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Going to start a new thread about battles, tactics, armies, warriors and military titles in Eastern and Western Iranic lands, right under this tweet. At the Battle of Gaugamela (October

The Seljuk Sultan's Courtier Disturbs Rūmī's Visit to his Father's GraveTarjuma-i Thawāqib-i manāqib ("A Translation of Stars of the Legend") is a manuscript translated into Turkish from Persian (Baghdad, 1590).Thr

I am kinda fed up with these hypocrite Taliban fanboys living good the good life in the West while the scoff and mock our country´s achievements in the last 20

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)

Pictures of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the "Lion of Panjshir", the legendary anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban commander. Very aesthetic man. Ahmad Shah Massoud speaking French. He studied at Kabul´s French Lycee.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QdReh

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

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

Thread about carpets in the Persianate world (Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iran and by extension the Indian Subcontinent). Carpets most likely originated somewhere in northern modern Iran, around the Caspian Sea,

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:

Did you know Herat (western Afghanistan) produces 120 different types of grapes? More pics of Herat´s grapes. Also since this tweet has gone viral, make sure to follow our account

Gengis Khan is regarded as a barbarian in Central Asia and the "Middle East" too, not only in the West. His ethnic heirs in the region, Hazaras, are still called

Short thread about Afghanistan´s different types of turbans, locally known as "lungee" or "mandeel". Check it out! Pashtun militiamen from Helmand province. Picture shows two Mujahedeens: right one wearing