HINO NACIONAL «A PORTUGUESA»
Reparei que, ao longo destes mais de cinco anos de actividade blogueira, ainda não tinha, por absurdo esquecimento, colocado aqui o Hino Nacional, que é das coisas mais belas que a mais ocidental das nações europeias alguma vez teve. Cá vai então o registo da música, da autoria de Alfredo Keil, e da letra, de Henrique Lopes de Mendonça:
Heróis do Mar, Nobre Povo
Nação Valente, Imortal
Levantai hoje de novo
O esplendor de Portugal
Entre as brumas da memória
Ó Pátria, sente-se a voz
Dos teus egrégios avós
Que há-de guiar-te à vitória!
Às armas, às armas,
Nação Valente, Imortal
Levantai hoje de novo
O esplendor de Portugal
Entre as brumas da memória
Ó Pátria, sente-se a voz
Dos teus egrégios avós
Que há-de guiar-te à vitória!
Às armas, às armas,
Sobre a terra e sobre o mar
Às armas, às armas,
Às armas, às armas,
Pela Pátria lutar!
Contra os canhões, marchar, marchar!
Desfralda a invicta bandeira
À luz viva do teu céu
Brade à Europa, à Terra inteira
Portugal não pereceu!
Beija o solo teu jucundo
O Oceano a rugir de amor
E o teu braço vencedor
Deu novos mundos ao mundo!
Às armas, às armas,
Sobre a terra e sobre o mar
Contra os canhões, marchar, marchar!
Desfralda a invicta bandeira
À luz viva do teu céu
Brade à Europa, à Terra inteira
Portugal não pereceu!
Beija o solo teu jucundo
O Oceano a rugir de amor
E o teu braço vencedor
Deu novos mundos ao mundo!
Às armas, às armas,
Sobre a terra e sobre o mar
Às armas, às armas,
Pela Pátria lutar!
Pela Pátria lutar!
Contra os canhões, marchar, marchar!
Saudai o Sol que desponta
Sobre um ridente porvir
Seja o eco de uma afronta
O sinal de ressurgir!
Raios dessa aurora forte
São como beijos de mãe
Que nos guardam nos sustêm
Contra as injúrias da sorte!
Às armas, às armas,
Saudai o Sol que desponta
Sobre um ridente porvir
Seja o eco de uma afronta
O sinal de ressurgir!
Raios dessa aurora forte
São como beijos de mãe
Que nos guardam nos sustêm
Contra as injúrias da sorte!
Às armas, às armas,
Sobre a terra e sobre o mar
Às armas, às armas,
Às armas, às armas,
Pela Pátria lutar!
Contra os canhões, marchar, marchar!
Contra os canhões, marchar, marchar!
Por graciosa coincidência, o dia em que resolvi colocar aqui o Hino Nacional é também o dia em que, no calendário pagão latino, se celebra a Parília ou festa em honra de Pales, Deidade protectora dos rebanhos. Como aqui se lê, neste dia os pastores faziam fogueiras de restolho e espinhos sobre as quais saltavam. Pediam também perdão pelos seus animais terem penetrado em locais considerados como sagrados. O mais interessante nisto é a possibilidade de que na tradição religiosa lusitana, parente étnica da latina, se prestasse culto, segundo a inscrição tida como lusitana de Cabeço das Fráguas, à Divindade Trebopala, Cujo nome tem sido traduzido como «Protecção do Povo». A Trebopala é oferecida uma ovelha («oilam», em língua lusitana), segundo a referida inscrição de Cabeço das Fráguas. Assim, está-se perante uma semelhança não apenas de nome, mas também de sacralização ovina e possivelmente de função divina. A semelhança ganha vigor na medida em que, na Índia ariana, existia o culto a Vispala, Deusa protectora do rebanho. Não será por acaso que ainda hoje existe a expressão portuguesa «à pala de», significando «sob a protecção de». Aliás, já no ano passado tinha explicado isto aqui, fazendo referência a dois especialistas na matéria, uma historiadora portuguesa e um historiador galego.
posted by Caturo at terça-feira, abril 21, 2009
42 Comments:
Bravo!
Viva Portugal!!!
portugal,israel ou norte da africa?
20% dos tugas tem gens de judeus
11% dos tugas tem gens de mouros
sem falar nos gens de pretos em vosso sangue.
portugalinhos mesticinhos :-)
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20% dos tugas tem gens de judeus
11% dos tugas tem gens de mouros
sem falar nos gens de pretos em vosso sangue.
portugalinhos mesticinhos :-)
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Oh Caturo, a porta da pocilga continua aberta, vê lá se pões o Google Ads na página, só á custa destes macacos iletrados ganhas um dinheirão.
Miss diz que perdeu 1º lugar por ser contra casamento gay nos EUA
Miss Carolina do Norte (esq.) ganhou da Miss Califórnia, Carrie Prejean (dir.)
Uma miss americana que tirou segundo lugar no concurso de beleza Miss Estados Unidos disse que só perdeu a competição por ter se manifestado contra o casamento de homossexuais.
Carrie Prejean, que é Miss Califórnia, disse durante o concurso, realizado no domingo, que acredita que "um casamento deveria acontecer entre um homem e uma mulher".
"Isso me custou a coroa", disse Prejean após a competição. A vencedora foi a Miss Carolina do Norte, Kristen Dalton.
O vídeo com a declaração de Prejean tornou-se um hit no site YouTube. Ela responde a uma pergunta feita por um dos jurados do Miss Estados Unidos, o blogueiro Perez Hilton.
"Eu acredito que um casamento deveria acontecer entre um homem e uma mulher. Isso não é nenhuma ofensa às outras pessoas, mas é como eu fui criada."
Após as declarações, houve vaias e aplausos na plateia. Depois do concurso, que passou na televisão americana, ela disse: "Eu não aceitaria dizer qualquer outra coisa. Eu disse o que eu sinto. Eu dei uma opinião que é verdadeira comigo mesma e isso é tudo o que eu posso fazer".
O jurado Perez Hilton disse que ficou "arrasado" pela resposta de Prejean, que, segundo ele, "alienou milhões de americanos gays e lésbicas, suas famílias e seus apoiadores".
"Ela perdeu por causa desta resposta. Ela era definitivamente a favorita até então."
Um dos diretores da competição Miss Califórnia, Keith Lewis, condenou os comentários de Prejean em uma nota oficial.
"Como co-diretor do Miss Califórnia, eu estou pessoalmente triste e atingido que a Miss Califórnia acredita que o direito ao casamento só pertence a um homem e uma mulher."
Quatro estados americanos permitem o casamento entre homossexuais, mas muitos outros Estados têm legislações que o proíbem.
MAIS UMA DA "LIBERDADE" E "DEMOCRACIA"; UM LADO DA DIALETICA PODE SER NEURO-LIVRE, MAS O OUTRO É PUNIDO APENAS POR PENSAR DIFERENTE DOS DOGMAS DO SISTEMA...!!
LAMENTAVEL!!
Anónimo disse...
portugal,ORIENTE MEDIO ou norte da africa?
20% dos tugas tem gens de SEMITAS
11% dos tugas tem gens de mouros
sem falar nos gens de pretos em vosso sangue.
portugalinhos mesticinhos :-)
Quarta-feira, Abril 22, 2009 12:36:00 AM
E A NAÇÃO MAIS ORIENTAL DAS AMERICAS É A NOSSA!!
20% É J, MAS O J NÃO É JUDEU; ELES SÃO RATOS, MAS NÃO SE REPRODUZEM COMO TAL!!
O NEOLITICO PRE-SEMITICO É O MAIS PROVAVEL POUCO DEPOIS DA SEPARAÇÃO IJ!!
DEVEMOS DEFENDER A LIBERDADE DE EXPRESSÃO E NEURO-LIBERDADE A TODO O CUSTO E NÃO A CENSURA POR MAIS QUE NÃO GOSTEMOS DA OPINIÃO ALHEIA!!
