics, the supreme of whom was the Mufti of Daytanistan, who was colloquially referred to as "the Sheikh" by ordinary Daytans. The Islamic Republic was overthrown during the Straw Hat Revolution and supplanted by the modern Daytan state.
The Islamic Revolution
In 1892, Sheikh Ali Madi, the Mufti of Daytanistan, and a large group of followers captured the palace of Mamood Amad Sha in Yerbel, and forced him to abdicate, in response to what they perceived to be a policy of dangerous liberalisation and westernisation. The Sheikh and his supporters declared the Islamic Republic of Daytanistan, and over the next decade extended their authority out from the capital over the rest of the country. An extremely strict version of Islam was imposed on the Daytan people, which was especially unpopular amongst the Daytar and Ashoon tribes. Zirkshe tribes generally supported the regime, however, and indeed the Sheikh and most of his supporters were drawn from this shoobdiman.
The Sheikh and his supporters referred to the overthrow of the Shahdom of Daytanistan as the Islamic Revolution, although it has generally been called simply the 1892 Revolution, especially by the official historians of the Daytan Communist Workers Party, who have sought to portray the revolution's motivations as primarily political in nature rather than religious. Critics of the communist regime's historical censorship believe that this de-emphasis of the religious aspects of Ali Madi's motivations and political thought is because the present regime fears the religious sentiments of large proportions of the Daytan population could be turned into support for a new revolution in the vein of 1892.
Theocracy and the end of Tribalism
In the Islamic Republic, women were forced into purdah throughout the country. While most Daytan women had worn headscarves for centuries, the new dress codes were strict and specific, and the improvised and unobstrusive headscarves (which usually didn't include veils) to which Daytan women were accustomed did not meet these codes. Students, academics, and other men holding certain positions of social or religious distinction were required to wear turbans. Universities were forbidden to teach non-religious subject matter (such as the liberal arts and sciences). Tribal chiefs, who had previously enjoyed significant legal authority over their tribes, had much of their power stripped from them, especially their power to police and judge their own tribes where no other tribe or non-tribesman was involved. This power was vested in regional judges created by Ali Madi predominantly to ensure that the regime's new laws were enforced, as the Sheikh did not believe that tribal chiefs could be trusted to universally implement the new state's laws.
By the 1920s, this left Daytanistan in a profoundly transformed condition from when Ali Madi had come to power. The power of tribal chiefs had largely been broken in most meaningful senses, eroding the tribe as the basic building block of Daytan society. This left many traditional tribal Daytans alienated by the new regime. The extremist form of Islam imposed provoked an anti-religious reaction in many sectors of society, and provoked resentment in most Daytar and Ashoon Muslims, who had never been as strict in their religious observances as their Zirkshe countrymen. The universities had been particularly antagonised, which would prove very significant in the Straw Hat Revolution.
| Daytan Nations | ||
Preceded by: Shahdom of Daytanistan |
1892-1932 Islamic Republic of Daytanistan |
Succeeded by: Democratic Republic of Daytanistan |
