#BADAKHSHAN

[peopleofafghanistan]

Kyrgyz women in the little Pamir.

Source: Silvia Alessi

#afghanistan #afghan #afghan people #kyrgyz #turkic #minority #asia #ethnic group #central asia #south asia #pamir #badakhshan #wakhan #wakhan corridor #rural #nature #women #veil #river #landscape #mountains #high res #asian culture #traditional clothes #nomad #nomadic

[visitafghanistan]

Amo River, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

#Tahmina Osta #Amo #Amo River #landscape #Badakhshan #Afghanistan #2022

[everydayafghanistan]

A view of Bagh-e Mobarak village in Argo district. #Badakhshan #Afghanistan Photo by Omar Abrar @omar_abrar1 #everydayafghanistan #landscape #nature #everydayeverywhere #village #view #light #photo #everydaybadakhshan #mountains #everydayasia #naturelovers (at Badakhshan Province) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf1XsjWtbA3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#badakhshan #afghanistan #everydayafghanistan #landscape #nature #everydayeverywhere #village #view #light #photo #everydaybadakhshan #mountains #everydayasia #naturelovers

[bakubaby3]

« Ayy Yorum Biyo » by the legendary Tajik singer Muboraksho. 

In 2009 the Iranian group Kiosk covered this song in the Iranian dialect               ( « Yarom Bia » ) with the help of the Sufi artist Mohsen Namjoo. The group preserved the Tajik origins of the song and paid tribute to Muboraksho by keeping the lyric « از بدخشانمه ... ( ...from Badakhshan ) » and featuring clips from Soviet director Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film « The Colour of Pomegranates (Цвет граната) » in the music video. 

#iran #tajikistan #tajik #farsi #persian #soviet #soviet film #sergei parajanov #iranian music #tajik music #world music #mohsen namjoo #kiosk #badakhshan #khorassan #armenian film #music video #sufi #sufi music #persian language

[h-najim21]

#pamir #tajikistan #mountains #pamirhighway #travel #centralasia #pamirmountains #badakhshan #nature #adventure #travelphotography #mountain #landscape #khorog #памир #instatravel #pamirnature #kyrgyzstan #asia #gbao #roadtrip #travelgram #lonelyplanet #silkroad #mongolrally2018 #таджикистан #naturelovers https://www.instagram.com/p/CeGKjbCoo4G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pamir #tajikistan #mountains #pamirhighway #travel #centralasia #pamirmountains #badakhshan #nature #adventure #travelphotography #mountain #landscape #khorog #памир #instatravel #pamirnature #kyrgyzstan #asia #gbao #roadtrip #travelgram #lonelyplanet #silkroad #mongolrally2018 #таджикистан #naturelovers

[innerchorus]

Gotarzes? Was a good king, at least until he grew old and superstitious. He was known as the "great king" / "king of kings", in fact.

'After King Gotarzes ascended the throne, he proved himself to be a capable and wise ruler, and also accomplished much. He repelled enemy invasions four times, renovated streets and water conduits, expanded the schools established by the monarchy, protected the study of the arts, and promoted people of the highest standard to serve as judges and regional governors. He demoted overambitious feudal lords*, released innocent people from prison, and provided the populace with food and medicine during times of disaster.

A time came when the great king who was praised by all had grown old. Instead of heeding the advice of trusted generals and officials, he began to listen to the suggestions of prophets and sorcerors of unknown character. Because these people recovered important objects that had gone missing for him, and because they predicted that an apparently unfavourable war would have the opportunity to be won, the facts appeared to confirm their claims. In any case, the real power over the country's military and political affairs was gradually stripped from the hands of those who took the work seriously. A general who gave counsel was convicted and executed for angering the king. From then on, none dared to speak out, and furthermore, they left the palace.’ (Book 7, Chapter 4, Part iii)

* shahrdaran

Osroes, on the other hand... Was not particularly memorable, apparently.

