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1698 Sanaman Revolution

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Background

The general political, economic and social situation in Sanama formed the background to the 1697 Sanaman attempted military coup d'état, the direct precursor to the Sanaman Revolution of 1698. The attempted coup had shaken Sanaman politics, which believed the country had achieved a certain level of political security after Hiedler's brief junta in 1678. With trust in the Sanaman military severely damaged and top organisers fleeing abroad, distrust was at a high point. The effective defection of the Vice Chancellor and Secretary for Justice, Jasmina Hosseini, also confirmed that the coup had collaborators in the highest organs of state. The intelligence community had also proven to be ineffective in preventing threats to Sanaman democracy. With Chancellor Nur Pinito Caprici censured but still leading a caretaker government, now in shambles after the Democratic Humanist Party had left following Hosseini's defection, and the leftist parties in the Llusan still fighting among themselves, the political and social environment was conductive to more forceful action.

Events

The revolution started on 15.II.1698 when armed SLF(r) militia organised in Niyi, taking over several neighbourhoods and forming local councils for governance. The uprising quickly spread through the city as more sympathisers and members of Peoples' Front parties joined the revolution. Confrontations with local police were minimal, since many police officers sympathised with the revolutionaries. Firefights with KRr officers did take place, but in most cases ended without deaths. The metropolitan police has more responsibilities compared to smaller police departments and metro officers are therefore more common than KRr officers. Many KRr officers had also not received paychecks for months due to the economic situation. On 16.II.1698 the revolution spread to Fatehpur Sikri, with similar uprisings throughout the city. The following days more and more areas were effectively put under SLF(r) control, mostly urban and rural areas, with large areas surrounding military bases still ruled from Semisa City. As a response to this expansion of communist influence and power, two other groups of entities responded. Several areas, especially rural ones, were put under the control of militias aligned with the Democratic Humanist Party, especially in northern and western Highpass. In the case of Highpass, equipment and volunteers crossed the border from the Unified Governorates. The other group of entities were ethnic, nominally democratic movements forming in northern Cisamarra, Thanidor, So-Sara, Shimmerspring and elsewhere.

On 8.III.1698 rebels loyal to the SLF(r) attempted to gain access to the Pahay Lunti in Semisa City, the official residence of the Chancellor of Sanama, occupied by Keysa Nur Pinito Caprici, her partner Maliya Kulahi and their two children. Several members from the KRr detachment tasked with protecting the property had secretly defected to the rebels, allowing them access to the building. While a firefight broke out in the entrance hall between KRr officers still loyal to the national government and rebels, killing several on both sides, the close protection detail managed to extract the first family through a secret evacuation tunnel connecting to the National Chancellery across the street. Rebels took control of the building but failed in their main objective, apprehending the first family.

Aftermath

With the central government losing effective control over large parts of the country, and several factions competing with each other for power, the revolution soon transitioned into the Sanaman Civil War.