Jaunpur

Primary culture

Avadhi (Hindustani)

Capital province

Jaunpur (555)

Government

Iqta

State religion

Sunni

Technology group

Indian

Jaunpuri ideas

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Traditions:

−10% Infantry cost

+1 Diplomatic relation

Purbias

+10% Land fire damage

Shiraz-i Hind

+10% Institution spread

Sants and Sufis

+50% Religious unity

Jaunpuri Architecture

−10% Development cost

Gangetic Plain

+10% Goods produced modifier

Hindustani Classical Music

+1 Yearly prestige

Modernization of the Army

+10% Infantry combat ability

Ambition:

+10% Global trade power

Jaunpur is a north Indian Sultanate and one of the major powers in the region. They can form Hindustan if they acquire all the necessary provinces. Jaunpur follows the Hanafi school.

Decision[edit | edit source]

Jaunpur can form Hindustan as Hindustani nation.

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Form Hindustan (Dravidian, Hindustani, Western Aryan)

Form the mighty Hindustan and bring all the lands of the Indian subcontinent under your rule.

Potential requirements

Hindustan does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation.
is not the Mughals
has never formed Bharat or Hindustan before.
is not colonial nation.
is Muslim.
does not have 'Steppe Horde' government reform
has a culture in either culture group:
- Dravidian
- Hindustani
- Western Aryan

If the country is AI-controlled then it:

is not a custom nation
is not a former colonial nation.
has at least 15 cities

Playing with normal or historical nations.

Allow

The country:

is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war.
is not a nomad nation.
has 3 stability.
has embraced Feudalism
owns its core provinces:
- Multan (506)
- Surat (517)
- Central Doab (524)
- Madurai (536)
- Daulatabad (545)
- Cuttack (552)
- Pataliputra (558)
- Bidar (1948)
- Halar (2052)
- Kumari (4410)
- Mansura (4503)
- Tondainadu (539)
- Kandy (2099)
- Ujjain (4461)
owns core provinces if primary culture is Dravidian:
- Vijayanagar (541)
- Seringapatam (4421)
owns core provinces if primary culture is Hindustani:
- Lahore (507)
- Delhi (522)
owns core provinces if primary culture is Western Aryan:
- Chittor (518)
- Mahakoshal (550)

Effects

The country:

becomes Hindustan.
gains 10 prestige.
gets new missions.
gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it is a custom nation.
becomes an empire.
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
gains permanent claims on the Indian subcontinent.

AI will always take this decision.

AI gives "small priority" (50) to this decision

Events[edit | edit source]

Main article: Jaunpuri events

Jaunpuris events revolve around its Indian and Muslim neighbours, such as Bundelkhand; they require a Muslim Jaunpur.

Strategy[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Jaunpur. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Jaunpur begins in a very good position with an excess of ducats and a wide range of expansion. Sirhind will likely petition you for support independence: deny, since Sirhind will often fully annex Delhi and then become Delhi, giving them large amounts of claims on your land and destroying any alliance the two nations had. Expansion into the small nations to the south and southeast should be a priority, as is dev-pushing your capital after penalties for Renaissance and Colonialism get too large. Destroying Bengal and Orissa grants you access to the coast, but going too far east can lead to Ming declaring a war for tributary status that you are not likely to win. Juggling AE to the south, east, north, and west can be done, using attacks against Delhi, the Tibetan nations, and the aforementioned Bengal and Orissa. Around the turn of the century Jaunpur has the ability to become a juggernaut in India, with a wide range of options to choose from in the future. 1500 should see Jaunpur with 500 dev, a large army, and likely many vassals around their lands.

Form Delhi opening[edit | edit source]

A great way to start a Jaunpur game is to enter the estate mapmode and cede all your free provinces to the Jains estate. This will barely take them up to 30 influence, and from there you can use their estate interactions to get them to 75 and then harvest 150 diplomatic power from them. You can then accept the two possible cultures and pop the generic aryan mission giving you claims on Delhi. Attack Delhi on 11th of December and you'll hopefully catch them before the Sirhind independence war, and they get any meaningful allies. Annex them fully and you will be able to form Delhi yourself giving you a fantastic mission tree and lots of free cores, and you'll have Sirhind and Delhi's other minor vassal for yourself. Fully annexing Delhi is likely to cause a small coalition to emerge, so make sure you also grab some powerful allies and it should be no trouble.

Country guides

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