#arslan senki #the heroic legend of arslan #gotarzes #no wonder bahman longs for his glory days #sounds like he was very politically capable #for instance it was only after his death that discord arose in badakhshan #(see book 1 chapter 2 part iii for details on that)

[indizombie]

Earthquakes can cause significant damage in Afghanistan, particularly in the many rural areas where many dwellings are not as stable or well-built. Afghanistan is also prone to quakes, as it's located in a seismically active region, over a number of fault lines including the Chaman fault, the Hari Rud fault, the Central Badakhshan fault and the Darvaz fault. In the past 10 years, more than 7,000 people have been killed in earthquakes in the country, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports. There are average 560 deaths a year from earthquakes.

‘Afghan earthquake: At least 280 killed and scores wounded, says state media’, BBC

#BBC #Afghanistan #Earthquakes #Chaman fault #Hari Rud fault #Central Badakhshan fault #Darvaz fault #UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs #deaths

[neweramuseum]

NEM Blue 44 - Curated by Rosalie Heller

FEATURED ARTWORKS BY: Judith Gardner, Daria Stermac, Anndrea Lewis, Sara Seldowitz, Cindy Zoppa-Peskin, Julia Badakhshan, Katya Rosenzweig, Daria Stermac and Janis Brandenburg Lee.

#Rosalie Heller #Judith Gardner #Daria Stermac #Anndrea Lewis #Sara Seldowitz #Cindy Zoppa Peskin #Julia Badakhshan #Katya Rosenzweig #Janis Brandenburg Lee

[kendalldgoode]

Suspended bridge in Gunt Valley, Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

#Tadzhikistan #river #Gorno-Badakhshan #Tadjikistan #Tojikiston

[rk82199]

What the Persecution of Faromuz Irgashev in Tajikistan Really Means

What the Persecution of Faromuz Irgashev in Tajikistan Really Means

A 30-year-old Tajik lawyer from Tajikistan’s eastern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) said in 2020 that he intended to run for president of the country at that time. The security services very quickly got in touch with Faromuz Irgashev. Irgashev highlighted his observation of police brutality in Khorog, the capital of GBAO, and the area more broadly as inspiration for running in the 2020…

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#Central Asia #Faromuz Irgashev #GBAO unrest 2022 #Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region #Tajikistan #Tajikistan politics

[peopleofafghanistan]

Afghan Woman Drumming, Afghan Market Outside Khorog, Tajikistan.

Afghanistan lies just a short walk across a bridge over the Panj River from the Afghan Market on the Tajik side of the border. Afghan market vendors walk their goods across the village from their nearby home villages on the other side of the river.

Source:  The Humans Being Project

#tajikistan #afghanistan #afghan woman #afghan people #tajik #tajik people #pamir #badakhshan #market #village #drums #drum #instrument #music #tradition #traditional clothes #folk costume #rural #woman #high res

[mineralsandsomerocks]

Beryl var. Alkali Beryl w/ Muscovite

Locality: Deo Darrah, Khash & Keran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan

#rock #mineral #gem #crystal #beryl #alkali beryl #muscovite #rocks #minerals #fossils #geology #mineralogy #earth #nature #science #natural beauty

[neolithicsheep]

So yesterday I told you about http://aseelapp.com where you can go to donate aid for Afghan people who are hungry or need heat for winter, or buy directly from Afghan artisans.

My main platform has been twitter for years but, well, you know. Anyway my routine is that on weekends I boost a campaign to my followers so here's a link to help people in Herat Province:

Herat is the large province highlighted in red. The population is about 3 million, and around 80% of those people live in rural areas raising saffron or sheep, weaving carpets, or quarrying marble. Only about a quarter of households have access to clean water.

Also while I have you here, let me wreck your budget. It takes about a month for things to get from Afghanistan to me here in North Carolina so if you want to order for Christmas your deadline is RIGHT NOW. Let me make some suggestions!

https://aseelapp.com/en_us/lapis%20ring%20for%20men4.html

Afghanistan has enormous amounts of lapis lazuli deposits and you can find a lot of gorgeous things made from it ranging from jewelry to candlesticks. The Dari word for lapis is lajaward (لاجورد) which probably derives from the place in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, where it has historically been mined.

