Babur was neither an Uzbek nor a Tajik but a Turkized Mongol.

Babur did not even know what an Uzbek was when the Shaybanids (the real Uzbek dynasty) invaded his land. He literally calls them “an alien foe of unknown origins”.

⚡️Iran has begun restoration of the tomb of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Alamut: Where Beauty and Mystery Know No Bounds

Modern digital portrait of the legendary Parthian general who defeated Romans at the Battle of Carrhae (53BC) by Dariush Faraji via DeviantArt.

Modern digital portrait of the legendary Parthian general who defeated Romans at the Battle of Carrhae (53BC) by Dariush Faraji via DeviantArt.

Y-DNA chart for Tajiks of East Afghanistan. The sample size is n=20. Later we will post Y-DNA charts for Tajiks of North Afghanistan, South+West Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Badakshan/Pamir region.

#tajikona 😍

Persian saying:

“Sar midahim, sangar namidahim” (سر میدهیم سنگر نمی دهیم).

“We give (sacrifice) our heads, but we do not surrender the trenches”.

Meaning “we will never surrender” or “we will fight to the death”.

Persian saying:

“Sar midahim, sangar namidahim” (سر میدهیم سنگر نمی دهیم).

“We give (sacrifice) our heads, but we do not surrender the trenches”.

Meaning “we will never surrender” or “we will fight to the death”.

Genetics of BMAC/Oxus civilization(visualized)

Shakhrisabz, Samarkand.

Shakhrisabz, Samarkand.

Today was the last day of the exhibition of Persian Manuscripts at Spain’s National Library (Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid) so I had to pay a visit.

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