The Sun and the Lion

The news of Makran's inclusion in the rule soon reached Tabriz through the inn. Such a trivial victory was not worth making a big fuss about. The battle reports from Ismail and Ahsan were just quietly placed on the table. On the case.

Mirza's battle report was nothing interesting. It was nothing more than how many tribes were wiped out, how many slaves were imported into Bam's slave market, and how many tribal leaders came to express their obedience.

Ibrahim flipped through it for a while and then closed it. Regarding the issue of how to arrange the Baloch tribes, he began to issue an order for the royal representative to recommend candidates to serve in Maklan from the list.

As for lower-level official positions, they can be directly awarded to obedient Baloch nobles, just like the Afghan tribes in the Hindu Kush mountains and the Kurdish leaders in eastern Asia Minor.

When he read Ehsan's report, Ibrahim's interest suddenly rose because he proposed to invest in this place. At the same time, the commander shared the technical staff's measurement results and evaluation of Gwadar Port - "This is Moklan "The First Good Harbor" - Attached

Regarding this interesting proposal, Ibrahim thought about it for a while and did not make an immediate decision. Building a port is not only a geographical issue, but also an economic issue. He needs to think about whether this investment can obtain corresponding returns.

Finally, he wrote an instruction: "Regarding the issue of funding for the construction of Gwadar Port, the land is currently only valuable as a military port and a fishing port. The relevant funds will be allocated by the fiscal vizier as usual."

As for the administrative division of Makran, Ibrahim simply made changes and cut out the entire Balochistan, including the Makran area, to form a separate province, and the governor-general's seat was first located in Quetta.

After roughly drawing this area on the map, Ibrahim turned his eyes eastward and looked at the Indus River Basin at the very edge of the map, which is the two areas of Punjab and Sindh.

Ibrahim looked greedily at the place names marked on the map, thinking in his mind about bringing this rich land into his rule. In his opinion, if he could establish rule in Punjab and Sind, his contribution to the palace finances would not be inferior to that of Arab Iraq.

As he thought about it, he clenched his fists excitedly: "It seems that we have to find a time to convene a royal meeting on the invasion of India to discuss this issue..."

After asking the secretary to send instructions on the aftermath of the conquest of Moklan to Tiwan and other related agencies, he asked the eunuch to summon Turgut.

The spy chief who had been working hard came to the study. After bowing, Ibrahim ordered: "I am calling you here this time because I have a very important task to give you."

Turgut lowered his head even lower: "But according to His Majesty's orders."

Ibrahim continued: "This time I want your spies to go to Punjab, Sindh, and even Delhi. I want to know the current situation in Hindustan and be able to secretly contact powerful people there."

Now the spymaster knew who the King of Kings was going to attack next, and he saluted again: "Yes, Your Majesty, I promise to complete the mission."

He and Turgut then discussed the details of the mission. It was not difficult for a spymaster to place spies in Punjab. Geographic and most superficial political information could be collected by caravans alone.

What Ibrahim wanted was to get in touch with the governor who was loyal to the Sultan of Delhi, and bribe the other party or lower-level officials to obtain more sensitive information or even instigate some people to rebel.

In addition to establishing a line with the military and political officials of the Lodi Dynasty in Peshawar and Lahore, it is also necessary to prepare a group of details to be responsible for transmitting intelligence on the defenders in the city during the siege, carrying out damage to the best of their ability, and cooperating with the siege troops inside and outside.

Hearing these demands, Turgut became nervous. The Safavid order's missionary network had not expanded to India, and it could no longer easily incite local believers to launch riots or carry out other actions.

Spies who can only rely on concealment to protect themselves in enemy territory do not have the strength to complete such a task, and they may not have enough time.

"Your Majesty, I am skeptical that ordinary craftsmanship can cause much damage in a city that is on alert and has a complete city defense system. If you insist on letting craftsmanship play such a role, please also send dervishes to India for missionary development. Followers." Turgut was a little helpless. After all, most of the previous underground work could either use the missionary network developed by the dervishes, or the tasks were simple.

As the Shaykh, no one in Iran knew the situation of the Order better than he did. Dervishes were basically used to fill the vacancies caused by the expulsion of Sunnis. To this end, he also recruited Shia Ulema from Lebanon, Arab Iraq and Bahrain to build the domestic religious system.

Coupled with territorial expansion, it was difficult for Ibrahim to come up with enough missionaries to send overseas. The only fruitful results outside the country were the missionary network in Asia Minor. Shiite tribesmen and dervishes living in the Ottoman territory had been receiving funding from Ibrahim, especially the previous border conflicts that greatly encouraged them.

And with the Ottoman policy of forced relocation, the missionary network that was originally limited to eastern Asia Minor expanded to the west and even the Balkans. Some red heads were even arrested for security incidents in Concotantiniya.

In addition to the significant progress Bayezid helped Ibrahim achieve, the Safavid side also used technology in order to spread and consolidate Ottoman Shia.

The Gutenberg printing press that Ibrahim had introduced incidentally had already formed an industry in Tabriz, Herat and other places. Basically, the scriptures and hadiths that could be bought in Iranian bazaars or seen in religious schools were official printed version.

In addition to scriptures, these printing workshops also printed other literary, technical, geographical, historical, military and other works approved by Ibrahim.

At the same time, many handicraft workshops were annexed by the palace. Many skilled miniature painters, scribes and framers served Ibrahim and added many hardcover books to his study. The dignitaries ordered miniature paintings and hardcover books. A lot of profits also flowed into his pocket.

In addition, these Shia printed materials flowed into the Ottomans in large quantities through smuggling channels, providing sufficient materials for local Shia missionaries and daily team building.

Of course, these printed materials also reached the hands of Ottoman officials. First, Selim accidentally seized these printed materials. After flipping through them, he found that they were all heresies written in Persian. So he sent these heretical materials to Kostantiniya together with new short compositions, which shocked Padishah a little.

Not surprisingly, Bayezid disappointed Selim again. The Padishah simply ordered a ban on these illegal printed materials that were not taxed, and asked the Grand Mufti to criticize these Persian materials and called on the Sunnis in the country to boycott them. Unknown overseas publications.

As for the initiator of this matter, Ibrahim, the real source of the heretical printed matter, was excluded from the scope of the attack.

Returning to the topic of missionary work and infiltration into India, Ibrahim finally let the spymaster arrange his own work, and planned to export religious printed matter to India to help spread the local Tianfang religion.