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.
Despite the fact that he wanted to capture Napoleon and put him in a cage and parade him around France, he still gets a statue…! :)
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Despite the fact that he wanted to capture Napoleon and put him in a cage and parade him around France, he still gets a statue…! :)
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I find it very pleasing that sometime around 1040, an Icelandic skald addressed the king of the Norwegians as "sinjórr", showing that already at this early stage the French vocabulary for lordship had entered the Nordic world.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I find it very pleasing that sometime around 1040, an Icelandic skald addressed the king of the Norwegians as "sinjórr", showing that already at this early stage the French vocabulary for lordship had entered the Nordic world.
That this Fascist jerk has casually renamed himself and his department and we are all just casually watching it is one if the things that worries me a lot…
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
That this Fascist jerk has casually renamed himself and his department and we are all just casually watching it is one if the things that worries me a lot…
I am not an expert of the period, but when Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, there were no Brits there, were they? He was conquering it directly from the Ottomans, right?
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I am not an expert of the period, but when Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, there were no Brits there, were they? He was conquering it directly from the Ottomans, right?
The whole Marjory Taylor Green vs. T-rump episode, and now her resignation, stinks of a scripted & manufactured conflict. Something is going on behind the scenes, & as usual, it is related to the Epstein Files.
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The whole Marjory Taylor Green vs. T-rump episode, and now her resignation, stinks of a scripted & manufactured conflict. Something is going on behind the scenes, & as usual, it is related to the Epstein Files.
Clovis I: how he is on his (much later effigy)
Medieval painting
How he probably really looked like…
Medieval painting
How he probably really looked like…
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Clovis I: how he is on his (much later effigy)
Medieval painting
How he probably really looked like…
Medieval painting
How he probably really looked like…
With Pepin I…
I love Pepin’s title in French and the fact that it cognates with English brief.
I love Pepin’s title in French and the fact that it cognates with English brief.
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
With Pepin I…
I love Pepin’s title in French and the fact that it cognates with English brief.
I love Pepin’s title in French and the fact that it cognates with English brief.
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Just saw that British manners YouTube guy say you should eat RICE with the BACK of a FORK and I would rather end civilization
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Just saw that British manners YouTube guy say you should eat RICE with the BACK of a FORK and I would rather end civilization
All this discussion about Harari’s book made me realise something. There is really a lot of interest in people talking candidly about bad books or books that you just dislike. I should do a podcast, as I am great on hating a lot of books.
I will start with The Great Gatsby…
I will start with The Great Gatsby…
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
All this discussion about Harari’s book made me realise something. There is really a lot of interest in people talking candidly about bad books or books that you just dislike. I should do a podcast, as I am great on hating a lot of books.
I will start with The Great Gatsby…
I will start with The Great Gatsby…
Something very pleasant happened by pure accident to me this afternoon that, had I had less reason, might have made me believe in some religion or god!
Life is full of surprises!
Life is full of surprises!
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Something very pleasant happened by pure accident to me this afternoon that, had I had less reason, might have made me believe in some religion or god!
Life is full of surprises!
Life is full of surprises!
Someone (well, @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social) was complaining a few days ago about lack of discussions and disagreements on this site. Here is me running a “bait” experiment (disagreeing ever slightly) with the zeitgeist. See the results:
The reasons why we hate the book are contained in the podcast episode you're linking to. tl;dr he *is* worse than Diamond or Graeber!
I don’t get why people hate Yuval Harrari’s book so much. Less so why they dislike him & wonder “why he has a career”. Other “big history” writers (Diamond, Fernandez Armesto, Graeber) don’t get half as much hate. The book is not good (an understatement), I get it. But it’s not worse than any other.
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Someone (well, @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social) was complaining a few days ago about lack of discussions and disagreements on this site. Here is me running a “bait” experiment (disagreeing ever slightly) with the zeitgeist. See the results:
I don’t get why people hate Yuval Harrari’s book so much. Less so why they dislike him & wonder “why he has a career”. Other “big history” writers (Diamond, Fernandez Armesto, Graeber) don’t get half as much hate. The book is not good (an understatement), I get it. But it’s not worse than any other.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I don’t get why people hate Yuval Harrari’s book so much. Less so why they dislike him & wonder “why he has a career”. Other “big history” writers (Diamond, Fernandez Armesto, Graeber) don’t get half as much hate. The book is not good (an understatement), I get it. But it’s not worse than any other.
