History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

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    29 Mar 2020

    You may find links to different topics such as food, architecture, miniatures, Tajik people, military history and many more, right here: Architecture thread

    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) by the same patron, Shaybanid feudal general, Alchin Yalantush Bahadur (1646-60).
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  2. 5 hours ago

    There is a pattern between the Ottoman, Safavid and Timurid miniatures. But the Mughal style is unique and completely different for some reason. It is interesting because the Mughal miniature was strongly influenced by Safavids (and Timurids to a lesser degree).

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  3. 5 hours ago

    Different types of miniatures: -Ottoman (Istanbul). -Safavid (Shiraz). -Timurid (Herat). -Mughal (Delhi).

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  4. 7 hours ago

    Miniature artist Davlat Toshev from Bukhara, painting a miniature in his atelier. Picture by Ezequiel Scagnetti.

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  5. 18 hours ago

    Well, apparently I had already shared this before. Check this out:

    The modern Persian words "Duzakh" (دوزخ "Hell") and "Behesht" (بهشت "Paradise") come from Old Iranian and Avestan. Duzakh comes from the Old Iranian word "daužaxva" while "Behesht" comes from Avestan "vahištōaŋhuš" literally meaning "the best existence".
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  6. 19 hours ago

    Apparently this is not the first time they name a dinosaur after a Timurid. There is another type literally called "Timurlengi".

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  7. 19 hours ago

    My friend sent me this interesting story: A new carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur has been discovered in Uzbekistan. They named it after the Timurid price Ulugh Beg.

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  8. 22 hours ago

    The shrine of Abdukholiq Gijduvani in Gijduvan, western modern Uzbekistan. Gijduvani was a 11th century Tajik Muslim scholar who founded the Sufi "Khojagon" Tariqah.

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  9. Sep 13

    The Persian word for "Paradise" (which is also originally Persian) is "Behesht" (بهشت) and for "Hell" is "Duzakh" (دوزخ). Both have their origin in the Zoroastrian tradition. The Islamic/Arabic words are also used: "Jannat" (جنّة) for Heaven and "Jahanam" (جهنم) for "Hell".

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  10. Sep 13

    "But all this world is like a tale we hear Men´s evil, and their glory, disappear" -Abolqâsem Ferdowsi.

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  11. Sep 13

    I mean, how come very few care about a man wearing jeans or a t-shirt but when a woman wears a burqa or a mini-skirt people suddenly dislike it? That is because women and their bodies have become a tool for political discourse. Behavior encouraged by all parties.

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  12. Sep 13

    This shows two things: -The weaponization of women rights by the West, Liberals and Conservative people alike. Men clothes do not stir this sort of animosity. -Failure of nation-building. We still have huge cultural differences, lacking of an unifying vision for ourselves.

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  13. Sep 13

    The debate over female clothes in Afghanistan goes to show the huge cultural disparity amongst Afghans, both inside and outside the country. No matter what type of clothes they wear, a huge chunk of the population will always consider it alien.

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  14. Sep 12

    ما را به هر ستاره بخت امید نیست در هفت آسمان قمره داشتیم رفت

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  15. Sep 12

    We have spoken to a relative who lives in Tajikistan and has partners in Mazar and he has confirmed this news. Different Taliban factions have clashed for at least two hours in Mazar-e Sharif.

    Fightings reported between Haqqani faction & Mullah Bradar faction of Taliban terrorists in Mazar-i-Sharif.
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  16. Sep 12

    Coins of Greco-Bactrian rulers.

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  17. Sep 12

    Please, explain your vote. Thank you.

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  18. Sep 12

    POLL: Do you support Pakistan getting split along ethnic lines?

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  19. Sep 12

    The mountains of Tajikistan. Picture by Olimbek Shirinov.

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  20. Sep 12

    Source: "Central Asia in World History" by Peter B. Golden, page 76.

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  21. Sep 12

    Khwarezm/Central Asia on the eve of the Mongol Invasion in the 13th century: "Khwarezm was an unstable mix of professional Turkic soldiery, restless eastern Qïpchaq tribes with whom the dynasty intermarried, and the settled Irano-Khwarezmian people."

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