VEJAM SÓ O QUE ACONTECEU COM A MISS
LOGO OS NACIONALISTAS TERÃO DE ACEITAR CALADOS OS DOGMAS DO SISTEMA SE ASSIM CONTINUAR
LUTEMOS POR NOSSA LIBERDADE OCIDENTAL HEMISFERICA OU NÃO SOBRARA MUITO DEPOIS PARA DEFENDE-LA
O OESTE QUER SER MELHOR QUE O LESTE MAS É PIOR, POIS LÁ AO MENOS ELES ASSUMEM QUE SÃO FECHADOS, MAS AQUI A HIPOCRISIA REINA; SE FINGEM DE ABERTOS PRA ALGUMAS COISAS(PRINCIPALMENTE PRO MAL TIPO O SUICIDO EVOLUTIVO), MAS PRA MERA LIBERDADE DE PENSAMENTO SÃO MAIS DITATORIAIS QUE OS DO LESTE!!
BASTA DE HIPOCRISIA E CONTRADIÇÃO NO OESTE NOW!!
FRAQUINHO O HINO
SINCERAMENTE??
A MELODIA PODE ATE SER MELHORZINHA, MAS A LETRA...!!
Brasil e Portugal trocarão documentos históricos sobre ditaduras
EFETamanho do textoA+A-
Lisboa, 21 abr (EFE).- Brasil e Portugal trocarão documentação histórica das ditaduras nos dois países, após a assinatura de um acordo nesse sentido entre o ministro da Justiça, Tarso Genro e o Centro de Documentação 25 de abril, da Universidade de Coimbra.
O protocolo facilitará o acesso aos documentos, em Portugal, do Governo de Antonio de Oliveira Salazar (1933-1974), e, no Brasil, de Getúlio Vargas durante o Estado Novo (1937-1945), e a ditadura militar brasileira (1964-1985).
A troca também incluirá os processos de transformação social e a transição democrática em ambos os países.
"Temos um acervo muito importante na Comissão de Anistia, que provavelmente nenhuma outra instituição brasileira tem", disse Tarso Genro.
Por sua parte, o sociólogo Boaventura de Sousa Santos, diretor do Centro de Documentação 25 de abril, ressaltou "as relações seculares entre a Universidade de Coimbra e o Brasil, que se diversificaram muito nos últimos tempos". EFE
O protocolo facilitará o acesso aos documentos, em Portugal, do Governo de Antonio de Oliveira Salazar (1933-1974)!!
O QUE VC´S ACHAVAM DESSE TAL SALAZAR??
«O QUE VC´S ACHAVAM DESSE TAL SALAZAR??»
Um ditador.
1. The first human civilization - - The Persian
Civilization (==Eilam); It was ahead of Egypt by 500
years, of India, by 1,000 years, and of China, by
2,000 years, of Greece by 3,000 years, and of Rome, by
4,000 years! According to Professor Arthur A. Pope,
the famous Orientalist (A.H. Saidian, Iran: Land and
the People, Tehran 2001 P. 358)
Professor Pope also believes that the world owes its
greatest industrial developments, in the early stages,
to the Persian Civilization! (Ibid).
Another Orientalist, the French Professor Kalamar of
the Sorbonne University of Paris believes that: The
Persian Civilization is the mother of all
civilizations! (Ibid).
2. The first empire in the world, the Persian Empire
(from the Indus River down to the Danube River in
Europe and up to the Nile River in Africa;Central
Asia, present day Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Azirbaijan,
Armenia, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Macedonia,
Cyprus,Lydia and up to the borders of Greece. It
stretched from Ethiopia to India, with 127 provinces
and 28 different nationalities).
"The Greeks and Romans later copied the best features
of the Persian Method of Governing the Empire. (World
History, Philip Groisser, New York, 1970, p. 17).
3. Cyrus the Great conquered Babylonia, Assyria,
Media and India; His son Cambodia (any influence on
the Cambodian People?) added Egypt later, and for the
first and the last time in history, all the
governments of the known world were ruled under one
color!
4. Insurance by Government was started during Cyrus
the Great of Persia. (Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2000).
5. Weight, Money and Measurements were standardized
in Persia, for the first time, some 2, 500 years ago
(Gardeshgari, March 2000)
6. Sanskrit, which is the mother of all modern
languages, was born in Iran, before it went to India
(Gardeshgari, Aug. 2001).
7. The Stone Age, which dates back some 70, 000
years ago, was started in Iran, the cradle of the
earliest human civilization! (Gardeshgari, July 2000).
8. In Iran today, there are 1.2 million historical
sites, discovered so far, with some 70,000 historical
moulds (Gardeshgari, July 2000).
9. The first accounting tools were found in Iran,
belonging to 9,000 years ago. (Gardeshgari, March
2000).
10. The first brick invention took place in Iran.
(Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2002).
11. The world's greatest masonry work is Perspolis,
Iran. (Gardeshgeri, Iran, March, 2000).
12. The architecture of castles originated in Persia
thousands of years ago.
13. Iranian tales/legends are some 20, 000 years
old.(Ibid)
14. According to the Shah-Namah of Ferdausi, the first
caesarian operation (actually Persian-Birth) was done
in Persia, some 5,000 years ago upon the birth of
Rustom from his mother--- Rudabeh. (Gardeshgari, Iran,
Jan. 2000.
15. According to the Persian Holy Books--- Avesta, the
first anesthesia was practiced in Persia 1,000 B.C.
16. According to Professor Griffith Taylor of
Australia, the homo sapiens (Caucassians) were
originated from the Iranian Plateau, also known as the
Land of Mahd(the Medes?) and scattered throughout the
world some 17,000 years ago (15,000 B.C.)Gardeshgari,
Iran, Jan. 2001.
No wonder, the famous Orientalist, Professor Arthur
Pope said: "Western world has a vast unpaid debt to
the Persian civilization!"
Also Hegel, the great German Philosopher,
wrote: The beginning of evolution of man starts with
the history of Persia (Hegel, Philosophy of History p.
174).
17. Some paintings in Lorestan caves in Persia, that
show a horse-riding man, are 17,000 years old! (15,000
B.C.) (Gardeshgari, Iran, Jan. 2001).
18. The original homeland of the Chaldeans (Father
Abraham?) was Susa, Iran. The word Chaldean comes from
Khald, which comes from Kurd (Kurdish) who were
originally Tajiks (Gradeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2000).
19. According to the Encyclopedia Britanica, "It may
well be proved eventually that the human race evolved
in Central Asia or Iran" (Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep.
2000).
20. According to the Indian Professor, Mereji Baba
Kolka: A group of Iranian migrants were settled along
the Nile River and founded the Egyptian civilization,
thousands of years ago! (Gardeshgari, Iran, March
2000).
21. Sumerians were originally Iranians from
Kurdestan. So were the Chaldeans, Babylonians,
Assyrians, Achadians; All of them spoke Chaldean, as
their original language.
22. According to Professor Filder Petry : The
civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia are actually
branches of the older Culture of Eilam (Persia),
which dates back to 6-10 thousand years ago!
(Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2000).
23. The Turkish People are a result of the mixture of
the early Iranians, and the Chinese; Semites and
Egyptians, Palestinians and Arabs, are the mixtures of
Iranians and Africans; while the Indians are a mixture
of Iranians (Brahman) and the native blacks of India,
Dravidians. (Gardeshgari, March 2000 p. 47).
24. The history of first people of Persia goes back
some 30,000 years ago (28,000 B.C.) Gardeshgari, Iran,
March 2000).
25. The oldest rock relief in the world is the
Bistoon rock relief in Persia some 2,500 years old.
26. The most mammoth ziggurat was constructed in
Persia, near the historic city of Susa, thousands of
years ago.
27. The biggest thatch construction also took place
in Kerman, Persia, some 2,000 years ago.
28. King Darius of Persia wrote the first Human
Rights Charter, some 2,500 years ago. It is still
engraved in the Alvand Mountain (Ganj-Nameh), near the
ancient Persian Capital of Hagmataneh (Present City of
Hamadan).
It was this concept of Human Rights, freedom
of religion and the equality of all races that lead to
the freedom of the Jews, from the captivity of
Babylon, by Cyrus the Great of Persia (539 B.C.).
29. While all other world powers persecuted and
discriminated against the Jews (e.g. The Egyptians,
Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans and later Germans and
the Russians etc.) the Persians were the only world
power who actually liberated and protected the Jews
(the only monotheistic religion of that time). By
doing so, the Persians pioneered the freedom of
religion and culture of the minorities in the world.
(While some European conquerors, like Alexander the
Great, destroyed Persepolis and other areas, or exiled
their people, the Persian kings supported the local
culture and religion).
