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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 19

Our interview was added to the public library of Max Planck Institute.

Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 19

Dr. MichaelBonner & @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social had an illuminating conversation (I listened & learned) about the imperative of considering Chinese sources in how we see late antiquity, the world order at the end of antiquity, ancien technology transfer between empires & so much more.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 19

Much belated intro of our interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk about his book which builds on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer by utilising classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a new light for both Iranologists & Sinologists.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wUqJq

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 19

Bernard Lewis
May 31 1916 - May 19 2018
@lewisremembered.bsky.social

Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

I asked about my opinion that scholarships of late Bernard Lewis & Edward Said should be revisited without the sectarian politicization surrounding their debates, Lewis's pioneering work finding consultative governance in Ottoman crafts guilds & his prescience about Khomeinism.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

On the last note, we talked about the nitty-gritty of Reza Shah AtaTürk eras in Iran & Türkiye, their echoes in our contemporary politics, Saudi Arabia's reforms, the quest for contemporary John Lockes in the ummah & beyond.
@ahmetkuru.bsky.social

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

We also talked about the fetishizing of the Islamic Revolution/Republic as a medieval theocracy that ignores its modern roots like the major influence of Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (👇🏻 with Henry Kissinger) on Khomeini's worldview & it's roots in the Persian Constitutional Revolution.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

In the second chapter of THE LOOM OF TIME,
Robert D. Kaplan writes about the legacies of Bernard Lewis & Edward Said with his unique personal insight.
bsky.app/profile/ferd...

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

I asked about my opinion that scholarships of late Bernard Lewis & Edward Said should be revisited without the sectarian politicization surrounding their debates, Lewis's pioneering work finding consultative governance in Ottoman crafts guilds & his prescience about Khomeinism.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

Al-Ghazali aka Algazelus is prominently featured in @ahmetkuru.bsky.social book. We talked about his all-encompassing influence of the ulema, his evolving views, his western counterparts & how he was a product of the Islamic Golden Age.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

We talked extensively about @ahmetkuru.bsky.social 's 2019 book, Islam Authoritarianism & Underdevelopment (with many translation recently German Hindi & its ban in Malaysia) on the impediment of ulema state alliance to separation of church & state + its Sasanian roots. @cambridgeup.bsky.social

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · May 18

Dr. Michael Bonner & I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru professor of political science & director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies at @SDSU for an illuminating conversation about his scholarship. @ahmetkuru.bsky.social

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Mar 20

Nowruz 1404 🪻
A new year begins 🌱

Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Dec 31

Happy New Year 🎉
12:41 AM January 1st Iran time 🕧

The mythical Huma bird of fortune for Iranians, attributed to existing Bearded Vultures 👇🏻

a bird is flying in a blue sky with the letters n.i.i. on the bottom

ALT: a bird is flying in a blue sky with the letters n.i.i. on the bottom

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Dec 25

🖌 Mariam Tafsiri

Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Dec 25

Belated Yalda Night appreciation here 🌕
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages‌ past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Dec 25

Belated Yalda Night appreciation here 🌕
It is one of the most significant feasts in Iranians. We get together to exchange stories of ages‌ past and of legends lost, of the dark and cold days to come, of the Great Forty & to consult Hafez about the future as ancient Greeks consulted the Oracles.

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Dec 25

Happy Hannukah

a neon sign that says happy hanukkah with a menorah and stars

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Dec 24

Happy Christmas ☃️❄️🎊

Christmas Tree GIF

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · Dec 12

Published today: the first complete English translation of Towards the Great Civilization, the Shah's penultimate book. Based on the manuscript of the English translation commissioned by the Pahlavi Library in 1978, with forewords by Ali Ansari and myself.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/towards-t...

Towards the Great Civilization

The first English-language translation of former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's penultimate book, published in Persian on the eve of the revolution that b…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · Dec 11

Ardashir I Pabagān, with the body of Artabanus (IV? V?) under his horse’s hooves, receives the diadem of kingship from Ahuramazda (the Wise God) whose horse in turn rests on top of the body of Ahriman (the Destroyer God)

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Rasmus Elling @rasmuselling.bsky.social · Dec 10

📢CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS📢
IHF Modern Iran Series
⏰Deadline: January 31, 2025⏰

For our new fully open access series, we’re taking proposals for books on modern Iranian history, politics, society and economy.

ℹ️For more info: ihf.org.uk/call-for-boo... ℹ️

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · Nov 29

But despite Humayun’s military skills, he could not fight both his brothers & the formidable Afghan warlord, Sher Shah. Will he lose all that his father had built?

Listen @empirepoduk.bsky.social
as William and @anitaanand.bsky.social explore the life of Humayun.

linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Nov 29

Congratulations 🎉 & خسته نباشید 🪻

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Robert Steele @robsteele.bsky.social · Nov 27

On my way to Marburg University for what promises to be a fascinating workshop, organised by Professor Bianca Devos, on the cultural history of late Pahlavi Iran. www.uni-marburg.de/de/cnms/iran...

International Workshop 27-29 November

This workshop seeks to explore the interactions between state ideology and the socio-cultural sphere from an interdisciplinary perspective.

www.uni-marburg.de

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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi 👋
Going forward, I will post our interviews here as well as Twitter/X & Instagram🪻

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