Therefore it is important to only land 1 son as your heir if you are not in need of landing others, reducing the risk of civil war upon your succesion.Īt the start of the game several members of the Fatimid and Abbasid families, who also hold the caliphates, are relatives of the prophet himself. Take care as this can change with the unintended heir conquering inside or outside the realm thereby making him heir. If the player gives land to more than one son, then the most powerful will become heir. Greatly reducing the risk of civil war due to the claimants being unlanded and powerless. This will make the landed son (because he is now most powerful) the heir regardless of his age. This means the player can choose his own heir by simply giving land to one of his children and not the rest. This means Muslim rulers have a very large risk of civil war within their realm upon the death of their ruler, if all of the sons have holdings. Under this type of law all of a rulers male heirs hold a claim to the throne when the ruler dies. With each ruler able to take up to 4 wives, it is easier to establish and maintain alliances with other muslim nations.įor Muslim rulers there is only one type of succession law available, Agnatic Open/Turkish Sucession.Muslim women cannot marry matrilinarly at all.This can result in a flood of babies if your lustful 16 year old ruler marries 4 16 year old wives. All of your wives can get pregnant based on normal fertility chances.Divorces are instant and do not require religious approval, however a fee is always required along with her relative's disaproval.You cannot take a wife who is older than 40 years old.The 'first' wife is also the only one whose stats contribute to your state statistics. This may cause friction between the other wives who may ask to be named first wife. This means that she is the highest ranked among his spouses. The first woman a Muslim ruler marries is his 'first' wife.In fact if a muslim ruler does not have enough wives than he may suffer a prestige penalty.