Nematullah and Brotheran has your gorgeous lapis bowls, picture frames, etc

Mr Haneif at Nuristan Fashion has wool waistcoats, long coats, and patu!! A patu is a large 100% wool shawl worn by Afghan men. Buying one was the best decision I ever made as there's nothing better than wrapping up in a big length of wool.

Do you drink tea? Let me introduce you to Mr Wakil at the Istalefi Pottery Shop! Among other things he makes absolutely amazing teapots. I have a few things from him and another on the way. Here is the small bowl I eat my snacks from!

For merchants, Aseel is a platform like Etsy. You are buying from an Afghan artisan and helping them keep their family fed and clothed and warm. I recommend using the "Shop by Brand" option as it will show you only Afghan shops.

I volunteer my time with the Aseel team doing... Basically this. I'm also constantly trying to convince them to tell sellers to raise prices because they're criminally low but no dice so far.

#Save Afghanistan #afghanistan #Aseel app #Herat Province #Istalefi Pottery #Nuristan #teapot #Patoo #Lapis lazuli #Humanitarian aid

[oldearthminerals]

Purple Scapolite Crystal, Badakhshan, Afghanistan.

https://www.oldearthminerals.com/shop/p/hex6wghyay9usmgvwitrxjebv1u7gi-hf9kk-mt6k4-7dgb2-nacnk-48azj-wtlh3-gy4pm-9y3e3-xfysh-j4dyc

#scapolite #purplecrystal #purplescapolite #mineralporn #crystalporn #crystals #crystalhealing #crystallove #reikicrystals

#scapolite #crystalhealing #minerals #crystals #mineralspecimens #mineralspecimen #reikicrystals #purplecrystals

[tired-reader-writer]

Arslan Senki Chapter 125

So I meant to do this last night but apparently I had accidentally hit the daily tumblr post limit, and was stuck unable to post or reblog anything up until now! I AM FREE, MUAHAHAHAHA.

I will be cannibalizing the discussion @innerchorus and I had in our DMs since all of that was what I meant to put in the post all along, though I'm running a bit low on energy so I won't be weaving screencaps into the post.

One of the first things that stuck out to me was how humble the residence of Arslan's birth parents was, when I read spoilers and it said “knight”, I had assumed something... a little larger than that. Nothing grand, not a mansion or anything, they weren't prominent knights, but... not this. I wonder what the social standing of “knights” in general are? Zaravant also described himself as a knight, iirc. Though it's likely that knight in this case was used to refer to a warrior in general than a specific caste/rank? Maybe cavalry officers of any rank were deemed knights?

I apologize for jumping backwards but oh, oh man I want to hug Arslan so bad. His face! The way Arakawa took the time and panel space to really show how he tried to hold his reaction back. He's trying to be composed and he succeeds. Even something of this caliber (even if he did suspect it all along) didn't make him lash out. He has incredible self-control, or maybe he's just too used to setting his own feelings and reaction aside. I don't think he's repressing it here though, rather he's facing it head-on.

(I wonder how Andragoras even managed to find Arslan, and that swiftly, too.)

Turns out the marzban thing was a translation error, which is good because I was raising my eyebrow skeptically at that panel when I first read it.

Man something about the memory and deaths of a family who were basically exploited just vanish away, paved over and buried. There's just something so relevant to my interests and the themes of Wolfpack about this all. The clan is all about remembering and protecting those the world would've deliberately chosen to forget, after all.

Also, Arslan's father wasn't prepared to raise his own child? Boo. Wolfpack!Shapur was twice the single father by age 22, LOL. (I jest, it would've been harder for him than it would've Shapur, considering the financial situation and the fact that he doesn't have people he can leave the baby to when out at battle or something. It's natural for him to be worried. I'm sure he saw this as the best path possible, and hey, his son will be a prince! Surely a better life than he could ever lead as the son of an insignificant knight.