30. The first World Super-Highway, that connected the
East and the West, was the Silk Road. It joined China
to Europe; and its main part was Central Asia (Ancient
Persia) with its many Caravans, Caravansarais,
Bazaars, etc. etc.
31. The first time that the Navy was used in a
Military Operation was by the Persian Army some
2,500B.C.
32. The first time that the ships were used as bridge
to cross the river, was done by King Darius, who
crossed the Nile and conquered Egypt.
33. The first ruler who planned and constructed the
Suez Canal in Egypt was King Xerxes of Persia (539
B.C.).
34. The first time that a canal was built to connect
two seawaters was by King Xerxes of Persia, who built
the Xerxes' canal, near Greece, and attacked Greece,
during the Persian Wars, 500 B.C. (International
Herald Tribune, Nov. 15, 2001).
35. One of the earliest Legal Codes in the world is
called The Law of the Medes and the Persians (the
"unchangeable").
36. The first system of federal government was
started in the Persian Empire. There were many Ostans
(Stan or State, like what you see in Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Hindu-stan, Uzbeki-stan, Etc.) that were
run by the satraps or smaller kings (Shah) who were
under the great king or Shahan-Shah (Kings' King).
37. The first secret service, called the eyes and the
ears of the king, was started in Persia.
38. The first world leader, who was called great, was
Cyrus the Great of Persia, some 200 years ahead of
Alexander the Great!
39. Darius the Great of Persia established the First
Tax System, Customs Duties, Official Records and The
Legal Code, in the world level.
40. Countries of the world, whose names are
originally Persian:
1) Afghanistan, 2) Iran, 3) Kazakhstan, 4)
Azirbaijan (Fire Temples Land), 5) Turkministan, 6)
Qirqizistan, 7) Tajikistan 8) Uzbikistan, 9)
Pakistan (Land of the Pure), 10) Hindustan (also the
Khalistan of the Sikhs).
41. Regions of the world, whose names are originated
from Persian:
1) Dagestan (Caucasus), 2) Qara Bagh (Azirbaijan, also
Afghanistan) 3) Baluchistan (Iran and Pakistan) 4)
Rajastan (India) 5) Panjab or Punjab (India and
Pakistan) 6) Waziristan (Pakistan) 7) Turkistan
(China) 8) Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria and
Russia), 9) Bash-Kurtustan (Russia), 10) Hazara
(Afghanistan, Pakistan) 11) Kafiristan, 12) Noorestan
(Afghanistan) 13)Possibly, the Iranon tribes of the
Southern Philippines, the Ire-an of Palawan
(Pahlawan?) in Southern Philippines, and the Irian
Jaya of Indonesia, etc.
42. Capitals of the world, whose names are Persian:
1.Baghdad (Iraq), combination of Bagh (God, Garden)
and Dad (justice / giving) A God given Place
(Diosdado) or Garden of Justice (of King Anush Ravan
or Anushirvan of Persia).Actually, Baghdad was rebuilt
by the Iranian Master Architect, Nou-Bakht, during the
Abbasid Era (8th century A.D.).
2.Damascus (City of Musk, capital of Syria, the oldest
existing city in the world).
3. Ashq Abad (or Eshqabad) capital of Turkmenistan.
4. Islamabad capital of Pakistan (Note: Abad in
Persian means Town, City).
5. Baku (Baad Kubeh == the Windy City) capital of
Azerbaijan.
6. Doshanbeh, capital of Tajikistan.
7. Tashkant (or Tashkent) capital of Qirqizistan.
8. Muscat or Muskat (==Musky, see Webster) the
Capital of Oman, on the shores of the Persian Gulf.
9. Samarkant (or Samarqand) Capital of Uzbekistan.
10. Bandar Sri Begawan (Brunei).
11. Iravan (Yerevan) capital of Armenia
(Armanestan).
12. Astana, Capital of Kazakhstan.
13. Moscow or Musk_va (City of Musk, from
Moschi or Moschos==Persian word for musk).
43. Historical cities whose names are Persian:
1) Bukhara, 2) Samarkand 3) Khawrazm (Khiveh) in
Central Asia, 4) Allahabad, 5) Ahmed Abad, 6) Heydar
Abad, 7) Faiz Abad, 8) Jamshid Pour, 9) Mahmood
Abad, 10) Shah Abad etc. (India) 11) Faisal Abad ,
12) Heydar Abad, 13) Ghazi Abad,14) Khorram, 15)
Chaman, 16)Islamabad, etc. (Pakistan) 17) Rajshahi 18)
Cox Bazaar, (Bangladesh) 19) Mozaffar Abad (Pakistani
Kashmir) 20) Kufah or Kuppah (Hillside) Iraq 21)
Salman Pak (Pure) Iraq, 22) Ctesiphon (Iraq), 23)
Halabcha (Iraq) 24) Khorsabad (Iraq) 25) Nippur
(Iraq) 26) Khanaqin (Iraq) 27) Khan Azad (Iraq) 28)
Diwaniyyah,(Iraq) 29) Bandar Sri Begawan (Brunei)
(Note: Bandar in Persian means port city like Bandar
Abbas) 30) Banda Aceh (Indonesia) 31) Shirwan
(Caucasia) 32) Nakhjavan (Armenia) 33)Mozdok
(==Mazdak,Caucasia) 34) Astarkhan (Russia)etc.
44. Famous Persian Queens/Princesses in History:
1) Queen Vashti of King Xerxes ( see the Bible) 2)
Queen Esther, a Jewish girl, born in Persia, who
became the Queen of Persian King Xerxes (see Old
Testament, Book of Esther Note: Esther's tomb is in
Hamadan Iran today) 3) Queen Cleopatra of Egypt (Part
Greek, Part Persian) 4) Queen Mumtaz Mahal (of Taj
Mahal ) the Queen of the Mogul Emperor of India, 5)
Princess Shahr Banu of the Sasan Dynasty, the
daughter-in-law of Prophet Mohammad (wife of Imam
Hosain) 6) Madam Maragel, one of the wives of Emperor
Harun Rashid, the Abbasid Khalif (she was the mother
of Mamoon, the most intellectual Khalifah in the
history of Islamic civilization, who translated and
transferred all Greek philosophy and science books
into Arabic language), 7) Puran-Dokht, the First Lady
of Khaliffah Ma'moon, 8) Princesses in several Arab
states of the Persian Gulf, including the mother of
Shaikh Makhtum of the United Arab Emirates, 9) Nusrat
Bhutto, the First Lady of Pakistan (1971-1978) wife of
Pakistani Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. 10)
Jihan Sadat, the First Lady of Egypt (1970-1982), wife
of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, etc.
45. In the Field of Fashion: Almost all the clothing
and dresses of the Mogul Darbar in the Indian
subcontinent (Including Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc) are
Persian in origin; that includes the world famous
Nehru Tunic or Shirwani, the Jinah Cap (made of lamb
skin), the Shalvar Qamis, the Indian Turban, the Parsi
Gara (Persian Style Embroidery in India), and a
variety of shoes and other accessories, including the
well known Sukarno cap in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,
Singapore, Philippines, etc.
46. According to Professor Noel Malcon: Necktie (or
cravat in European languages) came from the Croats (of
Balkans) a branch of Iranian people who migrated from
Persia, some 2000 years ago! Even the Serbs are
originally from Persia.
(Ref. Malcolm, Noel: Bosnia, A Short History, Mc.
Millan, London 1996). Also: CNN World Report,
November 16, 2003.
47. In Jewelries: Almost all the famous jewelries of
the Moguls of India (including those of Taj Mahal)
were designed by Persian master designers. The
well-known Kooh-i Noor is a Persian name, which
means the mountain of light.
Incidentally, the word Jawaher (as in Jawaher
Lal-Nehru) comes from the Persian word Gauhar
(==Gem/Precious stone). Also the word La'l is another
Persian word, meaning Ruby.
48. In Linguistic Influences:
1. For 700 years, Persian was the official language
of the Moguls of Indian subcontinent (including
Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc).
Practically, every Mogul miniature contains not only
the Persian arts and drawings, but also Persian poetry
in Farsi Alphabet (a mixture of Persian and Arabic
letters) in them.
