#Safavid

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

1/ Religion was another important link between #China and #Iran in both ancient and medieval times. This thread will briefly explore the Sino-#Iranian connection in the spread of three religions

Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰

YeniceriQ

The secret of Shaykh e Akbar Ibn Arabi! (A thread)Ibn e Arabi was hanged because the people didn’t understand him. Even some scholars believed Ibn e Arabi did wrong so

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

1/ As I have mentioned, the story of #IranChina relations is not always a story of economic exchange and social integration. The lives of the elite were one thing, but

Sajjad Rizvi

mullasadra

Some further thoughts on the links of #IslamicPhilosophy in #Iran and #NorthIndia relating to Mīr Muḥammad Bāqir Dāmād Astarābādī (d. 1631), who is far less known than his student Mullā

gani nasirov

ganinasirov

1/ Are you up for a walking tour? Please follow me! “City of winds”, “Paris of Caucasus”, “City of Ali and Nino”, or the lowest lying capital of the World

Oregon Rolled A 20 (I Draw Crappy Things)

OregonRolledA20

K a thread of ideas...2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia. https://twitter.com/HottingerLauren/status/1343789028076871681 Locals discover 20 coffins of unknown origi

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Every few hundred years Jupiter and Saturn meet in a conjunction. For medieval Muslim astrologers, the cycles of Jupiter and Saturn would be linked to world conquerors, messiahs, and the

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

While the famed image of a centaur is the most recognizable depiction of Sagittarius, for medieval Muslim astrologers this zodiac had hidden depths. A thread on Sagittarius in astrology from

Nemets

Peter_Nimitz

Thread with excerpts from “Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century” by Geoffrey Parker Natural & human archives of the past. Former is what can be

Aslisho Qurboniev

aslishahqurbani

I am reading Ahmed El Shamsy’s recent book on the impact of #printing on modern discourses on #Islamic scholarship. Like his previous book, it is extremely readable and insightful. I

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

Putin wants Ukraine as the historic Russian breadbasket.China SOE leases huge tracts of eastern Russia for farming.Iran has been sanctioned into a perilous state esp with inflation.Seriously good plan etc

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.