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حصہ اول - کچھ تصانیف جنکا ذکر میں @Shehzad89 صاحب سے بات کرتے ہوۓ بھول گیا تھا اس میں بہت ہی محترم اور بہترین محقق جناب عقیل عباس جعفری صاحب کی پاکستان کے سیاسی وڈیرے، اور پاکستان کرانیکل ہیں ۔ ہہلی فرصت میں خریدیں اور فوری طور پر حفظ کرلیں ۔ دیگر یہ ہیں 
حصہ دوم - کچھ تصانیف جنکا ذکر میں @Shehzad89 صاحب سے بات کرتے ہوۓ کیا اور جنکا بھول گیا وہ یہ ہیں ، بنیادی معلومات ان کتابوں سے لیں تاکہ آپ تمام کا جہل آپ پر واضح ہوجائے
حصہ سوم - کچھ تصانیف جنکا ذکر میں @Shehzad89 صاحب سے بات کرتے ہوۓ کیا اور ایک بہت ہی محترم عالم کا ذکر بھول گیا تھا انکا نام سید سبط حسن (مرحوم) ہے اور انکی کتابوں میں پاکستان کے پیچیدہ سیاسی مسائل کا حل بھی ہے
#Erdogan has won the elections in #Turkey.
#Indian #liberals are dismayed because Erdogan is trying to #Islamize Turkey.
But this is a decision of the people of Turkey.
Erdogan has won through a democratic, free and fair election.
This is what the people of Turkey want.
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#Indian #liberals are dismayed because Erdogan is trying to #Islamize Turkey.
But this is a decision of the people of Turkey.
Erdogan has won through a democratic, free and fair election.
This is what the people of Turkey want.
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If you claim to love #Democracy, that is, the will of the people, then you should be happy with this result.
Erdogan is a #Democrat. He is not #Liberal. He converted the #HagiaSophia into a mosque.
But #Democracy has NOTHING TO DO with #Liberalism, and vice versa.
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Erdogan is a #Democrat. He is not #Liberal. He converted the #HagiaSophia into a mosque.
But #Democracy has NOTHING TO DO with #Liberalism, and vice versa.
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Syrian world war? Is the label correct? Or is it a Syrian revolution between the people and the regime? We will see that in this thread about the statistics of the number of foreign fighters who came to support the Syrian revolution and 👇1️⃣
bring democracy from their countries full of "freedom", and others wanted to establish (the Islamic State)
An American document revealed that the total number of foreign terrorists who flocked to Syria reached 171,400, half of them from Arab countries, and 2️⃣👇
An American document revealed that the total number of foreign terrorists who flocked to Syria reached 171,400, half of them from Arab countries, and 2️⃣👇
that the Syrian army and its allies alone killed 51,910 of them, and 33,847 of them went missing.
As for a study by the European Ferrel Center, it found that the number of foreigners fighting in Syria from April 2011 until the end of 2015 reached 👇3️⃣
As for a study by the European Ferrel Center, it found that the number of foreigners fighting in Syria from April 2011 until the end of 2015 reached 👇3️⃣
The tale of two four half sisters, they should have #F35B but none have. The #Spanish Juan Carlos 1 class LHD was designed to be like the USMC Essex class LHDs which can launch an amphibious assault both from their well decks and their flight decks.
They have a ski-jump which #Spanish AV-8B #Harrier use to fly off its deck, the #Australians and #Turks both decided to keep the ski-jump. #Australians never bought #F35B and #Turks were removed from the #F35 program altogether.
The #Turks plan on flying navalised Bayraktar drones off their decks while the #Australians have scrapped the idea of fixed wing aviation altogether. Maybe #AUKUS will motivate it to reconsider.
2016 | This #silver rhyton discovered at #Deylaman, Northern #Iran. The inscription as well as leading art #historians identify the #artefact as representing #Durga #Mahishasuramardini
Interestingly, it gives new insights into the high-quality production of silver icons
Interestingly, it gives new insights into the high-quality production of silver icons
Its provenance is taken to be in Eastern #Afghanistan It was looted during the #Arab #Muslim raids on #Shahi and #Zunbil kingdoms of South Eastern Afghanistan in the latter half of seventh century. Its provenance beyond the #Hindu Kush is not surprising as #archaeology attests to
Its provenance is taken to be in Eastern #Afghanistan It was looted during the #Arab #Muslim raids on #Shahi and #Zunbil kingdoms of South Eastern Afghanistan in the latter half of seventh century. Its provenance beyond the #Hindu Kush is not surprising as #archaeology attests to
strange piece about #kurdistan in #iraq. the 2017 referendum was a political calculation of the #barzani clan to distract from domestic problems and rally people around the flag, the clans in charge are extremely nepotist and corrupt, and not progressive. blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2022/11/11…
the #kurdistan region in #iraq is *not* a model of democracy, and also not of religious freedom: christians, yezidis or others who don't align with the ruling #clans and mainly the #barzani clan (posing as political party #kdp) have nothing to say.
