Symmerian Khanate
Makedonian Khanate | |||||||||
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| 1305–1579 | |||||||||
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 Territory administered by the Khanate | |||||||||
| Capital | Parilla | ||||||||
| Common languages | Makedonian Proto-Syaran Early Ruvelkan | ||||||||
| Religion | Zobethos | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Makedonian | ||||||||
| Government | Tributary State | ||||||||
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• 1305 - 1319 | Myrtilos | ||||||||
• 1558 - 1579 | Zenko II | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• Established | 1305 | ||||||||
• Reformed as Rioni Union | 1579 | ||||||||
| Currency | Drachma | ||||||||
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The Makedonian Khanate was an administrative division and tributary state of the Arkoennite Empire formed following its conquest of the Makedonian Empire in 1305. Overseen by an Arkoennite delegation, the Makedonian Zelusian Dynasty was tasked with enforcing Arkoennite rule over Syara and western Ruvelka, collecting taxes for annual tribute to Arkoenn while maintaing generaly stability across the Khanate. The Makedonians were also responsible for providing troops, ships, and supplies for the Arkoennites when called upon. The relationship was effectively a reversal of the Makedonian Empire, where Makedon had collected tribute and levied military forces from the Arkoennites.
The Makedonians were responsible for administering north-west Siduri eastward until the Kurilla Mountains, which had been the norm for over a thousand years. However the loss of prestige and wealth that followed their defeat at the Battle of Nemaro stymied the effectiveness of Makedonian rule. Between the 15th and 16th Centuries Makedonian social influence began to wane significantly as Slavic and Ruvelkan language and culture steadily developed and grew, resulting in an increasingly isolated government that did not reflect the customs and norms of its subjects. By the late 1400s and early 1500s revolts and violence broke out across Syara and Ruvelka, which the Makedonians struggled to control. Increasing unrest and instability diminished trade and annual tribute, frustrating the Arkoennites who made extensive use of Syaran ports along the Sundering and Sanguine Seas. This eventually culminated in the removal of the Makedonian throne from its position of authority and the forced wedding of Mikhail Baligov of Galania with Réka Prohászka of the Principality of Debrecen, forming what became known as the Rioni Union in 1579.
Historians disagree on the exact duration of the Khanate. Modern histography generally holds that the Makedonian Khanate ended in 1579 with the formation of the Rioni Union. Makedonian historians largely do not recognize the Khanate in a similar manner in which they do not recognize the Makedonian Empire itself, instead considering the Realm as one continuous entity. The Arkoennites did not consider the Rioni Union a seperate state and continued to refer to the region as the Makedonian Khanate up until the dissolution of the Akroennite Empire itself.