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Muad'Dib's Jihad[1] (10196 AG - 10208 AG), also known as Paul's Jihad, was a twelve-year holy war that devastated the Imperium after the rise of Paul-Muad'Dib Atreides as both Fremen messiah Lisan al Gaib and Emperor of the Known Universe.
History[]
Three years after the defeat of Shaddam IV and his Imperial Sardaukar on the Plains of Arrakeen, the slaying of House Harkonnen forces and leadership, and gaining complete control of all spice production on Arrakis to blackmail and manipulate the Spacing Guild, Paul-Muad'Dib Atreides officially ascended the Golden Lion Throne in 10196 and exiled the former monarch to Salusa Secundus. Marrying Shaddam's oldest daughter to seal his claim as the 82nd Padishah Emperor, Paul was powerless to stop his fanatical Fremen legions from taking the fight offworld against any Corrino loyalists who resisted their messianic ruler.
With the Guild on a short leash and controlling who enters and leaves every star system, the opposition was at a crippling disadvantage as the Holy War spread throughout the Known Universe and pillaged thousands of planets. Such campaigns included Naraj and its moons under the Fedaykin commander Farok.
The only planet spared from the raging fire of Muad'Dib's Jihad was the homeworld of House Atreides, Caladan. Lady Jessica, mother of Muad'Dib, refused the Fremen any access, including religious pilgrimage.
The Jihad ended in 10208 after twelve years of bloodshed. According to Muad'Dib himself and his conservative estimates, his legions caused 61 billion casualties, the sterilization of ninety planets, the demoralization of five hundred additional worlds, and the eradication of forty different religions along with their followers. Ten thousand worlds were subsumed into his new Empire, as lauded by his High Priest, Korba.
Trivia[]
- While the first book covers the Jihad's instigators and its sequels explore its cultural impact, only scant details are revealed about the Holy War itself.
Appearances[]
- Dune (mentioned only)
- Dune Messiah
- Children of Dune (mentioned only)
References[]
- ↑ Dune Messiah, page 50