whenever i think of #kurdistan in #iraq breaking away as just one piece of a much larger kurdistan, i can't stop but thinking of what repercussions it may have for #kurds elsewhere in authoritarian states. ultimate repercussion, i mean, as an echo from history.
1. My #SamarkandSummit orientalist🧵on its toponym and etymology. Incorrect is #Wikipedia's #Samarkand etymon entry and false analogy to #Tashkent. Both #Samarkand, like neighbouring #Bukhara, remain extensively debated in eastern #MiddleIranian #philology.
2. #Samarkand, contra #Wikipedia, is not 'stone city'. The first element /sm’r/ remains unexplained. On #Sogdian sm’rknδh [Ancient Letters], cf. Chin. Samojian 颯秣建 Gr. Μαρακάνδοι, scholarly consensus exists only on second compound, #Sogdian 'town, city'.
3. #Sogdian knδh 'town, city' > #Christian #Sogdian qθ; /sm’r/ element unmentioned in Gharib 1995 [Sogdian #Dictionary], @iranicaonline, or EI2 [Enc. of #Islam) entries. See @Brill_ME_Africa EI2, VIII/1995: 1031-032, s.v. #Samarkand Schaeder (rev. Bosworth).
Germany’s strategic blunders in its relationship with #Russia are currently hurting all of Europe. We take a look at the parallel relationship between #Germany and #Turkey and the real risks this poses for the West. A thread by #theHELC #NoSubsForTurkey 1/17
The German / Turkish relationship dates from before #WWI, when the #YoungTurks turned to Germany as the most plausible international ally for their decomposing Empire. A secret treaty between the two powers was concluded on August 2, 1914 2/17
The German #Kaiser #WilhelmII visited the #OttomanEmpire three times in total, pledging to the Sultan and the '300 million Mohammedans scattered over the globe and revering in him their caliph, that the German Emperor will be and remain at all times their friend' 3/17
Turkey's leaders are taking a break from enabling #Russia against #NATO and ethnic cleansing Syria’s #Kurds to launch absurd claims and empty threats against Greek islands. We take a look at the painful history of Turkish rule on one of them: a thread on #Chios from #theHELC 1/10
The history of the Greeks in Chios goes back more than 3,000 years reaching to #Minoan and #Mycenaean times. Chios is the most likely birthplace of #Homer and had its own coins and democratic parliament by 600 BC. Its famous wine was exported from the Black Sea to #Egypt 2/10
The islanders sided with Athens and then #Alexander the Great against Persia and continued to prosper under first the #Roman and then the Eastern Roman (#Byzantine) Empire. The famous #mosaics of Nea Moni monastery are considered a masterpiece of Byzantine art 3/10
The Report of Emory Niles & Arthur Surherland in U.S. National Archives.
"Although it is not directly related to our research topic, we saw that #Armenians perpetrated atrocities against #Turks at every point we passed from Bitlis to Trabzon."
"Although it is not directly related to our research topic, we saw that #Armenians perpetrated atrocities against #Turks at every point we passed from Bitlis to Trabzon."
"Although we were skeptical of the stories told to us at first, we were convinced after seeing the agreement in the statements of the eyewitnesses and the concrete evidence."
1- #Armenians massacred #Muslims on a large scale.
1- #Armenians massacred #Muslims on a large scale.
2- #Armenians are largely responsible for the destruction in villages and towns.
"#Russians and #Armenians occupied the country together for a considerable time in 1915 and 1916."
"#Russians and #Armenians occupied the country together for a considerable time in 1915 and 1916."
Νew provocative action by #Pakistanis in #Greece
A few days ago, they held a protest rally in Athens. Τhey bothered by the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Europe!
A few days ago, they held a protest rally in Athens. Τhey bothered by the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Europe!
