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yevangeIion
Thread of Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii’s photography expedition across the Russian Empire: “At the dawn of photography, the equipment was large and cumbersome, developing glass plates to reveal images was an intense
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Ausma Zehanat Khan
ausmazehanat
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
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Historians of Iran
HistorianofIran
It’s @fran__olmos again. Today get ready for battles, blood and severed limbs: it’s Tamerlane’s turn! One of the most notorious conquerors in history, a military genius who also was, let’s
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Vishnu Prasad 🌗
weshnoo
TIL that Shah-i-Zinda complex, a necropolis in Samarkand, Uzbekistan was formed over eight centuries(from 11th to 19th) Also a fascinating fact about the Curse of Taimur, great great great
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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
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درویش
Dr_Badtameez
When Taqi-ud-Din Mazni became the jurist and judge of Samarkand, he found out that some people here are convinced of one wife (consider the second marriage to be defective), so
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
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:
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Saad Asad
Saad_163_
The region of Potohar which now forms the Rawalpindi division is home to many forts, large and small. Many of these were built by grand empires like the Mughals, others
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Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳
Aabhas24
Absolute lies. How many times I have exposed this lie @shahid_siddiqui ? In fact most deemed to Secular Akbar killed cows too along with civilians. And not to forget, he
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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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Aman Shahid
aman_s1999
[THREAD] Eid around the worldJerusalem, Palestine Istanbul, Turkey Lahore, Pakistan Tripoli, Libya Cairo, Egypt Konduga, Nigeria Tuban, Indonesia Moscow, Russia Samarkand, Uzbekistan Delhi, India Tuzla, Bosnia Djenne, Mali Chechnya Dhaka,
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Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳
Aabhas24
1/n #SadarPranam to Ishvara within you @iftikhargilani ji. I’m surprised @thewire_in that ur journalist @khanumarfa RTd it. Isn’t she aware that India’s share to global GDP is 8.073% currently &
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Vinnie Tiwari 🌿
TiwariVinnie
India was the world's leading economy from 1CE to 1000CE but in the second millenium it lost it's spot to China after the Islamic invaders razed India's universities, disrupted the
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Advaid അദ്വൈത്
Advaidism
Today is the birth anniversary of #TipuSultanThere were only two kings that the British feared the most.1) Tipu Sultan2) Ranjit SinghTipu Sultan & Ranjit Singh did far more than any
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The Watchful Indian
watchful_indian
Thread: How Mughals drained wealth out of IndiaThere are folks like @ReallySwara who want others to believe that Mughals made India rich. But they are as wrong as one could
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Gwen C. Katz
gwenckatz
Colorization APIs are becoming widespread; AI-colorized historical photos are circulated without caveat. But is AI colorization providing an accurate image of the past? To find out, I digitally desaturated these
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