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I started writing about Tin's navy and made an entry for Sea Jackals. They're Tinite pirates, and like the elven mercenaries they'll work for just about anybody.

The best part is that half the time they do so for free (for the winning side, of course) because they are content to just make profit by selling stolen boats and cargo. And they ransom captured sailors for exorbitant prices, of course.
[/quote]Funny part about elven "mercenaries" that they have nothing to do with that.
They're just bored nobles with some forces to spare because Yllendthyr doesn't give a finger to what they usually do with their forces.
A good part of Yllendthyr's nobles actually take their duty as traditional protectors of the country seriously as you saw with no less than 89 noble Aramegyr stationing in Zanshir Islands.
Although to be fair most of them are there because they almost take it as a vacation and because the emperor compensates them a bit for their "contribution to the empire".

If we are at it, I forgot to mention that of course Yllendthyr's army is divided by the forms of warfare. The Brascad has air force, navy and general army branches. Drefgiad and Aramegyr are divided by states or per noble family so there's no point in differentiating them aside from battalion/division level. So Drefgiad unites their share of ground,air and naval forces under the same leadership.

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The first Sultan was Temujin, a great warrior that conquered half a dozen khanates and united Tin. An amazing achievement, considering the lands that he conquered and controlled were almost as large as modern-day Tin.

The most violent and zealous was perhaps Timur, he was the one that conquered half of KalMea and also fought in the crusades to the north (in what is now Avalia) no doubt killing hundreds of thousands.

Those are probably the two most famous Sultans and the ancestors that Banur always talks about honoring, but both have been dead for centuries.

As in for the more recent ones, they've been stubborn and traditional, refusing to change and causing Tin to decline while they do little more than live in luxury and expand the already massive palace complex in Saroy City. Babur's father and grandfather were slightly more competent, having the wisdom to establish relations with Ventium and modernize the country with telegraph lines and a better navy.

One thing that would definitely stick is out that Babur is only 18 (most Sultans would rule from perhaps 30 or 40 until they died, usually at least in their mid 60s) and he certainly has some fire, like Baktu commented.

For circa when they reigned, I've been avoiding the use of dates thus far because we have no official timeline and I don't want to create any contradictions. See my above statement about when they usually rule from (Babur's father died in his 50s) and you could probably figure out roughly how long ago each successor was coronated.
[/quote]I see. Well, then it's quite likely that the emperor knew Babur's grandfather.
Albeit since apparently they were only decent rulers instead of anything that can be directly compared to Babur, I think I'll go with a more vague comment.
And yeah, I'll comment on the age of Babur.
For reference my emperor considers Velikaya a youth chasing childish ideals.
30 years is the bare minimum Elves are considered adults. It's about the equivalent of a human aged 13.
If you'd want to look for a more "legal" age, that'd be around 42.
Granted, the current emperor did ascend to the throne "young".
But it also worths noting that the Emperor of Yllendthyr has about as much power as does the Queen of England.
His responsibilities are not the same as Tin's Sultan.
Albeit the current emperor is more active than his father was.
His grandfather is not a fair comparison because he ruled just at the beginning of the constitutional monarchy.
To be exact he made the system after his father died along with the 1st Imperial Gryffn Cavalry.