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Eran ud Turan is a UK-based living history project focusing on the world of the Sogdians, a pre-Islamic Central Asian civilisation, in the late 7th and early 8th Centuries. We aim for a high standard and are always looking for new participants - so please get in touch!
Re-enactment / living history allows both the re-enactor and the spectator to connect with history and distant (both in time and space) cultures in a way books, museums, and visual art can't - by making the objects real and holdable / wearable / useable.
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@aspears27
@BNOFeed
Almost like wearing masks and reducing social contacts reduces the spread of respiratory illness. Weird, isn’t it.
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I remember this back from 2012. Lots of mistakes. I gradually updated it over the years before leaving the Sasanian space in 2016 - here’s some more photos from just before I left. Better, but still not good by my current standards
There is more to it, but I always have a giggle when I think that the most elite troops you would encounter in the Sassanid Empire were dressed like this
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Sogdian painting from Panjakent, Tajikistan, early 8th Century, and my reconstuction
getting there 🙂
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Check this out!
Ancient
#Persian
socks made of wool, carbon dated to 518-205 BC.
By Hali Publications
Private collection
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@kirstiesunflowr
@caitlin_mc1
Other than not being a creeper, which I would hope would be a given, how do you think men can help in these sorts of situations? I assume that if I were to signal to this girl to sit with me like you did, it would probably also be considered threatening.
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When 30 - 50 feral hogs come to your yard in 3 - 5 minutes
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Reconstruction of a Sogdian men’s costume after paintings from Panjakent and finds from Central Asia
Pictured: me (please do not alter my images without consent) - self portrait
More photos:
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The modern town of Panjakent in Tajikistan has several mosaics reminiscent of medieval Sogdian art, here is one made after a banqueting scene that is now in the
@hermitage_eng
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@hansmollman
Reduced consumption because of pandemic precautions - bad, everyone must immediately get back to normal and spend as much as possible
Reduced consumption because billionaires want more money - good, everyone just give up all services, take it on the chin, blitz spirit, etc etc
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Village of Dardar, along the Zerafshan valley in Tajikistan
photographed by me, April 2022
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A rare way of wearing the lapel coat in Sogdiana for archers - the right arm left out the sleeve of the coat. It could be worn with a tunic underneath, or without one, as done here, leaving the chest, arm, shoulder, and upper back exposed.
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@xr_cambridge
Not only did they tell us to move on, they told us that COVID was over, all the COVID related illness is actually due to "immunity debt" and vaccine side effects, and stopped collecting COVID data.
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It was a pleasure to collaborate with
@JoanFrancescOl1
on his excellent painting of a Sogdian king of the early 8th C in full armour. The painting features several elements of my own current (and future planned) kit, and several of my own original designs and research.
Late 7th - early 8th century
#Sogdian
king based on wall paintings from
#Panjakent
(Tajikistan). Reconstructed with the advice of
@eranudturan
(the dagger and sword have been designed by Nadeem Ahmad based on the murals)
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22nd May is EUT's birthday - marking the first time I completed and tried out my
#Sasanian
armour. Almost all my kit from 7 years ago has been updated, replaced, or remade to be more historically accurate as I've learnt more. There is lots to be done
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Monuments to historical figures of Central Asia outside
@of_tajikistan
in Dushanbe - Ismail Samani, Khosrow Anushirvan, Cyrus the Great, and Akhshunwar
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The Sogdian diadem with wings and a crescent moon
Reproduction made by Gemmeus
Original painting from Panjakent
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Sasanian stucco in Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
Pics by me
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Painting of the sun and moon god, Fundukistan, near Bamiyan, Afghanistan. 7th Century, published in
@stowhitfield
's "Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes"
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Nana, the principal deity of the Sogdians, depicted in a 6th century wood carving from Kafir Kala (near Samarkand). Exhibited and photographed at
@museelouvre
Nov 2022
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Bukhara
Rudaki to Nasr Samani :
"...
Long live Bukhara! Be thou of good cheer!
Joyous towards thee hasteth our Amir!
The moon’s the prince, Bukhara is the sky;
O Sky, the Moon shall light thee by and by!
Bukhara is the Mead, the Cypress he;
Receive at last, O Mead, thy Cypress tree!"
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I am usually behind the camera at our events so v grateful that my wife came to take some photos at the end of the day at
@IMC_Leeds
last Thursday!
