Sassampijjà
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State in Sinkajjà established in 1336 and ruling from 1342 to 1362, when they were toppled by the Shadaljayyids.
History[edit | edit source]
Vallah Sassan was the Azari-Sinkajjì governor of Saxazà Šatrapàv during the period of the first tribulation.
He appointed to the role for his part leading the imperial troops against members of the black knights of saint adjača, whom were part of the broader covenanter movement.
After the assassination of the emperor in 1336, he, alongside several other generals, would turn against the government in Širandèh, albeit the movement would quickly lose cohesion and the several members would fight between eachother over rulership.
After Kamras Sohrah, ruler of Savajà was defeated by the Council of 50 the remaining southern warlords would be unified under the command of Vallah, and with the fall of Širandèh in 1342.
Vallah would strive for centralization of the realm following his victory, both in regards to religion and administration, and including the purge of the Shadupiyyi nobility and the expansion of the civil bureaucracy instituted during the later Shadupiyyi dynasty.
The state would be plagued by rebellions until the death of Vallah in 1349, assassinated by his own serf.
His son Farsayah would rule from 1349 to 1356 and would revert several of the policies instituted by his father as well as tolerating nominally bokanist religious minorities. Whilst Farsayah's rule was more stable the policies instituted under his tenure led to constant tensions between him and the clergy, the lack of competent officials due to the previous purge would also end up in catastrophe once the Jùr flooded. As years progressed the authority of the crown would wane up to Farsayah's death in 1356, which cascaded into a civil war between his first daughter Mayusa, his second son Kêjjan under his wife and his first son Jjavi, the later of which had married to Lyonara Šèhrijjena Šadaljayyi.
By 1361 Kêjjan and Mayusa had died, the former assassinated after his mother was killed in battle, the later executed after being captured by the black knights, who'd take her daughter Mixayila Kêmalàh Sassandutt under their care.
Jjavi would only nominally rule for a year before dying of malaria, leading to the extinction of the main Sassamid line.