#Qajar

#manuscripts #ijazat are extremely significant sources for #intellectual_history MS Mar’ashi Qum 6446 1/ This is a license to transmit #hadith of Sayyid Husayn Kashani dated Sha’ban 1288/1871 2/ The test

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

Hello! Day 5 of @DrSafaneh guest tweeting here at @HistoriansOfIran. Writing about the Islamic Republic narratives of women is certainly the hardest, so much good scholarship has been done and

Thanks to a question @salhbdwi asked me some time ago on the notable similarities of the #Qajar flag and the flag of #Kurdistan, we're going to take a look at

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

Day 6: Hello again @DrSafaneh here, today I am going to introduce you to a few amazing travel narratives by Qajar-era Iranian women. Some of these travel journals have been

Rowena Abdul Razak

For #WorldBookDay - here is a selection of my favourite Iranian-related books. They have helped me in my work, wowed me with their words and kept my love for Iranian

I’m back with another woman from the Shāhnāmeh! Today we have Tahmineh -تهمینه-, the badass princess of Samangān, who utilizes her sexual agency to GET. WHAT. SHE. WANTS! One day,

یاشاسین زیاداوغلی قاجارلار

PasturesPolitic

I could never, know this feeling, nope, not me(I am good at reading languages, mediocre at writing, ok at listening, crap at speaking)Basically I can translate a Nizami poem and

Today, I've been writing a bit on Sultan Murad Mirza Husam al-Saltana (1817-1883), a governor of Khurasan. There's a wonderful portrait of him, so I thought I'd do a thread

#Ramadan2020 is on the way, but I've recently been reading a bit about Ramadan in the early-19th century in Iran. I think most non-Muslims probably associate Ramadan with not eating,

The heatwave in the UK this week got me thinking about how people kept cool in 19th-century Iran. There's one really interesting type of vessel which had a role in

On this day, May 9 1979, Habib Elghanian, a Persian Jewish businessman was executed in Tehran.A self-made millionaire, he played a significant role in the economical development of Iran.A thread

[THREAD ABOUT THE ZAND DYNASTY LAKI(BRUNCH OF LUR) KURDS WHO RULED IRAN 1750-1794] As per previously i will layout the historical facts and events before covering my own take. The

wibu silahkan serang gua tapi menurut gua anime/manga, sebagai salah satu produk industri budaya yang lumayan banyak dikonsumsi masyarakat Indo khususnya cowo2, bisa jadi salah satu platform konstruksi standar kecantikan

Mithraism is a religion that spearheads the Mazdaist god Mehr (Mithras in the West) at its helm as a purveyor of light, justice, truth, covenant, and etc. In this thread

For Medieval Muslim astrologers, Leo was one of the most important zodiac signs. Deemed the kingly star, Leo was used throughout Islamic history to time battles, construction, and as an

mary_HistoryFan

I think I want to start a thread of cultural heritage sites in Iran. I know the Pentagon has said we will follow the laws and not bomb them, but