Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran
@sasanianshah.bsky.social
Brown Viking. Historian, late antique Central & W. Asia, Sasanians, Byzantines, Scandinavia, Rus’. BD fan, Globe Trotter, Kensington Communist, flâneur, in love w London, Tehran, Athens, & Vienna. Have laptop, will write.
From 17 Nov., I will be an “invited international professor” (grand title for a guest lecturer) for a short course at University of Lille, sponsored by Faculté des Humanités & invited by @ekaterinanechaeva.bsky.social.
I am so excited about the experience ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
I am so excited about the experience ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
From 17 Nov., I will be an “invited international professor” (grand title for a guest lecturer) for a short course at University of Lille, sponsored by Faculté des Humanités & invited by @ekaterinanechaeva.bsky.social.
I am so excited about the experience ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
I am so excited about the experience ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
This is super funny. After four decades of dismissing pre-Islamic history & clinging to Islamic period symbolism, the IRI now is using things like this, a full size statue based on the famous Shapur I relief, to drum up support & get popular support. Ii doubt it will work as ppl are too jaded.
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This is super funny. After four decades of dismissing pre-Islamic history & clinging to Islamic period symbolism, the IRI now is using things like this, a full size statue based on the famous Shapur I relief, to drum up support & get popular support. Ii doubt it will work as ppl are too jaded.
Austrian kings are handy…
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Austrian kings are handy…
Next month, I will be convening a short-course at University of Lille in France, titled the Orient’s East: Iran and Eurasia in the 1st Millennium. I’ll be delivering six talks on the Sasanians, Central Asia, the “Silk Roads”, & the Iranian relations with China.
ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Next month, I will be convening a short-course at University of Lille in France, titled the Orient’s East: Iran and Eurasia in the 1st Millennium. I’ll be delivering six talks on the Sasanians, Central Asia, the “Silk Roads”, & the Iranian relations with China.
ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
ex-patria.univ-lille.fr/archives/4038
Certain amount of historical harmony in that statement!
#RestoreBurgundy #OttoWilhelm #BourgogneLibre #FreigrafschaftBurgund
#RestoreBurgundy #OttoWilhelm #BourgogneLibre #FreigrafschaftBurgund
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Certain amount of historical harmony in that statement!
#RestoreBurgundy #OttoWilhelm #BourgogneLibre #FreigrafschaftBurgund
#RestoreBurgundy #OttoWilhelm #BourgogneLibre #FreigrafschaftBurgund
Everyone talks about the increasing levels of corruption. But no one seems to bother with THIS level of corruption at all. T-rump is spending the US tax payer’s money to prop up an ally in another country?!
(FT, 21 Oct. 2025)
(FT, 21 Oct. 2025)
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Everyone talks about the increasing levels of corruption. But no one seems to bother with THIS level of corruption at all. T-rump is spending the US tax payer’s money to prop up an ally in another country?!
(FT, 21 Oct. 2025)
(FT, 21 Oct. 2025)
Coin of Atiya b. As’ad, the Kharijite leader, minted in Kerman-Narmashir, year 73. The name of the authority, the mint mark, and the date are all written in Pahlavi Middle Persian (and 3 is written as a digit!). Atiya is identified as “Holder of authority” on the obverse margin.
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Coin of Atiya b. As’ad, the Kharijite leader, minted in Kerman-Narmashir, year 73. The name of the authority, the mint mark, and the date are all written in Pahlavi Middle Persian (and 3 is written as a digit!). Atiya is identified as “Holder of authority” on the obverse margin.
Post you from a different era
(If only to prove you were young once)
(If only to prove you were young once)
October 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Post you from a different era
(If only to prove you were young once)
(If only to prove you were young once)
Been laughing at this for an hour straight.
October 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Been laughing at this for an hour straight.
I am sorry. This is offensive. Qataris, as well as Kuwaitis and Saudis and Afghans and Iraqis and others, and yet no one seems to put up similar “memes” with Americans in cowboy hats. What’s the point of this pic?
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I am sorry. This is offensive. Qataris, as well as Kuwaitis and Saudis and Afghans and Iraqis and others, and yet no one seems to put up similar “memes” with Americans in cowboy hats. What’s the point of this pic?
