Atalik dynasty

The Atalik dynasty ruled over most of the Zatay peninsula for over four centuries after the unification of seven Zatay principalities in 396 A.W. by Warrior Prince Nayzana, who founded the dynasty. For many years it existed relatively isolated from the rest of the world except for some limited contact with the Sasak countries, the Nujj, the Boyyin and the Citrang.

Around 480, the unified Sasak kingdom began to unleash attacks on the Zatay peninsula and in 496 the Sasak captured the capital city of Mushari, after which the Atalik turned to the Citrang Crescent Empire for help. The Citrang repelled the Sasak invaders and introduced Trangism to the region, and the Atalik kingdom became part of the Empire's sphere of influence as a tributary state. Prince Musharana, one of the first Zatay to convert to Trangism, named his domain the "Heavenly Kingdom", a name which would remain in use until the dissolution of the state in the ninth century.

During much of the seventh and eighth centuries, the Atalik dynasty was at war with the Nujj over control of the peninsula. The centuries of conflict ended with the 707 Ayazun War, during the reign of Princess Aruna (706-733). Aruna's reign saw the beginning of a period of peace and stability, and is considered to be the Golden Age of the Atalik dynasty, alongside her successors Valanzar and Nayzana IV.

In 858 Nahiiri troops invaded the Zatay peninsula and took the capital of Darghari. Prince Ghoruzana III was forced to submit to Nahiiri rule and peacefully allow the annexation of the Heavenly Kingdom to the newly formed Union of Septentrional Republics. The Crescent Empire opposed the move and catalyzed the War of Zatay, which concluded in 861 with a resounding Citrang defeat. The Atalik dynasty was terminated with the execution of Ghoruzana and the exile of the royal family, and a series of democratic governments were installed in the two sub-national republics that the peninsula was split in.