Pre-1798: Saheristan in the 1790s was corrupt, misgoverned, and in a state of financial ruin. In addition, their sea trade was severely hampered by Coanchuan piracy, which they lacked the naval forces to effectively combat. The Maziar dynasty had rung up huge debts to primarily Baltic banks that could no longer be repaid. Under pressure from the banks that held the debt, the country's finances were being controlled by representatives of Balticum and a number of other great powers.
June 1798: General Aman-Kabir Asharid leads a popular nationalist revolt against the Maziar Sultanate, and against foreign influence. Sultan Salman Maziar III overthrown and imprisoned. Aman-Kabir is made Sultan.
An anti-Christian riot occurrs in Al-Qādisiyyah. Dozens of foreigners are lynched. A Baltic Expeditionary force is dispatched to protect Baltic citizens and shipping interests in the Matilda Channels.
15 December 1798: The Battle of Kassara takes place. The Baltic Expeditionary Army successfully surprise Sultan Aman-Kabir's army and inflict a crushing defeat. The Asharid army, outclassed tactically and technologically, breaks and flees. Aman-Kabir is killed during the battle.
24 January 1799: The victorious Balts occupy Al-Qādisiyyah and vastly expand Baltic influence over Saheristan. Sultan Salman Maziar III is restored to the throne as a puppet, and the Maziar Sultanate becomes a Baltic protectorate. A number of small battles take place until total suppression of the country by 1801.
Under a divide-and-rule policy, Lalishis are elevated by the Balts to management roles over the Saheris, deflecting anger away from the Baltic occupiers but stoking ethnic tensions.
1833-1835: The Saheri Insurrection was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in Saheristan again Baltic colonial rule. Tens of thousands of Lalishis are murdered. The uprising is defeated and suppressed.
1950: Enormous oil reserves are discovered in Saheristan. Prospecting begins in earnest.
1 November 1954 - 8 June 1962: The Saheri War of Independence takes place. Guerillas from the Saheri Brotherhood attack military and civilian targets throughout the Maziar Sultanate, issuing the Saheristan's declaration of independence. Brutal guerilla warfare and terrorist bombings lead to wholesale slaughter until peace talks take place in 1962.
Umar Zain Shaddad is crowned as a figurehead King of Saheristan, which is established as a constitutional monarchy.
20 October 1965: Black October occurs. King Umar utilises allies in the military to overthrow the constitutional government and establish an absolute monarchy. More than 20,000 constitutionalists and republicans are executed. A reign of terror ensues as King Umar enriches himself. Oil exports remain stable, and foreign intervention is thus discouraged.
January 1973: King Umar, who has grown increasingly paranoid and deluded, is kidnapped by members of his palace staff, secretly members of the New Saheri Brotherhood, a successor organisation pledging to create a free Republic of Saheristan. Popular uprisings take place across the country which the military refuses to repress. The Republic of Saheristan is declared.
5 March 1973: King Umar is found guilty following a trial.
7 November 1973: King Umar is executed by hanging.