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When the Abbasids defeated the Umayyads, they eventually decided on founding a new capital city. Under Al Mansur they built the city of Baghdad, blending knowledge of astrology and urban

On Nowruz 1350 (1971/72), the Shah declared the new year “Cyrus the Great Year.” He said: “The best gift which we can certainly offer to this immortal hero at the

This is my last day here, and I don't know how you are feeling, but it just doesn't feel right to me to go on as if people are not

This week's #Tweetistorian is back. The poll has brought only correct answers! Let's talk about why. #bookhistory ~tw 1/10https://twitter.com/HistorianofIran/status/1264830562449186816 What you regard a manuscript (MS) depends on yo

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

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

Hello everyone, here is @majdanesh Day three1/Today I will talk about the Shah, Farah Diba, and the Committee of Cyrus the Great in the Archipelago, and the role of the

Hello everyone. Here is @majdanesh Day Two (review of the literature)1/ Generally speaking, the events of the Iranian revolution grabbed the attention of people across the world. Revolutionary works, statements

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

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

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

@Rob_Haug back for my final day here @HistorianofIran. I hope you can tell that I’ve really enjoyed posting here the past week. Unfortunately that means I’ve gone off on tangents