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The site of Kafir Kala near Samarkand, a residence of the Sogdian kings from the 6th - early 8th Centuries
Photos by IICAS
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Happy New Year from medieval Sogdiana! Wishing al my friends, followers, supporters, and team members all the best for 2024 🥳🥳
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Some photographs of ancient / early medieval artefacts and art objects from the exhibition on Afghanistan, currently on at the
@MuseeGuimet
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The world’s earliest surviving “
#Shahnameh
” (ok not quite, more on this below) is not from
#Iran
and not even in
#Persian
, but painted on the walls of a
#Sogdian
private house, Panjakent,
#Tajikistan
, early 8th C. Paintings in
@state_hermitage
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“ok boomer” in Sogdian
Literally: “I agree, old man.”
Tongiht I will attempt to translate “ok boomer” into Sogdian
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Broke: deadlifts, squats, presses, carefully tracking and logging weights to check progress
Woke: CAMEL
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That this set of “reconstructed” Achaemenid clothing, which appears to include the use of modern Indian sari trims, acrylic sequins, Anatolian kilims, Central Asian yurt bands, etc, somehow made it into the British Museum goes to show that …
Recreation of Persian/
#Achaemenid
riding costume by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, for Luxury and power: Persia to Greece exhibition @ the British Museum
⤵️
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Too many Sogdian myths and stories to go into in just a Twitter thread. But I would recommend Marshak’s “Legends, Tales, and Fables in the Art of Sogdiana” for a good overview. Stories were painted on the walls of private residences
@eranudturan
Cool stuff all around. Question, are there any unique takes/stories/legends and or mythology relating to the Sogdians or did they also believe in similar stories from Zoroastrianism and or Shahnameh.
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One of the most impressive things about the current Uzbekistan exhibition at
@MuseeLouvre
is that they brought out objects that had previously been in storage or in conservation labs. Many of these items are being displayed in public for the first time!
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Remarkable new finds from Tibet. The silver dish is especially interesting, reminds me a bit of this dish from Gupta Dynasty India
Some highlights from recent excavations of Tubo aristocratic tombs near Lhasa, Tibet. Particularly rare are a silver bowl with the scene of Maenad serving wine to drunk Dionysus & many Sasanian coins, which suggest the presence of Sogdians in the Tibetan empire during 6th/7th c.
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The world’s first pizza was made in
#Achaemenid
#Iran
. Topped with dates and cheese. Here’s a test one I made, fresh out the oven. Proper photos to come tomorrow.
@HistoryofPersia
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Khosrow II: “Hold my beer”
(painting by
@JoanFrancescOl1
)
Pearls, who wore it better?
حرف سعدی بشنو که تو خود زیبایی
خاصه آن وقت که در گوش کنی مروارید
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How cool are these creatures
Wu Zhou (Tang) dynasty, Taiyuan, 690 - 705
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Maybe the earliest photographed historical re-enactment? York in 1909, reenacting the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
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Remarkable new finding straight out the floor from near Shiraz - a small silver Achaemenid era clothing appliqué of a falcon holding pearls.
With thanks to Kiarash Gholami
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My photos from the mausoleum of Ismail Samani, Bukhara.
Write up here:
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@johnpauldickson
I swear half the mathematics we have learned by 18 hadn’t been developed in 800 AD.
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Merry Christmas!
Nativity on an 8th - 9th Century Byzantine silk from Syria, in the Museo Sacro of the Vatican
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Bactrian seals of the Hunnic and Hephthalite period of men wearing tulip headdresses
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A complete version of the Kultobe
#Sogdian
inscription has been found! These are the earliest Sogdian texts known, describing the founding of a new city, dating to the 3rd C.
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This weekend I will be in Paris to check out the exhibitions on Uzbekistan by
@MuseeLouvre
and
@imarabe
. Many of the pieces I saw in Tashkent and Samarkand in spring will be exhibited, but it will be nice to see them exhibited in a new light. V excited!
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Let's talk
#Sasanian
helmets - a thread
Pics: Sasanian helmets in
@britishmuseum
, photos by meee
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My armour is undergoing major changes to become more historically accurate. This is the last time I wore it in full, at
@Erewash_Museum
at their Silk Road living history event in 2018
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Check out these beauties made by master bowyer Jack Farrell. Saka/
#Scythian
composite bows, all natural materials, with authentic core construction and a deer rawhide string.
