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Kulab or Kōlāb, city and former province (the greater part of medieval Ḵottal[ān]) of Tajikistan.
Water has been of much importance for human life specifically in the deserted and dried areas like Iranian plateau. Human beings always would gather around water to establish great civilizations along the river banks. Oxus is an important... more
The old capital of Chorasmia, situated by the Oxus/Āmu Daryā river. Kāṯ owes both its glory and demise to the Oxus, an unending source of sustenance as well as destruction in human history. Borjian, Habib. 2012. “Kāṯ” (ancient capital... more
ANABASIS Studia Classica et Orientalia 2 (2011) REVIEWED BY Prof. Jacek Rzepka (Warsaw University) EDITOR Marek Jan Olbrycht email: saena7@gmail.com EDITORIAL BOARD Daryoush Akbarzadeh (Iran, National Museum, Tehran) Agustí... more
This is a compendium of texts on the topic of Yuezhi/Greater Yuezhi/Kushan and related studies. The texts are quotes from monographs and journal articles ranging from 1738 to 2000. They are confined to Western languages. Although the... more
Conference Paper, "Ricerche storico-linguistiche sull'Iran antico II - Ongoing researches in Iranian Studies II", University of Bologna - Sapienza University of Rome – University of Naples “L’Orientale”, 3 June 2020, joint webinar
Conference Paper, "Antiche vie dell’Oriente: rappresentazioni dell’Asia da Alessandro Magno a Giovanni da Pian del Carpine", University of Perugia, 6-8 November 2019
This paper aims to examine the epigraphical evidences found in Hellenistic Bactria, crossroad of people and cultures, which has been a meeting place between cultures and population of different origin from pre-Achaemenid time, with... more
Conference Paper, "The Eighth Annual Doctoral Research Workshop on Central Asia History and Historiography of Central Asia", Royal Holloway University of London and University College London, 25 January 2020
Historical Geography; Middle and Central Asia