2. Urdu language: the official language of Pakistan
(and India) is a result of Marriage between
Persian-Arabic (which came through Persia) and the
Sanskrit. It is now spoken by some 800 million people
around the world. ( Even Sanskrit itself was born in
Persia, before it reached India, some 7,000 years
ago!). Gardeshgari, August 2001.
3. Persian literature of the Indian subcontinent,
with great writers and poets, the jewel of them being,
the late Dr. Mohammad Iqbal,the National Poet of
Pakistan (and India).
4. The names and surnames of almost all the people
in Armenia (Armanestan) and the Armenians around the
world, is totally or partially influenced by Persian
language and culture. (Examples: Melekian, Saturian,
Haturian, etc. etc.).
49. The first animal domesticated by man was goat,
and it was done in Persia (Manila Bulletin, February
20,2001). Also the so-called Arabian Horse (originally
Persian) See BBC Worlds' Simpson Report.(Note: In
Arabic Language, horse is called Al-Faras, and Persia
is called Al-Fars; while the Persian is called
Al-Farsi!). Other animals, which were also first
domesticated in Persia, are Sheep, Cow, and Camel.
50. The first people who used fish as food were the
people around the Persian Gulf, (Philippine Daily
Inquirer, 1998).
51. Nargileh/Hookeah or Shishah, the most famous
pastime smoking pipe in the Ottoman Empire, and the
rest of Asia and the Middle East, was invented in
Persia (The Webster Dictionary).
52. The first time in the world that pearl was
discovered and harvested (Some 5,000 years ago) was in
the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain (which was part of
the greater Persia, before the British colonization in
the 19th century) CNN 2002.
53. Noodles were first invented in Persia.(Expat.
Weekly, Manila 1996)
54. King Feraidun of Persia discovered winemaking
method, some 3,000 year B.C.
55. Punch (the mixture of five beverages) although
was popularized in British-India, is actually a
Persian concoction. Panj in Persian means five,
the number of the mixtures. (Philippine Daily
Inquirer (Trivia) Feb. 2000)
Also the word Punjab (or Panjab == Five
waters/rivers, in India and Pakistan) and Panjacila
(Five Principles) of Sukarno in Indonesia, etc.
56. A Persian Alchemist, called Zacharia Alrazi
discovered the Industrial Alcohol.(Al Razi is known
in the west as Rhazes).
57. The first Beer-making techniques were discovered
in Medeo-Persia, some 5-6, 000 years ago. (On the
Net://www.udli./ucla.edu/).
The legend says that beer was first brewed by
Ninkasi, some 3,500B.C. (For details, see the cult of
Ninkasi). *Manila Bulletin,August 30, 2002.
58. Various musical instruments, including setar
(cithara or cittern) and probably even guitar, Tamboor
(Tambourine,) and Santour (Dulcimer). Other musical
instruments are Tar (six-stringed, while Setar is
four-stringed) and Ud, from which the medieval
European lute developed; as well as Ney or Flute.
(Iran Today, MFA, Tehran, 1976, p. 122). Iranian Music
has even influenced the Flamenco tradition of Spain.
(Iran Today p.122).
59. The first people, who started the "Birthday"
celebration, where the Persian nobility and the
royalty (So, "Happy Birthday" could originally be a
Persian song?)
60. The first time that cake was used in a birthday
party was by King Darius of Persia when he conquered
Egypt. (500 B.C.)Philippine Daily Inquirer 1999.
61. Polo game was invented in Persia, some 500 years
B.C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer 1998).
62. Wrestling, both as an art of war and sports,
originated in Persia.
63. Poker was also invented in Persia some 3,000 years
ago. It was called Aas. (The Philippine Daily Inquirer
(Trivia) June 18, 2000.)
64. Chess, although originated in India, but was
perfected and passed on to the West, through Persia,
in 10th century; thus the words Chess (from Shah or
King) Shakhmat (Shahmat) Rookh (rokh, or Chariot) etc.
65. The world's first known money appeared in Persia,
800 B.C.(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 27,2002)
66. The words Paradise, Star, Bazaar, Caravan, Bank,
Check, Roxan, Rose, Jasmine, Parthian-Shots,
(==Parting Shots), Sugar (Shakar), Paw (Paa) Cow
(Gau), Name (Naam); Nan (Bread) Nah (No), Bad, Behtar
(Better), Mushk (Musk) Pajamas, Orange, Dervish,
Khaki, Sepoy (Sepahy), Istana (Astana), Diwan/Divan,
Pashmina (the Cashmere) Kooh-e- Noor (Mountain of
Light), Pasha, Pesh Marga, Jungle, Magi, Magic,
Magician, Mummy (Moumi) Sherryvalies (Shalvar), Kaftan
(Caftan), Taffeta, Shawl, Shahtoosh, Sherpa,
Bang,Band,Spinach, Saffron, Lemon, Woe! (Waa/Waay!),
Gyn (Zan==Woman) Bakh-shish, Penta (Panj==five), Thou
(Toh), Me (Man), Am (-am), Eyebrow (Abru), Lips (Lab),
Pharao (=úr-zand or son of Ra/Mithra, the Sun-god of
Persia and later, Egypt) Buss (Buseh), Officer
(Afsar/Afsara), Mouse (Moush), Ouch (Aaakh), Aura
(Ahura), Aurora, Murra, Ricksha (Rakh'sh) as well as
Pope (Papa/Baba), Pedar (Father) Madar (Mother) Nana
(Nanny==Mother), Baradar (Brother) Brethren, Dokhtar
(Daughter), etc. (almost 300 words in the English
language)
67. The world's first public postal system was
invented in the Persian Empire some 3,000 years ago.
68. Cuneiform, the earliest form of writing in the
world. The cuneiform (wedge-shaped) was invented in
what is known in History as the Medeo-Persia, some
5-600 years ago. (On the Net
http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/)
69. The earliest known written documents, clay
tablets, inscribed more than 4,000 years ago, were
found in the Medeo- Persian region. These cuneiform
texts include the earliest known creation myths, legal
codes, medical prescriptions and recipes--- Ledgers,
deeds, receipts --- and the list of everything, from
the types of bird, to the musical instruments and the
woods used to make them. (The Philippine Star, May 24,
2002).
70. The first calendar, composed of a year with 354
days, was invented in Medeo-Persia, 2000 B.C.
(*Philippine Daily Inquirer April 27, 2002) And during
the Islamic era, another new Calendar, but this time
the most accurate calendar ever devised, in the whole
history of mankind, came into being --- the Jalali
Solar Calendar by the Persian mathematician and poet
par excellence, the Great Omar Khayyam.
Omar Khayyam's Persian solar calendar is even
more accurate than its Western Gregorian counterpart.
(The Persian calendar has an error of only one day in
every 5,000 years, as opposed to one in every 3,500
years for the Gregorian calendar). See Iran Today,
MFA, Tehran, 1976 p. 130.
71. The latest archeological excavations show that,
glass was first produced in the Asia-Minor region,
some 4, 000 years ago. (Echo of Islam Magazine,
Tehran, Iran. Aug. 1986).
72. The Art of Miniature was originated in Persia, by
Maani (founder of Manichaeism) some 2,600 years ago,
and reached China, later, (Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep.
2002)
73. The first operation on human skull in the world,
took place in Persia, some 5,000 years ago!
(Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2002)
74. The origins of all the Indo-European languages,
including Indian, German, English, Greek, Spanish,
French and many other European languages today, are
Iranian. (Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2002) So, it should
be called Irano-European, not Indo-European!
75. Did you know where the Saxons (of Saxony - -
Germany and the Anglo-Saxons of Britain) came from?
Well, the British Orientalist, Sir Percy Sykes,
himself a Saxon, went around the world to look for
their origin. He found out that the Saxons originated
from the Central Iranian Plateau, which was called
Sakstan (Present day Sistan- Baluchistan!)
Gardeshgari, Iran, Sept. 2002. (How about the Saxan or
Sassan Dynasty of Persia?).
76. The Iranian Capital of Tehran with 3,200 years of
history has much greater historical treasures to offer
to humanity than the entire country of Greece!
(Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2002)
77. Domes of the Byzantine Churches and Palaces were
an adaptation from the Persian Architecture
(Gardegari, Iran, Aug. 2000)
78. The world famous Holland Windmill is originally
Persian, and the Dutch know about it! (Gardeshgari,
Iran, Aug. 2001).
