Rus' Caliphate

The Rus' Caliphate or the Russian Empire as it was often called by the other states of Europe, was a state in Eurasia that was the predecessor of the modern state of Russia.

The Rus' Caliphate was born out of the fall of Kiev to the Black Empire. While the city was able to escape from vampire control, the presence on the borders of the Empire and the damage done by its numerous invasions caused the power in the Russian world to move from Kiev towards the city of Moscow.

The Khan of Moscow, Dragoslav, was approached by islamic missionaries from the nearby Khanate of Kazan, a powerful Turkic state, offering alliance should he accept Islam. Seeing an opportunity, the Khan accepted and ordered the conversion of Moscow to Islam, cementing the path of all of Russia's future.

The combined efforts of Moscow and Kazan were able to subjugate the entirety of Russia, as well as fend off Christian incursions into the area. By the end of the Latin Crusades, the Islamic world had been ravaged by war, and no caliphate was left. The Fatimid Empire had declared itself to be the Caliphate, however, its adherence to Shi'a doctrine caused widespread rejection of its claim. As the most powerful state at the time, Moscow declared itself to be the new Caliphate, absorbing Kazan and Crimea into its fold as an example of its power. Though the Russians were a relatively new entrant into Islam, they were the only viable option for a truly strong caliphate, and thus the focus of Islam gradually began to move north, as the Russian state began to conquer land and move its presence further south into the Middle East.

Russian conquests were responsible for the Islamization of North Asia, Finland, and The Baltic.

The Caliphate would, however, eventually be toppled in the 19th century, when secularists demanded the end of the Caliph's involvement in Russian politics. The result ended with the Caliph being granted the City of Kazan, only to have this concession later minimized to only the Kremlin within Kazan.