State visit to Shireroth by the Shahanshah of Çakaristan
| State visit to Shireroth by the Shahanshah of Çakaristan | |
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| Original title | State visit to Shireroth by the Shahanshah of Çakaristan |
| Language | Common Tongue |
| Author(s) | Gustaaf Vermeylen, Ric |
| Genre | Historical narratives |
| Location(s) | Shireroth |
| (main) characters | Jaaguzan, Zahra al-Osman and Salome |
| Timeframe | 12–17.II.1726 |
The State visit to Shireroth by the Shahanshah of Çakaristan occurred 12–17.II.1726.
Programme
Day 1:
- Arrival of the Shahanshah, the Shahbanu, the Vali Ahd, Grand Vizier, Abu Turbati, and Vizier ud-Dawla.
- A welcome ceremony at the airport
- The royals are taken to their residence. The state officials to the Çakari embassy.
Day 2:
- The royals visit the Kaiseress
- Inspection of the guard, the Apollonian Guard
- State banquet
Day 3:
- Visit to the Çakari embassy to visit the graves of Kaiseress Noor and Kaiser Ayreon IV, followed by a visit to Raynor Mausoleum
- Visit to the Palace of Zirandorthel,
- Visit to the Metzler University
- State officials hosted for a dinner by the Steward of Shireroth.
Day 4:
- Departure of royals to 's Koningenwaarde, state officials return to Agra.
- Arrival and meeting with Frederick Alfons des Vinandy and Farzana Casimira.
- Visit to the city: the Cathedral and finally Blanckenhof Palace.
Day 5:
- Departure and arrival at Vinandy
- Visit to Château des Vinandy
- Return to Çakaristan
Preparations
Prince Atreyu, the eldest son of Prince Rubin – the unofficial heir apparent to Salome, had been charged with overseeing the state visit from the Shahanshah and the Shahbanu or the Duke and Duchess of Brandenburg, Prince and Princess of Shireroth (as they were known in Shirerithian law and court).
It was Atreyu's first real task of diplomacy – he needed to prove himself to his father and grand-aunt the Kaiseress, to show them that he was fir for difficult and complex tasks.
This was after all no ordinary state visit. This was a visit marinated in complexities stemming from 1651 when the two sides of the Ayreon-Kalirion dynasty split – one into the exiled side (from which the Duke of Brandenburg descends) and one Shirerithian side (of which the Kaiseress now is the head). The exiled side did not give up their ties or claims to Shireroth despite their exile until after the collapse of Stormark in 1685, having, in Shirerithian law then, held such claims in pretense. But with Salome's opening, following the accession of Jingdao and Batavia to Shireroth, the exiled sides of her family were slowly brought back into the warmth again, and reparations were made. Citizenship was restored to Hakim bin Alsalam in 1711 with the title of Duke of Brandenburg. Eleven years later, he was restored to his rightful place in the Imperial Family of Shireroth with the predicate Prince of Shireroth for himself and his legitimate children. This also meant to an ex post facto restoration of his mother's rights and claims in Shireroth, including her share of the inheritance from the death of Kaiseress Noor in 1650.
With the release of the inheritance in 1722 with the restoration of the rights, Hakim had used his share of the inheritance to purchase a palace in Shirekeep, called the Hadiqat al-Nakhil (garden of palms), which after four years of renovations was now ready to welcome its owner and master, the Duke of Brandenburg.
The Kaiseress and Shahanshah were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Kaiseress Noor, both emperors of their respective regimes, and both members of the Ayreon-Kalirion dynasty. This visit, organized on the Shirerithian side by Prince Atreyu, would reunite the two sides of the family, and finalize their reconciliation.
Prince Atreyu was nervous. He was now standing at Mattlore Devious International Airport in Cabbagefall, waiting for the aeroplane carrying the Brandeburgs back to their ancestral land of Shireroth to land. Red carpets were prepared, a military orchestra, an honour guard from the Apollonian Guards of the Western Imperium, clad in the ceremonial 16th century uniform with gold tunics and titanium plates and helmets and spears, with the new flag of Shireroth painted on their shields.
Prince Atreyu's welcoming committee also included his younger brother Prince Valdemar al-Aziz, as well as Steward Professor Louis Thuylemans, the first non-noble head of government in Shireroth's history.
