The Iran rework -Redoing the 1st Anglo-Afghan War -Adding the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Afghan War -Adding the conflict leading up to the Goldsmid Arbitration and the Goldsmid Arbitration itself -Adding the collapse of Kalat -Adding the Panjdeh Incident -Adding 7 Kurdish minors -Revising pops in the Middle East
NEW WITH THIS UPDATE:
The Iran rework
-First Anglo-Afghan War overhaul
-UK victory puppets the Durrani Empire since the UK installed Shah Shujah Durrani as puppet ruler
-It becomes Afghanistan once more after the event for the retreat of Elphinstone's army
-An event for the Kabul Expedition to avenge the massacre
-A decision to invite the Sikhs into the war in return for Jalalabad
-A decision to invade Kalat which temporarily puppets them and makes them shatter thereafter
-Second Anglo-Afghan War added
-Russia sends an event for a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan
-Britain is informed if they accept, have a decision to send their own
-If Britain is refused, they can declare war, victory enables the Treaty of Gandamak
-After puppeting Afghanistan via the treaty, another event fires that re-ignites the war with the Siege of the British Residency in Kabul
-A decision to offer Iran Kandahar and Herat (as happened historically) in return for influence, Iran can accept, refuse or negotiate a better deal
-In case of Iran accepting, upon peacing out with Afghanistan they receive Herat and Kandahar, Russia gets an event for a puppet CB on Iran
-Otherwise Britain has a decision for installing the Iron Emir which enables the Durand Line and puts Afghanistan on good terms
-Third Anglo-Afghan War added
-Afghanistan gets a decision to attack British India to reclaim land they lost due to the Durand Line
-Once Afghanistan reaches 5 war exhaustian, Britain has a decision for a treaty with the to relinquish their claims and remove British influence
-Rework of the First and Second Siege of Herat:
-Herat itself is now a substate of Iran at start, during the first siege (if Britain doesn't back down), they become a puppet of Afghanistan
-If Britain doesn't back down and wins the second siege, Afghanistan annexes Herat
-Goldsmid Arbitration
-Afghanistan invades their puppet of Kandahar who, via a decision, ask for Iran's help
-Britain gets an event to arbitrate which Iran can agree to or refuse, agreement leads to establishment of historical borders in Baluchistan and Sistan
-Iranian refusal triggers a war (if Britain doesn't back down), Iran cores Kandahar and Britain gets a peacedeal decision to enforce the Goldsmid Arbitration
-Panjdeh Incident
-Once Iran loses all the land around Panjdeh they get an event giving it to Afghanistan
-Meanwhile, Russia has a decision to begin a border convention on the Afghan northern border with Britain
-Once Afghanistan owns Panjdeh and the convention is ongoing, Russia gets a decision to push South into Panjdeh
-Britain gets an event to either back down, force Russia to fully pull back or go no further than Panjdeh
-If Britain backs down, Russia seizes Herat
-If Britain pressures Russia and they refuse, Russia invades Afghanistan who allies Britain to seize Herat
-The Commission finishes their surveys if no war happens, leading to historical borders
-Revolts
-Revolts of Hasan Khan Salar
-2 revolts of Khorasan and Shadlu
-Allow annexation of Shadlu and integration of Za'faranlu
-Hazara Uprising in Afghanistan, tag revolt that leads to reduction of Tajiks and Persians
-New tags
-2 Iranian substates on the southern coast, Shadlu in Khorasan, Jelali in the Northwest and Qa'inat and Herat in the East
-Herat, Za'faranlu and Shadlu see above, the others by peaceable decisions with civilization progress
-Chitral, Hunza-Nagar and Dhir as Afghan vassals in the Northwest Frontier
-Puppeted by Britain via 2 events, released with the Durand Line
-Kharan in Baluchistan, becomes independent with Kalat shattering, puppeted by Britain with the Goldsmid Arbitration
-Chahar Vilayets, Afghan , get annexed by Afghanistan in 1871
-Darvaz, Kokandi vassal in the Pamirs, gets annexed by whoever owns Hissar in 1876
-Wakhan in the Wakhan corridor, stays indpendent until the border commission or the durand line gives Afghanistan cores there
-Kohistan in Dozdab is freed with the shattering of Kalat, annexed by Iranian invasion with the coring decision
-7 new Kurdish minor vassals of the Ottomans, all are annexed by about 1841 through integration decisions, the Oriental Crisis or Bohtan's revolt
-Miscellaneous
-Reshaped accurate Omani coastal leases that get revoked via decision
-43 new provinces in and around Iran
-Total reshape of regions to historical shapes (no more colonial state borders in the Ottomans)
-Total pop overhaul in the Caucasus, Anatolia, Afghanistan and Central Asia
-New cultures
-Pamiri
-Burusho
-Nuristani
-Lazi
-Removing unnecessary small cultures that cause lag, (e.g. Aromanians to Romanians, Polar Bears on Jan Mayen to Icelandic,... )
-Fixing unnecessary provinces in the balkans and repurposing them sensibly elsewhere (e.g. Transnistria, Chepelare,... )
-Qa'inat invades Kandahar via decision
-Iran claims Baluchistan via decision
-7 new province pictures in Iran and Afghanistan
-Total impassables rework
-Battle of Jamrud event for Afghanistan, gives option to invade the Sikhs in 1837 to retake Peshawar despite the truce
Massive credit for the Iran rework goes to Atlas, it wouldn't have been possible without him.
How many cores does persia get?
53