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  1. The Land of Tigers and Doyels: a Bengal Wank

    A History of 20th Century Bengal: the Land of Tigers and Doyels: Section I - The Struggle for Independence Chapter one: A brief history of C.R. Das: 1869 -1921 Photograph of Deshbandhu, following his release from prison in 1923. Every Bengali child today grows up learning about the famous...

  2. The process of Arabisation in the Middle East

    This is a question I've been wondering, how exactly did the process of Arabisation of places such as the Levant and Egypt occur, and how long did the process occur. The Arabisation of the Maghreb, Al-Andalus and Persia (mostly the failure of it in this case) is relatively well documented, but...

  3. WI/PC: Earliest possible Crusader - esque Orders

    At what point did the idea of knights from Western Europe joining together to form an order against some kind of Islamic foe become viable/plausible? I understand the direct causes of the First Crusade come from Seljuk attitudes towards Christian pilgrims following the Battle of Manzikert...

  4. AHC: Sikh majority Bengal

    With a POD no earlier than the formation of the Khalsa (1699) make Bengal (the combined region of both modern West Bengal and Bangladesh) Sikh majority, this does not have to be an absolute majority in which Sikhs outnumber Muslims and Hindus combined, but a majority in which the Sikh population...

  5. WI: Dara Shikoh becomes Mughal Emperor instead of Aurangzeb

    Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb were the two sons of Shah Jahan who engaged in a succession war near the end of his reign, and the two represent polar opposite types of rulers. In OTL, Aurangzeb won the war, and went to be a highly religiously conservative ruler, who alienated many of the Mughals non...

  6. Falcons of Cordoba - The Al-Andalus Chronicles

    FORWARD: AL-ANDALUS CHRONICLES: Millenia Edition A depiction of Tariq ibn Ziyad, conqueror of Al-Andalus during the Umayyad conquest of 711 The history of Al-Andalus is a narrative of triumph and tragedy. Our history books are decorated with the names of great rulers, legendary warriors...

  7. AHC: Domestication of Zebra

    In the modern 21st century, Zebra, as a whole, cannot be domesticated, (with the exception of a few one offs). However, your challenge is to create POD within the last 2 millenia in which we have domesticated Zebra due to selective breeding, changes in condition or otherwise. Bonus points if...

  8. AHC: Make African American secessionism succeed

    Sometime from 1900 to the present day, create a situation in which the African American population has its own "homeland", this can range anywhere from something to similar to the reservations of the Native Americans or as far as an actual independent nation within the borders of OTL USA (or in...

  9. WI: Muhammad of Ghor fails

    Muhammad of Ghor was one of the many medieval Muslim leaders from the Iranian plateau who launched conquests into the rich, fertile lands of India. Ghori is considered to be the most important (along with the earlier Ghaznavi) as his conquests made permanent gains in Northern India, dislodging...

  10. AHC: Culturally "Hindu" Islamic India

    Now by Islamic India I don't mean an India that is majority Muslim, I just mean that the Indo-Islamic cultural continuum (which includes Pakistan and Bangladesh, and to a lesser extent Afghanistan, Malaysia etc) is much more "Hindu" (and by that I mean Pre - Islamic Indian) in terms of culture...

  11. Kornalov Affair Successful, Fascist Russia?

    During the era of the Kerensky provisional government of Russia (1917), a coup was attempted by General Kornalov. Due to the provisional government siding with the Bolsheviks and other radical groups, the coup was prevented. However, what if Kornalov was successful? Would Russia have...

  12. WI: The British East India company loses the battle of Plassey

    The Battle of Plassey, fought between the East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, is often regarded as a pivotal moment in Indian history, and can be regarded as the first major step in the British's expansion in the continent. However, what would be the consequence of the...

  13. WI: a surviving Sikh Empire

    In the period from the late 18th century to his death in the 1840s, maharaja Ranjit Singh had managed to form a coherent state in the Punjab, formed from the various Sikh Fiefdoms. The empire was pretty anti-communal, based on a sense of meritocracy and had even launched a counter invasion into...

  14. Graveyard Of Empires - Rise Of The Afghan Hound

    Graveyard Of Empires - Chapter One:A Changed Decision (Part One) It was another bustling day in the city of Kabul, the capital of the Emirate. The markets of the city were alive and well, people trading all sorts of fine goods, everything from textiles and fruit to even the occasional...

  15. AHC: Make one of these South Asian states modernise

    With a POD in the 18th century or later make any of these states "pull a Meiji"? - Afghanistan: their are generally two points I can see this working. Directly after the death of Ahmad Shah Durrani (maybe a more competent son inherits the empire), or during the 1820s - 1830s. - Maratha...

  16. PC: Tuareg/Berber people as Mongol-esque conquerers

    I've been playing with an idea in which the Tuareg Clans are united by a Temujin-like figure some time in the 11th - 13th Century, with plans of conquering as much as they can. Also, they could bring their unque brand Islam-animism to the rest of Maghreb and possibly even the Middle East and...

  17. King John's relationship with the Almohads?

    I've heard some somewhat unreliable information that King John of England offered to convert to Islam on the condition he received support from the Almohad Sultan. Is any of this true? And if so, what if al-Nasir had agreed? Would things have worked out, for both England and the Almohads?

  18. AHC: Zoroastrian Russia

    Your challenge, should you accept, is to find a PoD that will lead to a scenario where there is a Russ state (Or multiple Russ states) in which Zoroastrianism is practiced by the nobility and majority of the population. Also note the no PoDs before 247 BC. Bonus points for PoDs after 224 AD...

  19. Alternate Islamic schisms

    Inspired by an earlier thread, the point is to think up scenarios where there are alternate Islamic sects. If you want a challenge, you have to think of a PoD where there is a sect of Islam that is anti-Arab.

  20. AHC: Surviving Golden Horde

    Your challenge, should you accept, is to create a plausible scenario where the Golden Horde (or a successor state) survives to the modern day. My personal choice would be for Timur to spare the Golden horde, and Tokytamysh to continue his destruction of the Christian Russ states.
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