During the last years, the #Pakistanis, with the help of the #Turks and the Chinese, are regrouping/joining forces.
#Greece and #India must cooperate and stop #Ankara and #Islamabad!
#Greece and #India must cooperate and stop #Ankara and #Islamabad!
Do you know the story of #coffee?
Sure you get it from Starbucks or grind it at home but its story was not as simple as farm to pot
The story involves dancing goats, Fatwa, babtization, kings, revolutions, patriotism, Beethoven
Coffee has a rich & troubling history
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Sure you get it from Starbucks or grind it at home but its story was not as simple as farm to pot
The story involves dancing goats, Fatwa, babtization, kings, revolutions, patriotism, Beethoven
Coffee has a rich & troubling history
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1/ 1st, the legend:
Legend has it that an #Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi witnessed his goats gamboling after eating coffee shrub’s red fruit. Perplexed, Kaldi tried the fruit himself and realized the same effect on him. A monk witnessed it & took some of the fruit with him.
Legend has it that an #Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi witnessed his goats gamboling after eating coffee shrub’s red fruit. Perplexed, Kaldi tried the fruit himself and realized the same effect on him. A monk witnessed it & took some of the fruit with him.
2/ Now, the history:
The coffee plant and fruit has been used for 1000s of years but it wasn’t until the 13 century when the beans were roasted, which sky rocketed its popularity. Coffee originated in Ethiopia but it was across the Red Sea, in #Yemen, it was first cultivated.
The coffee plant and fruit has been used for 1000s of years but it wasn’t until the 13 century when the beans were roasted, which sky rocketed its popularity. Coffee originated in Ethiopia but it was across the Red Sea, in #Yemen, it was first cultivated.
1. I think this was my first use of the term "rout" noting I reported on April 14, the day we announced it, that the Taliban would attack in force. How can I be better at intel than the Pentagon and the CIA? Let's put all this off and get our people out but we have to view an
NEW: #Afghanistan - "We are continuing air operations" per @USArmy MajGen Hank Taylor, calling it "a Herculean effort"
Says there will be +4,000 in #Kabul by the end of Tuesday
Says there will be +4,000 in #Kabul by the end of Tuesday
2) The the name "Nakhichevan" in #Armenian literally means "the place of first descent", a Biblical reference to the descent of Noah's Ark on the adjacent Mount #Ararat. Armenian tradition says that Nakhichevan was founded by Noah.
3) The region was at the center of the ancient Kingdom of #Armenia (858 BC-428 CE). During the invasion by Sassanid #Persian Shah Shapur II (r. 309-379) he removed 2,000 Armenian and 16,000 #Jewish families from #Nakhichevan (360-370 CE).
1. Next 21 tweets on #Sikh tradition's relationship with different languages & scripts in Indic core & extended MidEast/Mongol/Tibet/E.Asian family.
What were the cultural undercurrents of the first Sikh movement towards Indicization?
What derailed this?
What about the future?
What were the cultural undercurrents of the first Sikh movement towards Indicization?
What derailed this?
What about the future?
2. #Sikh Guru Angad ji pioneered the re-introduction of Indic script in Punjab. Rolled back imposition of modified-Arabic script.
#Gurmukhi is derived from Sharada script of #Kashmiri Hindus. Related to far flung Tocharian script. Is only surviving member of that script-family.
#Gurmukhi is derived from Sharada script of #Kashmiri Hindus. Related to far flung Tocharian script. Is only surviving member of that script-family.
3. #Sindhis, Hindus from #NWFP & Hinglaaj (present-day #Balochistan), + today's #Kashmiri Hindus' Indic scripts have lost currency. Most now use modified-Arabic script.
These groups should consider adopting #Gurmukhi as script for their languages as they reclaim their identity.
These groups should consider adopting #Gurmukhi as script for their languages as they reclaim their identity.
Past present: Identity crisis
dawn.com/news/1106525
#TipuSultan of Mysore (d.1799) wrote a letter to the Ottoman caliph for help. Instead of extending help, the caliph betrayed Tipu Sultan by handing over the letter to the British government (By Dr Mubarak Ali)
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#TipuSultan of Mysore (d.1799) wrote a letter to the Ottoman caliph for help. Instead of extending help, the caliph betrayed Tipu Sultan by handing over the letter to the British government (By Dr Mubarak Ali)
After garnering worldwide praise as a ‘mediator’ and being regarded as a true representative of Muslim world, Prime Minister #ImranKhan heaped praise on Turkish president saying “I can safely say that he [ #Erdogan ] can win next elections in Pakistan
tribune.com.pk/story/2156994/… 👇
tribune.com.pk/story/2156994/… 👇
Consciousness of Muslim Identity in South Asia Before 1947
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Locally converted Muslims were excluded from high positions and were despised by their foreign (Muslim) brothers.