79. The Sumerians and Egyptians were the early
migrants who came from the Iranian Plateau, thousands
of years ago! (Gardeshagri, Iran, Sep. 2002).
80. The Sumerian Seamen (probably) discovered America,
many centuries before Christopher Columbus.
(Gardeshgari, Iran, Aug. 2001)
81. Archery of which the world famous Parthian Shots
(or Parting Shots) is a good proof, originated in
Persia.
82. Persian carpet, walnuts, hazelnuts, Pistachio
nuts, pilau, kebab, beryani, shawarma, naan (bread)
yoghurt, spinach, saffron (the world's most precious
spice), rice, grapes, lemon, tulip, rose and
perfume-were all originated in Persia.
83. Vertical windmill was invented in Persia, in 9th
century, A.D. (Ancient Inventions p. 398). Also the
hand operated mills.
84. Trousers called Shalwar, were invented by the
Persians (while the Greek and the Romans preferred
skirts).
Also the world famous shawl and many other
innovations in clothing and shoe making, including a
variety of hats and caps, etc. The word pajama in
English comes from the Persian words Paa (leg) and
Jameh (clothes).
85. The wheel was first invented in the cradle of
civilization, the area that is known in History as
Medeo-Persia, some 5,000 years ago. (*Philippine Daily
Inquirer, April 27, 2002) See Persian wheel (Webster
Dictionary).
86. Chariots of war were invented during Cyrus the
Great of Persia (559-529 B.C.)
87. Cross, as an instrument of punishment for the
criminals was first invented by the Persians, and it
was
adopted by the Romans, some 2,300 years
ago.(Philippine Daily Inquirer 1997) Also Swastika,
etc.
88. Condom comes from the Persian word kandu or
kondu, a long vessel made from the intestines of the
animals and used for storing corn. Even today kondu
(or kendu) is used in Persian language for the
beehives as well as small clay storage for grains or
food. (Condominium also?). Well, in Western Iran,
there is a town called Kanduan [plural of kandu]. In
that town, all the houses are dug in the mountain, on
top of each other--a natural condominium).
89. Qanat or kanat, the underground water supply
systems that are stretched several miles, were also
invented in Persia.
90. Silo for grains preservation, some 1300 B.C.
(Ettelaat, Iran Daily, 2001).
91. Baad-gir or Wind Shaft, the earliest form of
modern air-conditioners,which was built on top of the
roof in order to catch the fresh air and transfer it
inside the building.
92. Aub-Anbar, the underground water reservoir that
kept water cool and safe, for the community (Take note
of the word Aub, the Persian word for water and its
relation to Eu de Cologne, water of cologne; also the
ending of the words like Mindan-ao, Dav-ao,
Lan-ao,Mara-nao, Maguin-danao, Tugigar-ao, Suri-gao,
Dan-ao (even Tamar-ao, Carab-ao?) as well as Aub-dast
-- Filipino and Chinese Muslims' ablution with water,
or Panj-ab, in India and Pakistan. etc.).
93. The first man who used an Airplane, to fly, was
a legendary Persian King, by the name of Keykaus. He
tied 4 big birds to his coach and placed some baits in
a distance, dangling in front of the birds to catch.
(And thus for him to fly!).
94. The oldest combination lock, (with secret
numbers) was made some 800 years ago in Persia
(Professor Arthur Pope, History of Persian
Civilization. c/o Ettelaat Daily, Tehran, Iran,
January 25, 2003).
95. Embroidery was first invented by the Scythian
people (a branch of Persians) Ref. Webster Dictionary
& CNN 2003.
96. The first travelers Inns called caravansaray
(Inns of caravan) some of which still exist along the
Silk Road, were built in Persia.
97. The largest mud-brick structure is the citadel of
Bam, in Kerman Province of Iran. It is 2,000 years
old!
98. Parasol (Decorative Umbrella), used as an honor,
over the heads of the kings and the dignitaries, was
invented in Persia, too.
99. Crown or Taj (See Taj Mahal)- the bejeweled
headpiece for the King or the Queen, was first used in
Persia.
100. The art of tile-work was invented and perfected
in Persia, many centuries ago. It was copied by
others, but was never equaled in its elegance and
beauty.
101. Persian Blinds (or Persiana in Spanish and
other European Languages) is the origin of what is
known today as the Venetian Blinds (Webster
Dictionary).
102. Blue Jars. The blue jars with floral designs
(just like the Blue Domes) are also a Persian
invention. The Chinese adopted these blue jars, after
Genghis Khan invaded Persia in 13th century A.D.
103. Chewing gum (called saqqez) as well as a variety
of other gums, including the well-known mummy or moumi
(Webster Dictionary).
104. There are many other ancient inventions that are
originated in the greater Persia. Some of them are as
follows:
1) Needle 2) Weaving (like Taffeta, Shawl, etc.) 3)
Roads/Hi-ways 4) Chain mail (for body defense) 5)
Spoons and Forks 6) Boots 7) Gloves 8) Soap 9)
Shampoo, 10) Perfume 11) Protocols and Etiquette 12)
Turkish Bath 13) Dagger, hammer, axes 14) Military
Marches, 15) Catapult, 16) Puppet Show 17) Tradition
of syndication (for farmers, workers, professionals)
18) Dams 19) Sickle 20) Jars and Pots of clay 21)
Brick making 22) Metals 23) Seals (Origin of
printing?) 24) Wheel (Persian wheel) 25) Coins
26) Oil 27) Compass 28) Animal skin for writing 29)
Measurement 30) Lighthouse 31) World map 32)
Basic Human Flight 33) Military Fire Power 34)
Alphabet 35) Early Electrical devices 36) Fast
Reporting system (Like mores code, using mirror and
sun) etc. (for more details see Iran: Land and the
People, by Mr. A.H. Saidian, Tehran, 2001)
105. King Cambyses II, of Persia, was the first person
that examined the dead bodies of the mummies of Egypt,
after conquering the Egyptian City of Memphis, in 600
B.C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer (Trivia)June 15,2000.)
106. Also, the first people who fought against the
superstitious beliefs of the Egyptians (e.g. cats,
bulls, crocodiles worshipped as gods) were the
Persians. King Cambyses II threw many cats over the
walls of Memphis City, and the Egyptians who believed
in cats as gods, were so scared that they surrendered
the city, without a fight (Philippine Daily
Inquirer,Trivia ,2001).
107. The first person that gazed into a crystal ball
(to see the world events, just like a TV or a
satellite) was King Jamshid of Persia (see Jam-e
Jamshid).
108. Persians were also pioneers in Astronomy, as
Bible states that the Magies saw the birth of Jesus
Christ in the stars.(see Mathew, Chapter II).
109. The belief that Number 13 is an unlucky one, was
started in Persia, some 5,000 years ago. Even today,
all Persians (the Kurdish, the Baluchis, the Central
Asians, etc.) leave their homes every 13th day of the
New Year (March 21) and they go out in the fields, so
as to avoid the bad luck of the 13th day of the New
Year.
110. Incidentally, the Phenomenon of the New Year
itself is a Persian Tradition, where the Natural New
Year (first day of the Spring, not middle of the
winter!) is celebrated on March 21, every year.
(CNN,January 01, 2003).
111. The Persian Businessmen Mr. Hosain Qermezian and
his brothers, in Canada, introduced the first Mega
Mall in the West, during the 40s and the 50s. In that
Mega Mall (which was probably inspired by the Persian
Bazaar or Timcheh) everything, from a needle up to the
latest car, is available under one roof!
112. The world's most glamorous
building-cum-mausoleum, (one of the Seven Wonders of
the World) the Taj Mahal in India (also the Shish
Mahal or Mirror Palace in Pakistan) was designed by a
Persian Master Architect, Ustad Eisa Shirazi and his
son Mohammad Shirazi, in 1631 A.D. (Village Voice,
Manila, Feb.2002. Also the world's most glamorous and
the best loved Queen was a Persian Lady,Arjumand Banu
or Mumtaz Mahal, whose Mausoleum is also the best
ever; -- The Taj Mahal. In the words of the English
poet, Sir Edwin Arnold: "Not a piece of Architecture
as other buildings are, but a proud passion of an
Emperor's love wrought in living stones." (Village
Voice, Manila Feb.2002).
