• Western Europe (Lets call this the Oder & West)
  
  
• Eastern Europe (Lets call this Oder & East)
  
  
• Mediterranean Europe (Lets call this south of the Alps, Pyrenees, & Carpathians)

• Near East (Anatolia, Levant, Arabia, Mesopotamia, Persia)
  Information of the Baduspanids Link[www.iranicaonline.org]
  
  
• Indian subcontinent
  
  
• South East Asia & Oceania
  
  
• East Asia

• Maghreb
  
  
• Egypt
  
  
• Sahel & Sub Saharan
  
  
• Madagascar

• North America
  
  
• Mesoamerica
  
  
• Caribbean
  
  
• South America

Originally posted by Smartguy725:

Here's a cited source on the Padusanids: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baduspanids

Ifo not-from-wiki is harder to find for Hejaz, but most point to "unified" rule of the area under various suzerains (Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottomans)

Originally posted by Draíocht:

@Smartguy725

The predominance of the name "Mohammad" in Persia during the 1430s-1450s would suggest the dynasty had been converted, if not the common polpulace. Though I didn't spot any specific reference to Zoroastrianism anywhere in the text at a quick glance, and presumably they started out Zoroastrian. In short: Non-definitive but suggesting Islamic or at best Crypto-Zoroastrian, but still helpful.

And indeed, info on Hejaz is extremely difficult to find... that is the problem!

The best info we have currently, as well as Paradox's handling, suggests the region was independent (albeit vassal) at least, which isn't exactly "unified" under the various major dynasties. Further complicating matters is the region's significance to Islamic peoples -for religious reasons many nation-states identified this as their capital or core territory, even when for all practical purposes their capitals and population centres were located outside of Arabia entirely.

This is helpful, though. Please do keep it up!

Edit - my grammar bad was fixted =p

Originally posted by Smartguy725:

Perhaps, since this is a "suggestions" discussion, we make a research gathering discussion?

I'll also suggest, if we do add it as a Shia nation, perhaps a nation to convert back to Zoroastrian once Shah Rukh dies, considering Paradox's stance that he held the region together?

Originally posted by Draíocht:

@Smartguy725

That is probably quite a good idea! I'll create a new discussion tomorrow with the requisite blah blah (rather buggy at the moment after staring at code for 8 hours).

On the side, I just spotted this in the link you sent, which seems definitive (not what you were hoping for, but still extremely helpful), assuming I'm reading right being so buggy.

"When Eskandar Šayḵī joined Tīmūr’s campaign to Azerbaijan in 802/1399-1400, and Tīmūr put his own men in control of most of Rūyān, Kayūmarṯ b. Bīsotūn was left in possession of the castle of Nūr. Eskandar Šayḵī later returned to the fortress of Fīrūzkūh where he revolted against Tīmūr (ca. 804/1402). The leaders of the army sent against him by Tīmūr asked Kayūmarṯ to join them since he was known to be an enemy of Eskandar. They put him in fetters, however, and sent him to Eskandar in the hope of persuading the latter to submit. Eskandar immediately released Kayūmarṯ who went to Šīrāz to the court of Tīmūr’s son, where he was well received. After the death of Tīmūr in 807/1405 he was arrested. A few months later he escaped and traveled disguised in a group of qalandars to Nūr. There he killed the Timurid commander of the castle and, with the help of the native populace, gained quickly control over all of Rūyān and Rostamdār. Tīmūr’s son Šāhroḵ, who conquered Māzandarān in 809/1407, evidently confirmed his reign and later showed him much favor. During his fifty years’ reign he restored the dynasty once more to a role of prominence on the Caspian scene. He converted to Twelver Shiʿism and induced most of his subjects to follow his example. This meant politically a closer association with the Maṛʿašī sayyeds ruling Māzandarān."

Edit 1 - The good idea was for the research discussion, not the reverting to Zoroastrianism edit, though that would make a fun addition to the flavour mod!