By 1522, the Sultanate of Madjrit stood at the zenith of its Iberian power, having curtailed Christian crusades and secured control over its African and Indian trade interests. However, the global landscape was unexpectedly altered starting on April 5th, 1522, when a small Madjriti trading fleet, sailing from Senegal back to Iberia, was dramatically pushed off course by strong ocean currents. This journey culminated in the fleet making landfall on a mysterious continent on June 5th, 1522. Captain Yusuf ibn Hakim and his crew encountered unfamiliar flora, fauna, and a native populace who did not speak Arabic. After a month of survey, Hakim returned to Iberia to report his monumental discovery, leaving a contingent of eighty men behind. The Sultan, intensely intrigued, expedited a return expedition in November, which arrived in February 1523, only to find the initial contingent slaughtered and the natives hostile. Following swift military retaliation, peace was secured, and Madjrit immediately began the work of resource extraction and conversion of the indigenous people to Islam.

This new territory quickly proved to be a source of valuable commodities, most notably a tree with wood of an ember-like color, which the Madjritis named Shadram (The Tree of the Ember). The land itself, corresponding to modern-day southern Brazil, was consequently named Emberland (Ardel-Djamrah, the Land of the Ember), and by 1545, it was already generating substantial profit for the Sultanate. Expansion continued north, and in February 1530, Madjriti explorers discovered a vast river, far surpassing any seen in Europe, which they named Bahrel (El-Bahr-el-Hooloo, the Freshwater Sea).

Recognizing that this was not merely an island but an immense landmass, the Madjritis collectively referred to these new territories as Al-Mamlaka al-Rabi’a (El-Rabeeah, The Fourth Realm). Madjrit believed it was on the cusp of its golden age due to this astonishing discovery. This newfound bounty and dominance in the Western Hemisphere, however, did not go unnoticed, and the rest of Europe soon became intent on resolving the enigma of whether this was a new continent or merely an unseen part of Asia. The sources affirm that Europe would not idly stand by while Madjrit sought to claim the immense resources of El-Rabeeah.