Arslan considering the notion of Andragoras possibly planning to sire another male heir... I don't have any intelligent commentary to give on the matter but I found it interesting. Perhaps another king in Andragoras' shoes might've done it. Gotarzes certainly did.

Tahamenay sure did go through a lot, and the dehumanizing lenses everybody saw her through meant that she was villified and demonized for just trying to survive (or just existing, period! the things that happened to the shitty men in her life was NOT her fault) She's not my fave, no, but I do feel for her. Like, her homeland got annexed! As someone from a country that got occupied by both Britain AND Japan and suffered under them, that really resonates with me. And while Pars fights for its freedom (and it should, I'm not arguing otherwise), Badakhshan???? Still under occupation for more than sixteen years, if I'm correct. There's just something heartbreaking about it.

Arslan confirming that his wet nurse and her husband being purposefully murdered to tidy up loose ends! And he's rightfully angry at the answer— we don't see his face in full, his eyes are shadowed when he asks the question, he clenches his hands when he hears the answer, and grits his teeth too. I may be reading too much into this but the agony on Tahamenay's face being replaced by cold distance when she said “They were. To avoid any complications later.”, the almost clinical way she delivered it, it's such a stark contrast from her emotion mere moments before. Maybe, just maybe, the delivery of the truth on top of the truth itself was what set Arslan off (though of course, he still does not act on it). Maybe there's something to be said about the disregard of “insignificant” lives.

I think Tahamenay has shut her feelings down, and her daughter is the only thing she'll let herself feel anything over. The sheer trauma and the constant bombardment of such vitriol from all angles meant that completely shutting down all emotion was... probably the only way to cope. Conceal it, don't feel it.

The thing is, though, even if he were to “Arslan: exit stage left” out of this conflict, where would he go? I'm sure he'd have little problem finding happiness in a humble life, he's never been one to care about stuff like birthrights and status, but where would he go???? The people he loved before his life as a prince are gone. Wet nurse and husband, dead. Everyone else? The kids he played with? Probably don't even remember him anymore due to the distance (I assume they didn't know he was the prince). Would he even be able to recognize them anymore? And would Team Arslan follow him into exile? There is technically an out, yes, but it's not a meaningful one. Just like how Hilmes is trapped in his own identity, Arslan also is, though Hilmes chose to build his own cage and Arslan was unknowingly put into it. And there's something to be said about how both their claims/identities were laundered. Hilmes is not the son and heir of Osroes. Arslan does not possess royal blood.

@innerchorus pointed out that Tahamenay was offering Arslan what she would have chosen herself (and this lines up with novel canon where she retreats to her homeland and distances herself from court), and it makes sense, this was a game she never asked to play. Still, it's just really sad that Arslan can never truly go back to who he was before all this.

I also loved the way his dialogue was paired with the internal monologue in black panels, even if I can't quite put my finger on why. That part was brilliantly done. (Maybe the way the “camera” comes closer and closer to his face as he proceeds?)

And the way that Tahamenay was prepared to receive angry words and even physical violence as a matter of course, it either speaks to her own guilt about the situation, OR the way she was treated so shittily by all the men and people in her life. Or maybe it is both. A brilliant moment of characterization, where she is shaped by her experiences and is in turn, blinded by them. Arslan is not that kind of person. He bows to her, and then leaves.

I have nothing to say about Kishward's worried face, but Arslan declaring his will is such a powerful moment. I'm reminded of a very early Narsus moment that's very relevant, I went and dug this out from my reread tag:

Here's what I had to say about it back then:

“What Narsus basically means here is: State a concrete vision, a cause, a goal, and people will naturally gather round to support it— to garner allies, you must basically broadcast what it is that you wish to achieve.”

And Arslan here is doing just that. Fantastic.

I know I said no screencaps in this post but I couldn't help it! It's such a powerful moment.