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Xuanzang records an interesting legend about the founding of the Kingdom of Kabhanda (Tashkurgan).
Thread
Pic from:
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Today is
#CyrustheGreat
day, celebrating the appearance of
#Iran
on the world stage as a major empire. Here are some beautiful
#Achaemenid
pieces in the Pergamon
#Museum
in
#Berlin
.
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A new
#Sogdian
replica silk released by the textile company Kazar Bazar, who specialise in jacquard woven replica’s of historic textiles. Can’t wait to wear this! In time, I will look at releasing a full range of textiles from the Afrasiyab paintings from them.
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Reproduction
#Sogdian
#armour
, 7th - early 8th Century
#CentralAsia
#SilkRoad
#Sogdiana
#livinghistory
SUPPORT US
@xujnx
@PicsSilkRoad
@Criticastery
@CarlZha
@idp_uk
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What inspired my interest in Sogdiana? I could write a reason about their importance in trans-Eurasian trade, or their interesting political structure, but the honest answer to why I’m interested in them is that I just find their visual / material culture cool
@eranudturan
@hermitage_eng
This looks incredible mate. I now have two questions (1) Have some examples of favorite sogdian art ( could be anything: painting, tapestry, metal craft, etc.) Also (2) What inspired your interest in this section of history
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Painting from the Buddhist temple of Kalai Kafirnigan, northern Tokharistan area (now southern Tajikistan), 7th - 8th C. Photographed by me in
@of_tajikistan
last spring
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Among many others, one interesting case of cultural diffusion across late antique and early medieval Eurasia is the case of textiles, and particularly their decoration 🧵
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One of my most precious pieces of living history / reenactment kit. A reconstruction of a Sogdian diadem based on depictions in Sogdian painting and with elements taken from Sogdian / Central Asian metalwork. Made by the expert hands of
@Gemmeus
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Also: BUKHARAN
f*ck your zodiac sign what’s your favorite column style
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Detail of an 8th C gilt-silver dish from Tokharistan in the Wyvern Collection. This piece is just amazing!
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Head of a
#Sogdian
carved wooden idol, found in a cave at Kuh-i-Surkh,
#Tajikistan
The idol was originally adorned with clothing, jewellery, a diadem, a sceptre, and an incense burner, and must have been hidden in a cave after the Arab conquest
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The Shah-i-Zinda complex is a stunning blue and golden sandstone series of mausoleums in
#Samarkand
,
#Uzbekistan
.
@UZAmbassador
@DestCentralAsia
@PicsSilkRoad
@wonderspodcast
Photos and write up!
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Sogdian mirrors. A type commonly used in Central Asia was that of a circular flat or slightly convex disk with a horizontal bar handle decorated with horse protomes.
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Archaeological site of Sanjar Shah, near Panjakent, Tajikistan
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From our Sogdian reenactment summer banquet earlier this year.
the banquet is open to all our members with kit - get in touch to find out more or if you want to attend!
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Golden treasures from Dalverzin Tepe (located in what is now southern Uzbekistan), on display at the Uzbekistan exhibition at
@MuseeLouvre
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Sogdian cushions! These are replicas based on the paintings of Panjakent XXV-28, made with a long length of Chinese floral silk folded in half and stitched on three sides, stufed with wool, and finished with decorative beaded tassels. Made by
@husfreyja_asta
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Women’s clothing from late 19th / early 20th C Uzbekistan
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Announced on
@Patreon
- the book project is official!
My main iconographic sources will be Dilberjin, Jartepa, Balalyk Tepa, Afrasiyab, Panjakent, Varakhsha, and Bunjikat.
Gonna flesh it out with
#archaeology
from the area too (too many sites to list)
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Sogdian dish with the so-called “Senmurv” - original and replica made in Bukhara by master Jurabek Sidikov. Composite animals in Sogdian art and symbolism are linked to Farr / Divine Glory, and victory
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The monumental Sogdian wooden panels from Kafir Kala near Samarkand will be on show at
@MuseeLouvre
for the exhibition Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan. I was privileged to see them in Samarkand, but will be great to see them again now that more restoration work has been done
A newly discovered image of Nana -a goddess of Mesopotamian origin venerated widely in Central Asia- on a black charred wooden panel from a 7th/8th-c palatial ruin near Samarkand. She's sitting on a lion, surrounded by worshipers. Picture 3 is an Indianized Nana from North China.
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