Part I: Arabia and the Shaky TruceThere it is: The full extent of the lands we know of. Everyone withing sight, aside from those damn Egyptians, can easily be conquered, if we play our cards right.How's the king?He's pretty good. We'll keep him alive as long as possible. The heir isn't too great, so he'll be leading our armies to glory..A quick survey of neighbors shows that Adal is much weaker than us, and has no allies. let us pounce and vassalize them while they are ripe! in the mean time, our two diplomats should placate the Mamluks, and fabricating a claim on a neighbor. Why not Hedjaz?Perfect.Hedjaz has declared war on Najd, it seems. While the heathen armies are busy smashing each other up, we shall sweep in and vassalize Hedjaz!In a fun turn of events, Hedjaz made peace with Najd, but Yemen smelled the blood in the water, and declared war right before i vassalized. This put me into a war with Yemen, who was then attacked by Oman.That didn't go well for Yemen, but now Oman has gained a sizable foothold on the Arabian Peninsula. It will take more than one war to bring them under our control.What's this? that useless (1/2/2, i think) heir of ours has died? and how is his replacement? now THAT's a Solomonid that can lead us to victory!Adal is annexed into the glorious 'empire', and now we can fabricate a claim on them. Najd has been subjugated by the Mamluks, though our diplomats continue to keep the Mamluks happy, and Hedjaz provides a nice buffer to prevent any friction at the border.The empire is coming along nicely, but our final goal is not yet in sight. we will need to explore. If we colonize a few provinces along the way, all the better. A certain empty patch of land between us and Swahili is looking especially tempting...We colonize this land gap, and take the fight to Oman. Two quick wars return their stolen property to Yemen (plus some extra), then vassalize Oman itself.Nothing to the north is available for conquest, unless we want to go after the (inconveniently) strong Mamluk army. let's take it to the south!A quick war with Swahili (assisted by the unholy but strong armies from the Arabian peninsula) gives us this: the southernmost province we can see. Time to hire an explorer, and get discovering!End Part I