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Sinkhara Azarkhate

 * Government: Azarkhate (quasi-theocratic absolute monarchy)
 * Azarkh: Farhan Zaitun al-Rasheed al-Sinkhara (b.987, r.1023-1051), Shahzan Yazir al-Rasheed al-Sinkhara (b.1012, r.101-)
 * Dynasty: Sinkhara
 * Economy: The Sinkhara economy revolves around agriculture, mining in the north, small amounts of logging, pilgrimages to Kandahar from other parts of the Arzhamite world, and land and sea trade between the Middle East and India.
 * Capital: Kandahar (before 1053), Arzhamabad (OTL Islamabad, Pakistan; after 1053)
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~4,000,000
 * Arzhamabad: 5,000
 * Kandahar: 45,000
 * Taxila: 50,000
 * Patalena: 40,000
 * Sagala: 25,000
 * Tajbakhsh: 10,000
 * Rural areas/other cities: ~3,825,000
 * Religion: 15% Arzham, 71% Hinduism, 7% Buddhism, 5% Jainism, 2% other
 * Ethnicities: 24% Punjabi, 20% Sindhi, 15% Rajput, 14% Pashtun, 11% Rajasthani, 9% Balochi, 3% Persian, 4% other
 * Military:
 * Army: 
 * Swordsmen: 15,000
 * Archers: 10,000
 * Other Infantry: 32,000
 * Cavalry: 11,000
 * Navy: 
 * ​​​​​​​Light Ships: 9
 * Heavy Ships: 2
 * Transports: 16
 * Non-military merchant ships: ~400
 * Events:
 * Introduction of the Jizya Tax: One of the last decrees of Azarkh Farhan before his death in 1051 to tuberculosis, the Jizya tax was implemented. Designed to facilitate native conversion to Arzham, it decrees that all non-Arzhamites must pay double the tax that is required of an Arzhamite citizen. As the Azarkhate grew, the Jizya tax would become a major income producer for the government.
 * City of Arzham: With the ascension of power of Azarkh Shahzan, the capital was shifted from Kandahar, the birthplace of Arzham, to a more central location, surrounded by hills and mountains on three sides, and on the major trade route through the Hindu Kush mountains between the Middle East and India. Azarkh Shahzan envisioned the new city, built completely from scratch, and crowned with the gigantic White Mosque (not to be completed until 1168), to become a new center for Arzhamite civilization, and thus dubbed the fledgling new town "Arzhamabad", the City of Arzham. Although it is not much more than a small town currently, Arzhamabad would remain the center of power for Arzhamite India for centuries, and would eventually grow into a large metropolis.
 * Missionary Work: Several hundred missionaries are sent to majority non-Arzhamite areas of the Azarkhate (mostly the eastern plains in OTL Northwest India). With the numerous new states popping up in the mountains of Tibet, we send missionaries to these nations, so that they may abandon their old pagan Bön religion and embrace the light of Arzham.
 * Tibetan Shenanigans: We watch the new developments in Tibet with a shrewd eye, and from day one act to secure our interests in the region. We especially look to the kingdom of Tsangat for leverage. Azarkh Shahzan himself, accompanied by diplomats, soldiers, Arzhamite imams and several noblemen, carrying gifts of gold, silver, and lavish artifacts, seeks out the king of Tsangat, and promises him these riches, as well as new technology, protection, and complete domain over all the Betmant peoples, if only he convert to Arzham.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Tsangat: Convert to Arzham, and you will rule all of the Betmant people, from Kashmir to China. please. I swear to Allah on pain of death that we will make it happen should you convert.