Arslan has really grown into his role and he's embodying the counsel Narsus gave him all those chapters ago!

And Hilmes, I see, is having a not-so-spectacular time.

The way Osroes spoke of Hilmes makes my skin crawl. He doesn't even deign to refer to the boy as “he”, and “send the thing to meet its true father” is just. YIKES. It's not the child's fault he was born into shitty circumstances, Osroes! How could he have raised Hilmes all those years (eleven!) with no outward sign of contempt, and just. Never develop any sort of attachment to him? No hesitation? Maybe it's the fever that's making it worse but I don't believe it was all delirium which just makes it worse. I hate Osroes.

Andragoras really did it as revenge, which seals the deal that he is, in fact, speaking the truth. It's just like him, and loathe as Hilmes is to admit it, he does realize that. This boy too deserves hugs. SOMEBODY COME HUG YOUR PRINCE.

And even still, even as his world is crumbling around him with no preamble, he still has enough headspace to process and start piecing the pieces together. Hilmes has POTENTIAL, he's a good commander and this right here shows his intelligence and relative ability to keep it straight in stressful conditions (relative, because of his whole consumed by revenge thing). If only he wasn't led astray perhaps, he could've made a good Shah. He unfortunately harbors some very typical biases about social class or whatever, but perhaps it could've been given a chance to change. But as things are now, his chance of being a Shah at all is...

Another Arslan-Hilmes parallel: they're both refusing to back down even as their lack of claim is revealed, and though the refusal stems from very different emotional roots there's a commonality in that they keep at it because if they stop now then what did all those people fight for? Though, Arslan's motive is selfless (he's doing it because it's his duty to the people who gave so much for him) while Hilmes' is selfish (it's tied to his sense of self-worth).

And Hilmes putting things together (so close, so close!) signifying his refusal to give up, that's what spurs Andragoras into action.

Man, what a fucking chapter, amirite?

Now with all that out of the way—

ITTY BITTY BABY BABY BABYYYYY HE'S BARELY LARGER THAN A COIN POUCH (and if we remove the swaddling cloth he might actually be smaller oh godddd) like I would've made infant Areyan tiny anyways but ohhhh god I'm about to cry. He's so huggable. I WILL SOB.

#arslan senki #the heroic legend of arslan #heroic legend of arslan #arslan senki spoilers #lil tufts of hair! so adorable #those cheeeeeks #arslan #tahamenay #andragoras #hilmes

[royalsofhistory]

💌 Details of the famous painting of “Roxelana” by Italian artist, Tiziano Vecelli, circa 1515-1550.

Hürrem Sultan, or “Roxelana”, was the only legitimate wife of the famous Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent — thus, she became the most influential woman in Ottoman history. Of Ruthenian origin, she was known for her bright auburn hair and profound love of and interest in poetry, which captured the sultan’s eyes and saw her rising from the status of concubine to that of founder of an era known as the “Sultanate of women”.

Under the pen name of “Muhibbi”, the sultan composed the following poem for his beloved wife:

(💌) “Throne of my lonely niche, my wealth, my love, my moonlight.

My most sincere friend, my confidant, my very existence, my sultan, my one and only love.

The most beautiful among the beautiful...

My springtime, my merry faced love, my daytime, my sweetheart, laughing leaf...

My plants, my sweet, my rose, the only one who does not distress me in this world...

My Constantinople, my Caraman, the earth of my Anatolia,

My Badakhshan, my Baghdad and Khorasan

My woman of the beautiful hair, my love of the slanted brow, my love of eyes full of mischief...

I’ll sing your praises always

I, lover of the tormented heart, Muhibbi of the eyes full of tears, I am happy.”

#hürrem sultan #haseki hurrem sultan #roxelana #ottoman empire #sultan suleiman #ottoman history #turkish history #medieval #medieval history #middle ages #poetry #poems #turkey #history #historical figures #historic #paintings #painting detail #historical painting #female history #women history #royal family #royals #royalty #royalcore