By Dr Mubarak Ali
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Locally converted Muslims were excluded from high positions and were despised by their foreign (Muslim) brothers.
By Dr Mubarak Ali
1/#Turkey had well established "soft power" lines of influence throughout the Greater #MiddleEast (North #Africa, Horn of Africa, Eastern #Mediterranean, etc.).
Around 3000 BCE in eastern #Europe, a Proto-Balto-Slavic #language started to diverge from #ProtoIndoEuropean.
The #Slavic branch of the #IndoEuropean #languages began about 2,000 years later when Proto-Slavic deviated from Proto-Balto-Slavic.
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The #Slavic branch of the #IndoEuropean #languages began about 2,000 years later when Proto-Slavic deviated from Proto-Balto-Slavic.
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As the #Slavic-speaking area expanded during the first millennium CE (striped area on map), Proto-Slavic transitioned to Common Slavic. The #language underwent minor changes that occurred mostly uniformly across eastern #Europe, thereby maintaining mutual intelligibility.
Around the year 1000 CE #CommonSlavic began to split into the South, West, and East branches to which all modern #Slavic #languages belong.
Roughly 315m people speak a Slavic #language, mostly in Eastern #Europe (including the #Balkan peninsula), #CentralAsia, and #Siberia.
Roughly 315m people speak a Slavic #language, mostly in Eastern #Europe (including the #Balkan peninsula), #CentralAsia, and #Siberia.
50. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
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7. Further Proof. The Truth may be long, but it always prevails.
Who fights against #Syria, against the Govt of #Syria & #Syrian Army?
As you can see, they are #Not Syrians!
Any question?
#ForeignTerrorists #RegimeChange #Imperialism #WarCriminal #Lies #Conspiracy
#Hypocrisy
Who fights against #Syria, against the Govt of #Syria & #Syrian Army?
As you can see, they are #Not Syrians!
Any question?
#ForeignTerrorists #RegimeChange #Imperialism #WarCriminal #Lies #Conspiracy
#Hypocrisy
1. Further Proof. The Truth may be long, but it always prevails.
Who fights against #Syria, against the Govt of #Syria & #Syrian Army?
As you can see, they are #Not Syrians!
Any question?
Who fights against #Syria, against the Govt of #Syria & #Syrian Army?
As you can see, they are #Not Syrians!
Any question?
2. Further Proof. The Truth may be long, but it always prevails.
Who fights against #Syria, against the Govt of #Syria & #Syrian Army?
As you can see, they are #Not Syrians!
Any question?
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Who fights against #Syria, against the Govt of #Syria & #Syrian Army?
As you can see, they are #Not Syrians!
Any question?
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46. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity
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#SDF positions in northeastern #Syria "very weak" against #Turkey-backed forces, per #SDF Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi, speaking thru translator on a teleconference
He describes the situation as "frustrating...We trusted the security mechanism sponsored by the United States”
He describes the situation as "frustrating...We trusted the security mechanism sponsored by the United States”
1. STATE DEPARTMENT
"First of all, the United States will not endorse this invasion; it will not give it any kind of political cover or in any way think that it is a good idea. It endangers our allies in the fight against terror, the #SDF, most of whom are from the region.
"First of all, the United States will not endorse this invasion; it will not give it any kind of political cover or in any way think that it is a good idea. It endangers our allies in the fight against terror, the #SDF, most of whom are from the region.
2. They’re not #PKK members per se, but they’ll fight for their homelands. Secondly, it undercuts our efforts to defeat #ISIS by drawing these SDF forces away from the battle in the south and, frankly, forcing our troops to focus on the military aspects of the invasion.
3. And then thirdly, it creates tremendous insecurity for the entire region.
Secondly, the United States will not give any military support. That was asked by the #Turks at various levels at various times, including in the call on Sunday. That was made clear to the Turks.
Secondly, the United States will not give any military support. That was asked by the #Turks at various levels at various times, including in the call on Sunday. That was made clear to the Turks.