113. The world's most educated (100% highly educated)
Community is that of the Parsis (the Persian
Zoroastrians) who live mostly in Iran, India, Pakistan
and England. They are also one of the most financially
successful communities in the world. (They established
the first Cancer Hospital, and many other educational
and Social Centers, including some of the oldest and
biggest libraries in India - -see International Herald
Tribune, April 24, 2003). Incidentally, the most well
known poet of the Gujrati language in India is a
Parsee by the name of Khabar-Dar.
114. The world's most expensive residence belongs to a
Persian by a name of Dr. Nasser Khalili, who lives in
England. His classical English Mansion is worth over
$240 Million (Manila Bulletin, June, 12, 200).
115. For further details on Persian Culture, see
Webster Dictionary for terms such as: Persiana,
Persian ammoniac, Persian apple, Persian berry,
Persian blue, Persian buttercup, Persian cat, Persian
clover, Persian daisy, Persian date, Persian deer,
Persian earth, Persian green, Persian iris, Persian
lamb, Persian lawn, Persian lilac, Persian melon,
Persian nightingale, Persian rose, Persian wheel, etc.
116. In the fields of Religion and Philosophy: The
oldest living religion in the world, is
Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Persia,
(Philippine Star, Jan. 26, 2002).
117. The first divinely revealed religion, which
still exists today is Zoroastrianism. No other
religion has influenced other world Religions like
Zoroastrianism. It has influenced Judaism,
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, (Mahayana),
Manicheanism and the Pagan European Cults. Over half
of the world has virtually accepted a significant
portion of Zoroastrian teachings. Many Christian
traditions as well as some of its Philosophy are
actually the adaptations from the Zoroasterianism and
Mithraism, the Persian Religion of Sun god
worshipping. Here are some examples:
1. The Christmas is, in reality, the Birthday of
Mithra the Sun-god (Not the Son of God!) which was
born on December 25, after the Saturnalia Festivals).
2. Virgin Mary (mother of Baby-god Jesus) resembles
Anahita, the Persian goddess, The Mother of gods!
3. Sunday (the Christians Holiday) is actually
dedicated to Sun-god or Mithra, the Persian god.
4. Songs and praises in the churches.
5. Bread and wine tradition.
6. The white ropes of the priests.
7. Celibacy of the Priests and Nuns
8. Cross, Swastika, etc.
9. The symbol of Smiling Sun (Mithra) on some
Christian flags (like that of Argentina) etc.
(Note: Even the Egyptians adopted the Persian Sun-god
- - Mithra, as their highest deity, and called him
"Ra" (Probably short for Mithra). In fact, Pharaoh
[The title of the Kings of Egypt] means The Son of
Ra!). Is it possible that Ray in English has also
something to do with Ra or Mithra? How about Rex
(king) in Latin, Rey (king in Spanish), etc?
Aside from Zoroastrianism, the other religious and
philosophical movements of Persia, include Mithraism
(the Sun god), which was also adopted by the Romans;
Manicheanism, which was later on adopted by the
Christians in North Africa, and probably the first
communist movement called Mazdakism (500 A.D.) Later
on Sufism, Carmathism, Ismaili (Agha Khani), Babism,
Bahaism, Akhbarism, Kasravism, etc., etc.
118. According to some scholars, the most important
person in the recorded history of religion, is the
Persian Prophet - - Zoroaster. (Check Internet,
Persian Culture, also Mithraism, etc).
119. FAMOUS PERSIAN PROPHETS/RELIGIOUS FOUNDERS:
1. Zoroaster (500 B.C.), Founder of Zoroastrianism,
the oldest living religion in the world, that has
influenced all other religions, including Judaism,
Christianity and Islam.
2. Maani "The Messenger of Light" (the founder of
Gnosticism and Manicheanism that influenced
Christianity, later). The ___expression of "Manichaean
language" or religious absolutism came from there.
3. Mazdak (founder of Mazdakism, a communist movement
at 500 AD).
4. Baabak Khorram-din, 800 AD (Founder of the
Religious-Political movement of Khorram Dinan).
5. Hassan Sabbah (founder of Militant Esmailism and
the originator of the Assassins, or the Hashashin
movement, also known as Fedayins, 11th century A.D).
6. Agha Khan Mahallati 1900 A.D. (Founder of Agha
Khani / Esmaili sect.).
7. Baab (Ali Mohammad) 1900 A.D. (Founder of Babism).
8. Bahaullah,1900 A.D. (Founder of Bahaism).
9. Shah Nematullah Kermani, Sheikh Safi-Uddin, Safi
Ali Shah and many other founders of Sufi Orders.
120. The hippies of Europe and America got their
hairstyle and their shabby looks (and probably their
ideas, too from the Fekirs and Qalandars of India, who
in turn got it from the Dervishes and Sufis of Persia!
121. The philosophy of Yin and Yang
(male-female/positive-negative), which is the
foundation of the Taoist religion in China, Korea,
Japan, etc., was first introduced by the Persian
Prophet Zoroaster, as the Ahura Mazda (God of light)
and Ahriman (God of darkness) some 5,000-6,000 years
ago.
It was later on expanded further by another
Persian Prophet-Maani, as religious and philosophical
Dualism of Good and Evil (see Webster).
122. The concept of Celibacy in Christianity was one
of the many influences of the Persian Prophet Maani on
the Christian Faith ("Manicaean influences on the
Augustinian Doctrines") see Webster.
123. Special respect for the animals, particularly
cows and bulls, which was very popular among the early
Egyptians and the Indians today, has an Aryan
(Iranian) origin. It's because of those animals' great
roles in agriculture and human sustenance. (And
considering that the early Egyptians and the Brahmans
of India, were actually the emigrants from the Land of
Arya, the connections becomes more evident).
But, while the Indian and the Egyptian
cultures considered all animals sacred, even the
dangerous ones (crocodiles, snakes, disease-carrying
mice, etc.) the Persians respected the good ones, but
also did not hesitate to kill the harmful.
124. The latest archeological, historical and
linguistic researches very clearly show that the
Europeans (Eastern and Western) were originally the
migrants from the Land of the Aryans (Iran). So were
the ruling classes of Egypt (the Pharaohs), and India
(the Brahmans), as well as the ancient Greeks and the
Romans.
In other words, all those leading cultures of
the ancient world were the children of the migrant
Iranians of the olden days.
But how about the White Americans of today?
Well, the White Americans are actually the children of
of the European migrants, or the "grandchildren" of
the Persians or the Iranians!
125. The first people, who accepted and believed in
Jesus Christ, were the Persians. See the story of the
three Magi/Wise men/Kings, who came from Persia to see
baby Jesus (Ref. Mathew II).
126. In Political and Economic Fronts. The first
revolution in the Middle East, even ahead of the 1917
Russian Revolution, was the Mashruta (Constitutional)
Revolution of Iran, in 1906. It changed the country
from an absolute Monarchy to a Constitutional
Monarchy.
127. The first religious revolution in the world, that
led to the establishment of an Islamic Republic, took
place in Iran in 1979. Ahmad Ben Bella, the
revolutionary president of Algeria called it the
"Miracle of our Age". (Ettelaat, Tehran January 1980).
That Islamic Revolution caused the Revival of
the Islamic aspirations all over the Muslim world,
which is visible everywhere, today. (Time Magazine,
New York, April 16, 1979. Also International Herald
Tribune September 4, 2002)
128. The first nationalization of oil and other
natural resources in the Middle East was lead by Dr.
Mohammad Mosaddeq of Iran, in 1940s and 1950s.
129. The first oil well in the world was found and
drilled in the Persian City of Baku (or Baad Kubeh ==
the Windy City, now the capital of Azerbaijan) in the
1394, A.D. (New World, Siemens Magazine, Germany Sept.
2001). It was in this same region that the first
Temple of Fire was built by the followers of Zoroaster
the Persian Prophet some 5, 000 years ago).
130. The first oil pipeline also was built in Baku,
from the woods of the Caspian region.
131. The first oil tanker in the world was built in
Baku, and it was named after the Persian Prophet the
Zoroaster. (Source: New World, Siemens Magazine,
Germany, Sept. 2001).
132. The largest inland body of water in the world, is
located in Northern Persia. The Caspian Sea, with the
best Caviar in the world, plus oil, gas and a lot of
flora and fauna.
