History of Khorâsan and the Persianate Worldさんのイラストまとめ

Nader Shah Afshari recruited Ahmad Shah Abdali because of his "impressive personality and valour" also because of his "loyalty to the Persian monarch".

Source:

Jaswant Lal Mehta (1 January 2005). "Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707–1813", page 247.

The Persian word for "cook" is "Âshpaz" (آشپز) which is a compound word mix of "Âsh" (آش, "soup" or "pottage") and "Paz" (پز, present conjugation of "pokhtan"پختن, "to cook").

Therefore "Âshpaz" literally means "Soup-Cooker" or "Soup-Maker".

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ز حادثات زمانش خدا نگهدارت

-احمد شاه درانی, پادشاه خراسان.

Illustration shows Tamerlane, Jagatai tribesman and Tajik pesant infantryman.

The Timurid army was multiethnic but Turkic/Mongol cavalry and Tajik infantry/siege forces made up the bulk of it.

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We have a beautiful word in Persian for someone who is good-looking, charming, attractive or gorgeous:

"Dilrobâ" (دلربا) which is a mix of "Dil" (دل, "heart") and "Robâ" (ربا, "robbing"), literally "someone who robs your heart".

In the 2th century BC, due to the weakness and decline of the Greco-Bactrian Empire, Central Asia suffered a massive invasion of nomadic tribes.

The magnitud and variety may be compared to the "Völkerwanderung" of the Germanic tribes at the end of the Roman Empire.

Digital illustrations of some of the giant polymaths of Khorasan: Biruni, Farabi, Ibn Sina and Khwarizmi.

Via Dream Stime.

14th century paintings by a mysterious artist from Herat named "Muhammad Siyâh Qalam" ("Muhammad of the Black Pen").

His style was a mix of different Central Asian traditions (Iranian, Turkic, Mongol, Chinese). He painted mostly phantasmagorical demons and wandering Sufis.

Drawing of a young lady dancing from Badakhshan and the original picture.

By Mahnoor Shah.

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Did you know Alisher Navâi (Herat, 1441-1501 AD) founded, restored, or endowed some 370 mosques, madrasas, libraries, hospitals, caravanserais, and other educational, pious, and charitable institutions in Khorasan?