#Persian

Indradeep Khan

IndradeepKhan

A brief thread on the History of Oil & the Great GameHowever if you will allow meI will not start w/ John Rockefeller&Standard Oil in 1870s or even Persia in

Andrewid

andrewidy

1/ This is an Alexander issue coin from the Greek city of Salamis, #Cyprus. Alexander may still have been alive when it was minted. King Pnytagoras of Salamis, as well

MajidDaneshgar

majdanesh

1/One of the main Malay-Indonesian Martial Arts is Silat or Bersilat, which is inspired by Islamic elements and Ali's Sword. It has been seen as a source of otherworldly power

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

While the famed image of a centaur is the most recognizable depiction of Sagittarius, for medieval Muslim astrologers this zodiac had hidden depths. A thread on Sagittarius in astrology from

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Conspiracy! Fear! Loathing! Marriage! Relics! Spy-Craft! Public Execution! Gold! I’m @KrebsVerena, your #Twittistorian this week. Today I’m bringing you the tale of the Ethiopian embassy to Valencia of the 1420s,

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h6chn

make a wish is based on iranian traditions and aesthetics; a beautiful thread! first of all, the set design is based on one of the most beautiful buildings in iran

omid safi

ostadjaan

A thread on why 99.9% of Hafez quotes on the internet are… fake. Including the ones you probably like. A thread on #Hafiz #Hafez, or I should say #FakeHafez.

Trevor Culley

HistoryofPersia

Well they did a good job of distilling all of the worst takes about that war into one article I guess. Some highlights:"Had this happened, there might have been no...

Affable Misanthrope

mea_gulpa

"Muslims lack a great deal of Indianness, so they do not understand the importance of Indianness in all India, and prefer the Arabic script and the Persian language."Bhagat Singh in

American Sangh

Indosphere

So it appears Trump (and, surprise, Jared Kushner!) have pulled quite the rabbit out of the Middle East hat. My thoughts on what this means for India:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-uae-to-establish-diplomatic-t

Syed

gypsy_heart6

1. In modern Persian, zamin-dar means 'the one who holds land' but it might be related to Middle Persian Zamin-i dātbar (Land of the Justice-giver). Zamin-i dātbar/Zamindawar was capital of

ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ

ShadowInteI

#BreakingVideo has been released of #Iran|ian #IRGCN vessels approaching #UnitedStates #Navy vessels in the northern Persian Gulf. Statement of the details. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/367483/irgcn-vessels-conduct-unsafe-unprofessional-interaction-

Dr Pingosaurus

Pingosaurus

After nearly 5 months, 14 balls of wool, and quite a lot of swearing, I am delighted to say that my Persian Tiles - Eastern Jewels blanket is complete! #crochet

Pejman Nozad

pejmannozad

1/In Tehran I had been a well-respected sports journalist— But that didn’t carry any weight in America. So I got a job at a car wash in San Jose and

Tony Keen is teaching cinematic antiquity

TonyKeen46

The oracle’s trance was filmed underwater. You can tell she’s holding her breath. #ClassicsTwitterMovie This is mythologizing. I’m pretty sure Frank Miller knows that the Spartan ephors weren’t syphilitic perverts

Elaine van Dalen

elainevdalen

What mandrakes look like in the movie & what they look like in Arabic & Persian copies of Dioscorides' De Materia Medica(Bl Ms Or 3366, Baghdad 14th century) (NY, NPL,