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surimana16
The Gate of All Nations in Persepolis, Iran was built under the Achaemenid King Xerxes I (518-465 BC). All visitors to the royal palaces of Persepolis had to pass through
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True Indology
TIinExile
I cannot see what he wrote.That primate blocked me after I exposed his lies.If this rat is not afraid of the truth and does not fear getting exposed, I challenge
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Persian Poetics
PersianPoetics
Thread: The Orientalizing of Moulana RumiMany of you may be familiar with the 'Rumi quotes' that circulate the internet. What if I told you the vast majority of them are
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Rose of Persia😷
PersiaPhotos
Inside the mausoleum of 13th-century Persian poet, Saadi. #Shiraz-#Iran 2xSaadi immortalized himself by his masterpieces of poetry 700 years ago. His Bani Adam (Children of Adam) poem graces the UN
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Elijah J. Magnier
ejmalrai
The Persian rug weaver strikes in the US’s backyard through Venezuelahttps://ejmagnier.com/2020/05/25/the-persian-rug-weaver-strikes-in-the-uss-backyard-through-venezuela/ #BreakingNews:Schedule of 5 #Iran/ian tankers to #Venezuela :1. F
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Collective for Black Iranians
BlackIranians
The migration of Iranians [Shirazis] to East Africa (1)۰۰The expanse between Iran and the eastern coast of Africa seems much bigger to us today than it did a few centuries
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Lubna
LubnaaSabir1
There was a time Islamic intellectual culture had some of the greatest critical thinkers, philosophers, inventors known to man. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā 854 CE – 925 CE. Famed
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Sina Toossi
SinaToossi
Trump has nearly started a war with Iran multiple times now. He's threatened to "end" Iran & bomb its cultural sites. His jingoism may appeal to his nationalist base but
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Historians of Iran
HistorianofIran
When the Abbasids defeated the Umayyads, they eventually decided on founding a new capital city. Under Al Mansur they built the city of Baghdad, blending knowledge of astrology and urban
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
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
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Shyam Bharadwaj
Herran_Ukkonen
English word Rice descends etymologically from Greek ὄρυζα(Óruza)- alternatively ὄρυζον(Óruzon)Greek ὄρυζα descends from Old Persian Vrinji/Brinji- Witzel considers this be from an Indus Valley Language,whilst Southworth suggests an origin from
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Scripturient
56Dtweets
A thread on #Sogdia; it's people, History and it's religions/deities; some of whom correspond to Sanatan ones!Please RT, follow if you like it! Sogdians were Iranic people whose homeland, Sogdiana,
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Nadeem | Eran ud Turan
eranudturan
The world’s earliest surviving “#Shahnameh” (ok not quite, more on this below) is not from #Iran and not even in #Persian, but painted on the walls of a #Sogdian private
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Tweeting Historians
Tweetistorian
Good morning, today is MAP DAY! #historicmap #cartography #Twitteristorian #twitterstorians 1/8 Although chronicles+geographic texts mention all kinds of maps that had been created before the 10th c. (strategic maps to
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കവിത
techno_kavi
Help me with LOOT?Hobson Jobson finds separate origins for Hindi and Persian versions:Hind. lūṭ, & Skt. lotra, for loptra, root lup, 'rob, plunder'; luṇṭ, 'to rob'Ar.Pers. lūṭīy 'one of the
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Roshana Mehdian-Staffell
RoshanaMN
Watching the Art of Persia the other night has prompted me to reread this entire shelf.Except Netters. That can shove itself where the Sun don’t shine. So books I recommend
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