133. In Poetry and Literature:
A. One Thousand and one Nights (The "Arabian Nights"
or corrected The Persian Nights, written in the 10th
century A.D.)
B. Undoubtedly the best poetry that was created by
man, in:
1. The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayyam
2. The Shah Namah of Firdausi (The "Paradise Man")
the story of Rostum and Sohrab.
3. The Math-nawi. The ultimate light of mysticism and
Sufism by Jalalud Din Rumi. (The best-seller in the US
today)!
4. The best Love Songs in the Odes of Hafez of
Shiraz, who is considered as the "Greatest Poet ever
who walked this earth"! (See The Gift, Collection of
Hafiz's Poems, by Daniel Ladinsky, 1998, N.Y., USA).
Hafez is also adored and "worshipped" by J.W. Goethe,
the greatest poet of Germany and Europe).
5. The classical Persian Romanticism by Nezami of
Ganjeh;
6. The Purest Sufi Expressions in the "Ruba'iyyat"of
Baba Tahir "The Oryan".
7. The Sweetest language in poetry and prose in the
Rose Gardens (Gulestan and later Bustan) of Sheikh
Sa'di.
In Islamic Sciences and Islamic Civilization:
The Persians also played the greatest role in the
development of the Islamic Sciences and Islamic
Civilization, as well as the preservation and
spreading of it, in the world, as follows:
134. Salman Al-Farsi was the first person to translate
the Holy Quran into a foreign language (i.e. Persian).
135. The first time the Holy Qur'an was printed in a
Muslim country (by modern machines) was in Persia, in
1866 A.D. (Ref. Ettelaat International, Tehran, 1996).
136. The first melodious translation of the Holy
Qur'an (as the original Arabic is also melodious) for
a better reading and an easier memorization of its
verses, by the non-Arabs, was done by the Persian
scholar, Dr. Fazlollah Nikayin - - in the USA(1998).
This translation which is titled, "Qur'an: A Poetic
Translation from the Original" is first of its kind,
not only in English language, but also in any other
translation of the Holy Qur'an, in 1,400 year history
of Islam. (Reference: The Ultimate Book 2000, Skokie
Publications (Illinois) U.S.A.)
137. The most translated language of the entire Holy
Qur'an in the world is Persian---some one thousand
translations (Ref. Ettalaat International, Tehran,
1996)
138. The youngest person, who ever memorized the
entire Holy Qur'an, was a 5-year-old Persian boy by
the name of M.H. Taba-Tabai. (He received a Ph.D.
from the Hijaz Islamic College of England, as the
youngest scholar of the Holy Qur'an in 1996).
139. The greatest Imam among the majority of
Muslims---Imam Abu Hanifah was a Persian.
140. The greatest master of SUFISM (Islamic Mysticism)
was Al-Ghazzali, another Persian teacher, (Some
orientalists consider him as the most qualified
scholar in Islam, aside from the Prophet Mohammad
himself).
141. The greatest interpreter of the Holy Quran in
Islam, is Tabari, also a Persian.
142. All the earliest collectors and writers of the
traditions of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.) who
preserved and spread his words, were
Persians--Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidi, Ibni Maja, Nasai
and Abu Dawoud.
143. The man, who finally defeated the western
crusaders, liberated Jerusalem from the invaders and
saved the Muslims from a total annihilation, was a
Kurdish (Persian) man by the name of Salahud Din
(Saladin the Magnificent).
144. The greatest grammarian of Arabic language was a
Persian--the Sibwaih of Shiraz.
145. The first compiler of Arabic Dictionary was a
Persian by the name of Khalil Bin Ahmad.
146. The first scholar who organized, formulated and
established the Science of Rhetoric, Elocution and
Prosody in Arabic language was a Persian master by the
name of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jorjani (Gorgani).
147. The greatest Philosophical mind after Aristotle,
who preserved philosophy from destruction during the
Dark Ages (of Europe) was Al-Farabi the Persian. He
was a linguist and a music virtuoso. He is known as
the Second Master. (After Aristotle).
148. The greatest intellectual during the Middle Ages
was Abu Ali Sina (Avicena) the Persian
Physician-Philosopher (see International Herald
Tribune, Oct. 11, 2001).
149. The first scientific book that was printed in the
world, after the invention of the printing machine,
was the Cannon of Abu Ali Sina (or Avicena, the
Persian Physician-Philosopher). His medical
masterpiece was the most popular textbook of Medicine,
in European Colleges and Universities, during the
Middle Ages and up to the 18th Century A.D.(By the
way, the earliest College of Medicine, recorded in the
History of Iran was "Gundishapur Medical School", 500
A.D. Also take note that the terms, Medica, Medicine,
etc. came from Medes==Medeo-Persian Men).
150. The first man who introduced Arabic numerals in
the West (which used Roman Numerals, before) was a
Persian scholar by the name of Al Kharwrazmi (9th
century A.D.).
151. The first physician in the world, who treated
Small Pox, was Zakariyya Al Razi (10th century A.D.).
152. The first scientist who invented a computing
machine was Al-Kashani (15th century A.D.).
153. The first scientist who explained the cause of
rainbow in 13th century A.D. was another Persian
called Qutb Shirazi. (Source: Islam: A global
civilization, Cambridge, U.K. 1995.)
154. The first scientist who measured the distance
between the Earth and the Moon was a Persian by the
name of Naseer ud-Din Tousi (13th century A.D.).
155. The first physician who diagnosed and treated
Meningitis during the Dark Ages was Abu Ali Sina (11th
century A.D.). (Source: The Islamic Text Society
Cambridge U.K. 1995).
156. The greatest Muslim scholar, who collected and
preserved Islamic traditions and teachings, is another
Persian by the name of Mohammad Majlesi (17th century
A.D.) His masterpiece on Islamic teaching and
traditions (titled, Behar Al-Anwaar) is 100 plus
Volumes.
157. The most prominent religious and political figure
in the history of Islam in the past 1,000 years (as
far as the political and religious revival of the
Muslim world is concerned) was Ayatullah Ruhullah
Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran
(1979). He was named, Man of the Year (Time, 1980).
158. The greatest collection and preservation of the
Islamic Arts in the world belongs to a Persian patron
of Arts, by the name of Dr. Nasser Khalili, who lives
in England. (Mabuhay Magazine, Philippines, 1998).
159. Qawwali, the Art of Sufi chanting with music,
started in Persia, in the 9th century A.D. before it
came to India (also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, etc.) It was also spread westward to Turkey and
other countries up to Algeria, Tunesia and Morocco, in
North Africa.
It is a form of Praising Allah, remembering the Holy
Prophet, and the spiritual men of God, thru musical
songs.
160. The first scientists who claimed that the Earth
was actually round (not flat, as the Europeans
believed) were the Muslim scholars of Persia
(Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2002).
161. Persian Muslim Scientists knew the Law of
Gravity, as early as 840 A.D. (Ibid).
162. The Iranian master musicians, like Abu Ishaq
Musuli, actually thought the Arabs the Fine Art of
Music, but later on they gave up on music, upon
conversion to Islam, because of Religious reasons
(Motahhari,Khadamat, Tehran, Iran, 1970).
163. The most popular word among the Muslim
Communities, around the world for
Teacher/Guru/Master/Spiritual Leader, is Ustad/Ustaz,
a Persian word which means Educator/Trainor .
164. Muslims in Central Asia, South West Asia, South
East Asia and China, still use the Islamic terms, in
Persian, rather than in the Original Arabic Language.
Examples are: Namaz (Prayer) Ruzah (Fasting) Bang
(call to prayer) Aub-dast (Ablution) Farman (Teaching)
etc. etc.
165. The most brilliant and the most intellectual
Caliph in the History of Islam, was a half-Persian, by
the name of Ma-moon. His father was Khalifa Haroon
Ar-Rashid, and his mother, a lady from Persia by the
name of Maragel.
This same Khalifa Ma-moon, translated and
transferred all the Greek Philosophy and Science books
into Arabic (by the help of mostly Iranian scholars)
and thus saved Ancient Science and Philosophy for
mankind, by protecting them from destruction during
the Dark Ages of Europe! He established the House of
Wisdom or House of Sciences in Baghdad in 9th Century
A.D.
166. The first Muslim woman in the world, who won the
Noble Peace Prize, was the Iranian Lady Judge, Shirin
Ebadi (Year 2003).
