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

"آخر ای خاک خراسان داد یزدانت نجات

از بلای غیرت خاک ره گرگانج و کات"

-دیوان انوری بلخی

"Oh land of #Khorasan! #God has saved you,

from the disaster that befell the land of Gurganj and Kath"

—Divan of Anvari Balkhi on the brutal #Mongol invasion of #Khwarezm

Khorasan eventually faced the same fate as neighboring Khwarezm: annihilation.

Did you know there are at least 70 million native speakers of #Persian language?

Did you know the number goes up to 110 million if we include those who speak #Persian as their second language?

Did you know #Persian is an official language in three countries?

Here #Kushans storming the city of #Kashgar

Amazing drawings from a #Chinese #comicbook called "Stabilizing the Western Desolation". It is based on the Han vs Xiongnu War (60-53BC) but it also shows a lot of stuff about the #Kushans and #Parthians.

Here Kushans conquering the #Indian city of #Taxila from the Parthians.

#MarcoPolo is a type of sheep whose habitat is the mountainous regions of #CentralAsia mainly in the region of #Badakhshan #Khorasan

They were named after Marco Polo after being described in his book "The Travels of Marco Polo". Their native #Wakhi name is "nakhjipar".

FUN FACT: Did you know the #DragonBall character #Pilaf was named after the iconic Central Asian dish known as "Pilaf/Plov/Qabuli"?

"Raise your words not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers not thunder."

-Rumi/Mawlânâ.

Tomorrow is Omar Khayyam´s Day: 18th May 1048 was the birthday of this excellent and amazing historical Khorasani Persian figure who was a mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet.

Thread on his life and achievements

Thread on Mughal dishes with a Central Asian/Khorasani origin:

Let´s start with Samosas, one of the most famous Indian/Pakistani snacks, originated in Central Asia. The name "Samosa" comes from the Sogdian word "Sambosak".