# afghanistan persian

Tocharian merchants with their Bactrian camel.

Drawing by Andrew Whyte.

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2022-10-15

Vector illustration of Mawlânâ Rumi.

Via "Vecteezy".

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2022-09-03

A very unknown fact about Abu Muslim Khorasani is that he defeated the Chinese Tang Empire at the Battle of Talas (751 AD), driving China out of Central Asia and consolidating Islamic presence for good.

One of the most decisive battles in history.

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2022-04-09

"Deixe que eles temam o que está por vir. Deixe que saibam o que é se encolher no escuro, incertos de seu futuro.
Deixe que temam Khorasan e seu rei."

eu amo q a shazi é assim kskskskk

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2022-01-31

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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2022-01-25

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

Via Dream Stime.

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2021-12-15

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

By Mahnoor Shah.

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2021-12-02

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?

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2021-10-26

"Happy is the man who knows the true from the false, and refuses to accept less."

-Mawlâna Jami. Herat, Khorasan (15th century).

From "An argosy of fables", p. 243.

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2021-09-21

Tajik man from Samarkand holding a "pial" ("piâle" پیاله, "cup" in Persian). Benkov P. 1928.

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2021-07-06

"Religion is the greatest of philosophies; therefore, man can not be a philosopher until he becomes a worshipper. The greatest medicine is knowledge."

-Zayd Balkhi, 9th century polymath, considered the father of psychology.

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2021-04-15

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.

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2021-03-24

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

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2021-02-21

Drawing of a man playing the Herati Dutâr.

"Dutâr" is a traditional Khorasani string instrument. Classical Dutâr has only two strings ("Dutâr" literally means "two strings" in Persian) while the modified Herati version has fourteen strings.

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2021-01-25

Abu Sa'id Abolkheyr and Ibn Sina corresponded with one another. The first meeting was a three days of private conversation, at the end of which Sa’īd said that everything that he could see, Ibn Sina knew, and in turn Sina said that everything he knew Sa’īd could see.

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2020-12-27

"A caravanserai in Afghanistan" by Alexander Evgenievich Iacovleff, 1931.

The word کاروانسرای kārvānsarāy is a Persian compound word combining kārvān "caravan" with sarāy "palace" or "house".

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2020-10-25

One of most important football teams is named "Simorgh Alborz" (#Persian: سیمرغ البرز) after our great mythological bird.

Simorgh represents the northern provinces of Balkh, Samangan (birthplace of Sohrab!), Sar-e Pol, Faryâb and Jawzjân.

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2020-10-07