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Good. The Nazis are in power and no longer even need to hide it. Maybe now the liberal clowns in their fantasy “middle” position will act accordingly to oppose the fascists. (Lol. They won’t.)
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Good. The Nazis are in power and no longer even need to hide it. Maybe now the liberal clowns in their fantasy “middle” position will act accordingly to oppose the fascists. (Lol. They won’t.)
Sort of half-attending the 21st. Roundtable of the Société d’études syriaques at the BnF Richelieu… interesting line up
www.irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/co...
www.irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/co...
Les bibliothèques syriaques. XXIe table ronde de la Société d'études syriaques
Ce colloque, organisé du jeudi 20 au vendredi 21 novembre 2025 à la BnF( site Richelieu) et à l'Institut protestant de théologie, s’intéresse aux bibliothèques comme un des principaux lieux de product...
www.irht.cnrs.fr
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sort of half-attending the 21st. Roundtable of the Société d’études syriaques at the BnF Richelieu… interesting line up
www.irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/co...
www.irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/co...
The first, very sloshy (Icelandic: slydda), of the year in a mildly festive Lille…
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The first, very sloshy (Icelandic: slydda), of the year in a mildly festive Lille…
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Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
For some reason that I cannot be bothered to explain now, I’ve started watching the old (1970’s/80’s) Superman movies and… I have questions!
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For some reason that I cannot be bothered to explain now, I’ve started watching the old (1970’s/80’s) Superman movies and… I have questions!
This is the stuff you wouldn’t have believed if you were told it a few years ago!
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is the stuff you wouldn’t have believed if you were told it a few years ago!
mazdēsn bay Xudāydāt šāhanšāh ī Ērăn u Anērān ku čihr az yazdān, andar Lille šahristān, tasūg ī Haut Nord, Frangistān šahr…
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
mazdēsn bay Xudāydāt šāhanšāh ī Ērăn u Anērān ku čihr az yazdān, andar Lille šahristān, tasūg ī Haut Nord, Frangistān šahr…
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Our @sasanianshah.bsky.social will be doing some invited lectures at the University of Lille in the coming weeks!
The topic is "The Orient’s East: Iran and Eurasia in the First Millennium CE" and three of the lectures will be available online with registration here: framaforms.org/the-orients-...
The topic is "The Orient’s East: Iran and Eurasia in the First Millennium CE" and three of the lectures will be available online with registration here: framaforms.org/the-orients-...
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our @sasanianshah.bsky.social will be doing some invited lectures at the University of Lille in the coming weeks!
The topic is "The Orient’s East: Iran and Eurasia in the First Millennium CE" and three of the lectures will be available online with registration here: framaforms.org/the-orients-...
The topic is "The Orient’s East: Iran and Eurasia in the First Millennium CE" and three of the lectures will be available online with registration here: framaforms.org/the-orients-...
Deluvering the first of these in an hour and a bit nervous tbh.
Three of my “East of the Orient” lectures in Lille will be broadcasted as part of our Ērān, Tūran, Hrōm series. You can register for them here: framaforms.org/the-orients-...
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Deluvering the first of these in an hour and a bit nervous tbh.
Three of my “East of the Orient” lectures in Lille will be broadcasted as part of our Ērān, Tūran, Hrōm series. You can register for them here: framaforms.org/the-orients-...
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Three of my “East of the Orient” lectures in Lille will be broadcasted as part of our Ērān, Tūran, Hrōm series. You can register for them here: framaforms.org/the-orients-...
The final stage of Colonialism?
In Arizona, the brown-skinned, Spanish speaking people have been there, many of them, upwards of 15,000 years, whereas the English speakers likely slipped over the border last weekend. But ICE can't get its mind around actual history. newrepublic.com/post/203195/...
ICE Almost Deports Native American Woman
Leticia Jacobo was about to be deported, despite her Social Security number and tribal identification.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The final stage of Colonialism?
My most woke opinion?
I feel like every opinion I have is woke. I’m proud to be woke.
My most Conservative opinion is that Education used to be better in the 20th century & that we have regressed on educating our public.
I feel like every opinion I have is woke. I’m proud to be woke.
My most Conservative opinion is that Education used to be better in the 20th century & that we have regressed on educating our public.
My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My most woke opinion?
I feel like every opinion I have is woke. I’m proud to be woke.
My most Conservative opinion is that Education used to be better in the 20th century & that we have regressed on educating our public.
I feel like every opinion I have is woke. I’m proud to be woke.
My most Conservative opinion is that Education used to be better in the 20th century & that we have regressed on educating our public.
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My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.