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Yael Rice
Yael_Rice
It's that time of the year again! Changing leaves, pumpkin spice, and another Christie's sale of Islamic objects with dubious provenance records! https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/a-kufic-quran-section-probably-k
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Nick McBurney
mcburney_nick
I was asked to view the Christie's Qur'an MS which has been much discussed here and elsewhere, and as a result, have a more or less complete set of images
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Incunabula
incunabula
A heartstoppingly beautiful 15th century Timurid Qur'an copied on Ming Dynasty gold-painted colored paper, is coming up for auction @ChristiesInc in London on 25th July. Estimate $780 000 - $1.2m.
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Nick McBurney
mcburney_nick
Ways of looking at a page, since MSS from Iran copied on coated & decorated Chinese paper seem to be a Twitter thing just now: Spencer Collection, Persian MS 41,
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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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رها رفیعی گربه نیست
RahaRafii
So to point out some problematic elements that seem to be overshadowed by the multimedia format of this piece and the focus on visual analysis...ahttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/02/arts/design/shah-jahan-chitarman.html 1 - "
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Ali A Olomi
aaolomi
Astrology from the Islamic world influences some modern interpretations of the zodiac. Synthesizing Hellenic, Persian, and Indian knowledge, Muslim astrologers wrote about the character of each sign in dairat al
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Safi Saheb
nawab_safiullah
The Muslim Empires founded by people of Indus Valley/Modern Pakistan over the Ganges plains/Modern India.1) Lodhi dynasty–a Pashtun dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1451 to 1526. It was founded by Bahlul
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The GIS Engineer
gis_engineer
Genocide of Hindus : The Biggest Holocaust in World History!| The kiIIing of 80 Millions Hindus in Islamic Empire Whitewashed From The History Books |Please Read and RT! ❝The
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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
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
2020 marks the 1000th anniversary of Ferdowsi's death, whom died at age 81 in 1020. Ferdowsi has not only endured for a thousand years but has also defined the very
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Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری
yusufpore
The Emperor #Akbar, who came to be regarded as one of the greatest, most enlightened rulers in history was born Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar on this day of 15th October,
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Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری
yusufpore
Today marks the 495th anniversary of the first Battle of #Panipat, fought between a Timurid army led by Zaheer-ud Din Mohammad #Babur and the Afghan king Ibrahim Lodi.This engagement had
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NotAgainRaj
Hιndu Gēnocιdē : The Biggest Holocʌu⳽t in Mankind Hi⳽tory!❝The Kιllιng of (estimated) 80 Millions of Hindus by the l⳽lamιc Invadēr⳽ whitēwa⳽hēd entirely from the Hi⳽tory Books of Independent India.❞ Please,
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Dr. Stephennie Mulder
stephenniem
Unless they want to deal in looted objects, collectors, dealers, and auction houses have to get serious about transparent #provenance. A few facts @Yael_Rice and I have gathered over the
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
BiruniKhorasan
Going to start a thread about architecture in Khorasan and Khwarezm and also its offshoot, India:The Tilla Kari madrasa was commissioned a decade after the adjacent Shir Dar madrasa (1619-1636)
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