Could someone read this Tamgha? I think it’s Abdulmejid I. But the date I can see (X33X) does’r work for his reign (1255-1277 Hijri). Anyone? Is it 1335 and somehow Mehmed V?
October 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Could someone read this Tamgha? I think it’s Abdulmejid I. But the date I can see (X33X) does’r work for his reign (1255-1277 Hijri). Anyone? Is it 1335 and somehow Mehmed V?
Participating in this very interesting workshop, sadly remotely, and looking forward to some inspiring scholarship.
The Political Economy of Capital
in the Pre-Modern World
The Political Economy of Capital
in the Pre-Modern World
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Participating in this very interesting workshop, sadly remotely, and looking forward to some inspiring scholarship.
The Political Economy of Capital
in the Pre-Modern World
The Political Economy of Capital
in the Pre-Modern World
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Lying down here, sick and coughing, looking at the weather & thinking of all the other places I could reasonably be… why did I choose this?!
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lying down here, sick and coughing, looking at the weather & thinking of all the other places I could reasonably be… why did I choose this?!
“Hamas is responsible for the -> GENOCIDE<- being undertaken by ->the state of Israel <-“!!!!!!!
This is really a US Congressman. It’s not a joke or parody!
This is really a US Congressman. It’s not a joke or parody!
October 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Hamas is responsible for the -> GENOCIDE<- being undertaken by ->the state of Israel <-“!!!!!!!
This is really a US Congressman. It’s not a joke or parody!
This is really a US Congressman. It’s not a joke or parody!
Someone in Hamas writes better English than most American politicians. They mention the genocide & the occupation prisoners too…
Peace?
Peace?
October 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Someone in Hamas writes better English than most American politicians. They mention the genocide & the occupation prisoners too…
Peace?
Peace?
Original art purchase from the Palestinian artist Rawan Anani: Nablus 2025
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October 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Original art purchase from the Palestinian artist Rawan Anani: Nablus 2025
www.instagram.com/rawan_anani_...
www.instagram.com/rawan_anani_...
And here, we can see nine monarchs
October 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
And here, we can see nine monarchs
This is why I love Vienna: you’re walking to your office and you run into your Princeton crew! Vienna’s on everyone’s path.
October 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is why I love Vienna: you’re walking to your office and you run into your Princeton crew! Vienna’s on everyone’s path.
Conversation with Vienne hotel receptionist:
Me: How come there are no water bottles in the room like other places?
Her: because Viennese tap water is actually clean and clear and you can just drink it.
Meanwhile, Viennese tap water:
Me: How come there are no water bottles in the room like other places?
Her: because Viennese tap water is actually clean and clear and you can just drink it.
Meanwhile, Viennese tap water:
September 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Conversation with Vienne hotel receptionist:
Me: How come there are no water bottles in the room like other places?
Her: because Viennese tap water is actually clean and clear and you can just drink it.
Meanwhile, Viennese tap water:
Me: How come there are no water bottles in the room like other places?
Her: because Viennese tap water is actually clean and clear and you can just drink it.
Meanwhile, Viennese tap water:
Since it is now the official policy of US government and is sanctioned by the SCOTUS as well, I am judging this person by “how they look” and think that they looks like a white supremacist and a Nazi scum:
September 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Since it is now the official policy of US government and is sanctioned by the SCOTUS as well, I am judging this person by “how they look” and think that they looks like a white supremacist and a Nazi scum:
I have vague memories of watching a movie about a boy who lived in the wilderness and whose parents had adopted a lion cub who slept in bed with him. But Superman III is the first one I clearly remember.
September 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I have vague memories of watching a movie about a boy who lived in the wilderness and whose parents had adopted a lion cub who slept in bed with him. But Superman III is the first one I clearly remember.
Well…
September 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Well…
Shana Tova! Happy 5785 to my Jewish friends. I hope this year brings peace and happiness to you, and to us all.
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Shana Tova! Happy 5785 to my Jewish friends. I hope this year brings peace and happiness to you, and to us all.
Antifa=Antifascism
Anti-Antifa=Fascism
Anti-Antifa=Fascism
September 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Antifa=Antifascism
Anti-Antifa=Fascism
Anti-Antifa=Fascism