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Shah Muhammad of the Khwarezmian Empire (left) meets Jochi and Subutai of the Mongol Empire before the battle of Quyli.

Via The Jackmeister: Mongol History

Drawings of Prince Shao of Wei, Emperor of the Jin Dynasty and Shah Muhammad II of Khwarezm, Shah of the Khwarezmian Empire.

By TheJackmeister from DeviantArt.

According to the British historian, John Man, in the 13th century the Khwarezmshah Empire had a population of at least 5 million people. 25% (1,25 million) were killed by Mongols, mostly in urban areas. Man claimed that Mongols practiced "urbicide": "violence against the city".

In the modern world having a strong identity is politically incorrect, I personally don´t care. I will be a proud son of the Tajik nation until I die.

Unapologetically proud to be a son of Khorasan and of my holy language Pârsi. Nothing else matters.

Pâyendeh Bâd Khorâsânian.

A "faloodeh" stall and a man carrying snow to market, Kabul, Afghanistan, illustration from the magazine The Graphic, volume XIX, no 477, January 18, 1879.

Someone recently said that Ahmad Shah Durrani was the founder of Afghanistan. This is absolutely not true. There is no evidence about him mentioning Afghanistan anywhere. This topic has already been discussed. Check this thread out:

https://t.co/viiJd75Add

Chapandâz playing Buzkashi on an Afghani note.

In my humble opinion Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan should standardize this game and hold regional competitions.

Drawing of a Marco Polo sheep, one of our most iconic animals.

My dad had a Spanish friend who wanted to visit Afghanistan just to see one of this animals. He was absolutely obsessed with them.

Did you know there are at least 13 known types of Afghan Hounds?

In Afghanistan they are known as Sag-e Tāzī (Persian: سگ تازی) or Tāžī Spay (Pashto: تاژي سپی). There are other names such as Balkh Hound, Baluchi Hound, Barakzai Hound or Kabul Hound.

Tajik art bandanna design. Kaleidoscopic symmetry in abstract florid designs typical of Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

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