#Bukhara

Zohra Saed, PhD

The Amir of Bukhara found refuge in Afghanistan. Refugees came in droves to the small country of Afghanistan and they were welcomed. At the border make shift desks were set

Ausma Zehanat Khan

Based on the awesome responses to 'aloo Bukhara', I need to tell you a story. (Some pix won't match.)I'd longed to visit beautiful #Samarkand & #Bukhara. Planning this trip, I

Thread on the massacre of Sindhi Hindus in Xinjiang by Uyghur Sunnis in 1933Sindhi Hindus were trading acriss Central Asia (Bukhara, Khiva) all the way to the Astrakhan Tatars in

While in Uzbekistan I was most curious about 3 items- plov or pulao, somsa or samosa and kebabs and their link to the Indian versions. Here at a Bukhara tea

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

Hi there, @fran__olmos one day more talking about Central Asia in Iranian history. Today we will discuss about the rivalry between the Safavids and the Shaybanids from the Khanate of

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

Herat, Afghanistan. People of Herat. People of Herat.Pic taken by Osman Khayyam. People of Herat: An elderly man in his plastic selling shop. Photo by Morteza Herati. People of Herat:

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

Thread about carpets in the Persianate world (Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and by extension the Indian Subcontinent). Carpets most likely originated somewhere in northern modern Iran, around the Caspian Sea,

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

@Rob_Haug back for my final day here @HistorianofIran. I hope you can tell that I’ve really enjoyed posting here the past week. Unfortunately that means I’ve gone off on tangents

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

This is @fran__olmos and as we said yesterday, today we will look into Timur’s conquest of Western Iran. Prepare yourselves for the fall of great cities in the hands of

उम्मीद + أُمِّيدْ + امید

It's astounding 2 think about how the "Uyghur" ethnicity was invented by the Soviet Union in the early 20th century as part of a ploy4western China2join the Soviet Union as

imelda mery 🇮🇩 🕌

Usia mereka ya rata-rata usia manusia modern saat ini, tapi jejak langkah mereka luar biasa besar pengaruhnya terhadap peradaban dunia, terutama peradaban Islam. Sy coba bikin thread singkat ya...Note: menggunakan

Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani

The most sacred memorabilia of the Islamic world, the Cloak of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), is put on display every Ramadan for public viewing in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. But

The “first” Chaghatayid coin was struck in the Ili valley of the Uyghur region in 1239-40 AD. It has a fascinating history, tied to the Fatimids in Egypt and the

One of the most prosperous and prominent Christian communities in the history of East Asia was a Turkic tribe called Ongud active in present-day central Inner Mongolia during 9th -14th

A thread on Mohan Lal, the #Hindu spy who traversed the Central Asian region. Mohan Lal Zutshi (popularly known as Mohan Lal Kashmiri; 1812 – 1877) or Ram Nath was

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

Of all my ancestors contributions to mankind, I must say this is one my favorite ones: trousers!The oldest known trousers were found at the Yanghai cemetery, extracted from mummies in