The Caliphate

The Empire of Russia had long been synonymous with the Caliphate. However, when the secular New Russia movement took control of the Russian government in the Youth Rebellion (1900-1902), the rebels gave the ruling Khan, Jakhja XVII, an ultimatum; either he would renounce his status as caliph and rule solely as a secular king within the bounds of a constitution, or they would depose of him as the Emperor of Russia, and reduce him to only a caliph with as minimal land as possible. Jakhja refused to renounce his claim as Caliph, and thus the rebels placed him under house arrest in the palace of the city of Kazan. Later it would be decided to reduce all of his legal authority to rule to the walled palace in the city. Jakhja became known as the "Kremlin Khan" (Khan Kremla). Since this event, the Kremlin of Kazan has been seen as the rump state of the Russian Caliphate, and is internationally recognized as a sovereign nation.