Bashurat Crisis
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The Bashurat Crisis, sometimes referred to as the Satrian Crisis or in Satria the Parvat Uprising was an international crisis in the Rajadom of Ajahadya in 1909 over Etrurian commercial interests and nationals in the Bashurat Valley being threatened by an uprising by native workers and soldiers and the inability of the Raja of Ajahyadya, Shahu II, to protect Etrurian nationals and commercial interests. This resulted in the governor of Satria Etruriana, xxx yyy, ordering Etrurian troops supported by contingents contributed by native Thakurs under Etrurian protectorate of Satria Libera into Ajahadya to restore order.
Shahu II appealed to the Gaullican governor of Sangte for assistance, fearing that the Etrurians intended to depose him and either incorporate Ajahadya into the Etrurian Empire or restore his exiled brother, Kaval I to the throne, promising numerous concessions to Gaullica in the form of reductions in tarriffs, granting of extranationality and the transfer of royal lands to Gaullican companies in exchange for their support.
The two armies shadowed each other up either bank of the Bashurat River for several weeks while the Raja prepared a defence of the capital, Banabadura. Scouting parties briefly clashed at the Bashurat State Railway Bridge, mistaking the other for elements of the Satrian rebels which threatened to escalate into a colonial conflict over the Bashurat river valley. Diplomats from both countries met and negotiated a compromise without the involvement of the Raja, where the Gaullicans agreed to shadow the Etrurian army while it put down the rebellion before returning to Satria Etruriana while also agreeing to pressuring the Raja to pay reparations to Etrurian companies for their losses.
The crisis ended with the Etrurian army decisively defeating the uprising and returning to Satria Etruriana, but firmly pushed Shahu II into the Gaullican sphere of influence and also showed his lack of firm control over Ajahadya. Although the revolt itself was defeated, many who had fought for it escaped into the mountains and jungles or be sheltered by locals and later formed the core of the Green Pardals after the Saahl Gold Fields Revolt in 1911. Many prominent figures in Satrian history were involved in some way with the Crisis; Mohan Balchandra and Jalender Sarai both fought with the Raja's army against the uprising, while Arjuna Kalsarah and Udit Dhinsa fought with the uprising.
