u/shahriarfani — reddlx

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"To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much. Just remember two main rules: You better starve than eat whatever, and better be alone, than with whoever." Today, we celebrate the birthday of the great poet, Omar Khayyam.

u/The_Sniperstock — 4 days ago

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"Sometimes I wonder how this nation, with all its history, has fallen into such darkness? Last night, I stayed awake until late, pondering whether a day will come when reason and knowledge prevail over this land?" - Mohammad Ali Foroughi

u/shahriarfani — 5 days ago

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During the Ilkhanid (Mongol) period of Iran, when a palace was built for Abaqa Khan in the ancient city of Takht-e Soleyman, the palace walls were adorned with lustrous seven-color and golden tiles, their motifs inspired by the stories of the Shahnameh.

u/shahriarfani — 7 days ago

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I’m not one to villainize Pahlavi but he really should’ve resigned or given more power to his cabinet when he was diagnosed with cancer. It would’ve been better for his legacy and for the country. What do you think?

u/shahriarfani — 8 days ago

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Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus was a direct descendant of both Alexander and Cyrus the Great. He’s known for preventing Roman expansion in Asia and taking sub-lethal doses of poison to make himself immune to poison itself, which today this method is called Mithridatism.

u/shahriarfani — 12 days ago

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From Adrian Goldsworthy’s “Rome and Persia”

u/shahriarfani — 13 days ago

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The Sophytos Inscription found in Afghanistan. Dating exactly to the 2nd century BC. Commissioned by a Greek Satrap of Kandahar, named Sophytos, to permanently secure his personal family legacy.

Translation:

Stele of Sophytos
For a long time the house of my ancestors had been thriving
when the unbeatable violence of the triple Fates destroyed it.
But I, Sophytos of the stock of Naratos, all together so small
and pitiably bereft of the support of my parents,
practiced the excellence of the Muses and The Shooter
mixed with noble prudence
and devised a way to build up my ancestral home again:
with fruit-bearing money taken from elsewhere,
I went away from home determined not to come back
until I acquired the greatest abundance of good things.
For this reason I went on merchant ships into many a city
and acquired sound and far-reaching wealth.
Surrounded by praise, I came back to my homeland after innumerable years,
and a delight I proved to be to my well-wishers.
And both the paternal house that was rotten
I made at once stronger out of new means
and, with the tomb having fallen to the ground, I built another one;
and while still alive I set up by the road this telling stele.
Would that my sons and grandchildren keep this house of mine so,
for I have accomplished these enviable deeds.