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Hasib Noor
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The Debate on Rumi's "Identity"There is a rising ethno-national debate about claiming Rumi's legacy with some bigotry inserted by Irani Persians speaking against Afghans claiming that Rumi "wasnt Afghan," even
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Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰
YeniceriQ
Mevlana Rumi, the Whirling Dervishes and the Islamization of Asia Minor (Turkey)!An interesting thread on how Islam was spread in the Anatolian (Turkish) region during the Seljuq Rule. (1/N) The
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Soner Cagaptay
SonerCagaptay
Turkish towns that have grown most disproportionately since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire:1. Kirikkale2. Batman3. Karabuk(Hardly villages in 1923, these 3 boomed due to state-led industrialization drive)4. Urfa (due
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Barnett "Anarchy Dweller" Rubin
BRRubin
I apologize for creating needless strife with my comments on Mawlana Jalaluddin Balkhi. He is part of the heritage of Afghanistan because he was born in Balkh and wrote in
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شرقزده
sharghzadeh
Controversial fact: Rumi was not born in Balkh (modern Afghanistan) but Vakhsh (modern Tajikistan) and likely referred to himself as a 'Balkhi' because it was the only reference point Anatolians
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Persian Poetry in English
PersianPoetics
Thread: In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful.Nearly six months after the launch of the #rumiwasmuslim project, I was blessed with the opportunity to visit Konya, where Moulana
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Tuba Buckleberry
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The city of Aydin burned by the Greeks 1922 600 people were killed by Greeks with bayonets in Alaşehir. 4,000 homes burned, people's belongings robbed Greek VandalismÇakal village of which
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Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰
YeniceriQ
The illuminating story of the first meeting between Mevlana Rumi and Hazrat Shams Tabrezi! ( A thread) In the marketplace of Konya, amid the cotton stalls, sugar vendors, and vegetable
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Persian Poetry in English
PersianPoetics
Thread: The Orientalizing of Moulana RumiMany of you may be familiar with the 'Rumi quotes' that circulate the internet. What if I told you the vast majority of them are
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RiseUp4Rojava
RISEUP4R0JAVA
Footage of ActionsFollow and share this thread for pictures and videos of actions around the world, showing that this is our common revolution that we continue defending wherever we are!From
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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan تاریخ خراسان
BiruniKhorasan
Herat, Afghanistan. People of Herat. People of Herat.Pic taken by Osman Khayyam. People of Herat: An elderly man in his plastic selling shop. Photo by Morteza Herati. People of Herat:
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Raziye Akkoç
RazAkkoc
When 2018 arrived, I told myself I would memorise all of Turkey’s 81 provinces. That proved relatively easy so I decided I would visit each one (yes Kirikkale too IA).
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