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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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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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,
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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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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
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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
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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
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