167. Iran was probably the only country in the Middle
East (and one of the few in the world) that was not
colonized by the foreign powers, in the Modern
History.
168. One of the chief architects of OPEC (the first
oil cartel in the Third World, which turned many poor
oil producing countries into super-rich) was the Shah
of Iran, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (International
Herald Tribune, October 18, 2003)
169. The world's most exclusive "couturier" (for the
rich and the famous) is Mr. "Bijan", an Iranian master
designer in New York with over $300 Million of income
annually. (Mohajer, info@iranshouse.org.)
170. The First Sheikhul Islam of Siam (Modern
Thailand) was a Persian Statesman by the name of
Shaikh Ahmad Qommi (1600 AD). He was later on
appointed by the King of Thailand as the Prime
Minister of Siam. (Thailand: A Golden Land by M.
Tamhidi, Al Hoda Publishing, Tehran. 2001)
Also, the first Sheikhul Islam of Aceh in
Indonesia, Seyyed Hassan Astar Abadi was a Persian
religious leader, during the reign of "Sultan Malek
Salek" of Aceh, 17th century. (ibid.)
Compiled by:
Prof. M.S. Tajar
University of the Philippines
FRAQUINHO O HINO
SINCERAMENTE??
A MELODIA PODE ATE SER MELHORZINHA, MAS A LETRA...!!
Então, o hino brasileiro não tem ponta por onde se pegue.
Um ditador.
Quarta-feira, Abril 22, 2009 6:44:00 AM
É POR QUE EU JA VI UNS NACIONALISTAS DAÍ FALANDO "VIVA SALAZAR"!!
Então, o hino brasileiro não tem ponta por onde se pegue.
Quarta-feira, Abril 22, 2009 9:47:00 AM
E QUEM DISSE QUE EU ACHO O HINO BRASILEIRO BONITO??
A LETRA É UMA MERDA; SÓ GOSTO DA INTRODUÇÃO SONORA E TALVEZ DO FINAL!!
O MEIO É UMA MERDA!!
Pois eu gosto imenso do Hino português.
Uma merda és tu, brasuca. O Hino Nacional Português é magnífico, é das coisas que mais valor tem em Portugal e tem mais valor numa só palavra do que o Brasil seja no que for. De boa vontade se podiam sacrificar as vidas de cento e noventa milhões de brasileiros se isso fosse necessário para salvaguardar «A Portuguesa».
Ora isto torna ainda mais repulsivo o vosso atrevimento de macacos tropicais nojentos, a terem sequer a ousadia de levantarem os olhos quando olham para nós. O que nós somos é milenar, é de uma origem sacra que se perde na bruma dos tempos, não susceptível de ser posto em causa por escumalha favelada, ou por labregos novos ricos de sotaque nojento e modos negróides.
Quanto ao brasuca ignaro das 12:36:00, pode aprender alguma coisa aqui:
http://gladio.blogspot.com/2008/12/portugueses-tm-tanto-de-sangue-mouro-e.html
E aqui também:
http://gladio.blogspot.com/2008/08/novo-mapa-gentico-da-europa.html
Enfim, em termos de hino pode-se gostar ou não gostar (eu não desgosto, atenção). É puramente uma apreciação musical.
Agora, querem interromperem os jogos de futebol se houverem cânticos racistas e se estes permanecerem cancelar o jogo de futebol. A inquisição anti-racista está a dar forte e feio no mundo do futebol.
Tal é o desespero por verem que não conseguem calar a Voz do Povo... :)
Eu só gostava de saber, camarada Caturo, se houver cânticos sobre a mãe do árbitro também se interrompe o jogo de futebol.
se a mãe do àrbitro for preta ou mulata...interrompem :D :D
*interromper
Pois, ariano, nesse caso já é racismo. :)
Pois, bem observado, Titan.
Enfim, já se sabe que o anti-racismo é a nova religião laica do Ocidente.
Ao fim ao cabo, se fossem mesmo coerentes na sua política de defesa dos alegadamente desfavorecidos & perseguidos, às tantas não se podia chamar nada ao árbitro ou a qualquer jogador:
- nem «paneleiro», porque isso é homofobia;
- nem imbecil ou tanso, porque isso é discriminação intelectual contra pessoas de disposição cerebral alternativa;
- nem fraco das pernas, porque isso é discriminação contra os de pujança física menos favorecida;
- nem corno manso, porque isso é discriminação de pessoas que até podem gostar da prática sexual do swing, assistido pelo marido ou não;
- nem coxo, porque isso é discriminação de pessoas com defeito físico;
- nem incompetente, porque isso é discriminar pessoas de desempenho profissional menos desenvolvido...
Ao fim ao cabo, insultar seja quem for é discriminar, não podia ser.
"- nem corno manso, porque isso é discriminação de pessoas que até podem gostar da prática sexual do swing, assistido pelo marido ou não;"
haha muito boa e as restantes tambem.
pena é que essas verdades nao cheguem ao povo.
se houvesse uma tv nacionalista... o povo acordava
o samuel eto do barça quando é assobiado faz chantagem com os arbitros que abandona o jogo.
Filho da puta do macaco.
Ultras Sur siempre
Cuturo é muito parvo, querer associar a identidade portuguesa ao paganismo e suas divindades de pedra é muita estupidez. A raiz de Portugal é cristã, a nação portuguesa foi forjada pela mentalidade cristã, essa porra de paganismo pertence a um passado remoto, perdido, que não se liga mais aos corações e mentes dos portugueses.
E têm mais, paganismo é coisa de dementes, mulheres mal amadas ou viadinhos.
lol brasileiro, finalmente já aprendeste a escrever em letra minuscula :D
E é uma merda de um brasuca que me vem dar lições sobre o que é ser português, ehehehhehh...
Ó favelado, eventualmente servidor do Judeu Morto, ou agachado do profeta pedófilo, põe-te no teu lugar e fecha essa fossa asneirenta. O Cristianismo perde terreno todos os dias em toda a Europa, e Portugal não é excepção. A raiz deste povo do extremo ocidente europeu é pré-cristã, e muito. A base da sua herança étnica é luso-romana, data dos tempos do Paganismo.
Isto para além do facto, já amplamente provado, de o Cristianismo ser incompatível com o Nacionalismo e inimigo, directo ou indirecto, da Identidade Nacional.
LOL
MOHAMMAD TAUGHT DECEIT! DOES IT MAKE YOU JERK OFF?!
LOL
Anónimo said...
1. The first human civilization - - The Persian
Civilization (==Eilam); It was ahead of Egypt by 500
years, of India, by 1,000 years, and of China, by
2,000 years, of Greece by 3,000 years, and of Rome, by
4,000 years! According to Professor Arthur A. Pope,
the famous Orientalist (A.H. Saidian, Iran: Land and
the People, Tehran 2001 P. 358)
Professor Pope also believes that the world owes its
greatest industrial developments, in the early stages,
to the Persian Civilization! (Ibid).
Another Orientalist, the French Professor Kalamar of
the Sorbonne University of Paris believes that: The
Persian Civilization is the mother of all
civilizations! (Ibid).
2. The first empire in the world, the Persian Empire
(from the Indus River down to the Danube River in
Europe and up to the Nile River in Africa;Central
Asia, present day Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Azirbaijan,
Armenia, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Macedonia,
Cyprus,Lydia and up to the borders of Greece. It
stretched from Ethiopia to India, with 127 provinces
and 28 different nationalities).
"The Greeks and Romans later copied the best features
of the Persian Method of Governing the Empire. (World
History, Philip Groisser, New York, 1970, p. 17).
3. Cyrus the Great conquered Babylonia, Assyria,
Media and India; His son Cambodia (any influence on
the Cambodian People?) added Egypt later, and for the
first and the last time in history, all the
governments of the known world were ruled under one
color!
4. Insurance by Government was started during Cyrus
the Great of Persia. (Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2000).
5. Weight, Money and Measurements were standardized
in Persia, for the first time, some 2, 500 years ago
(Gardeshgari, March 2000)
6. Sanskrit, which is the mother of all modern
languages, was born in Iran, before it went to India
(Gardeshgari, Aug. 2001).
7. The Stone Age, which dates back some 70, 000
years ago, was started in Iran, the cradle of the
earliest human civilization! (Gardeshgari, July 2000).
8. In Iran today, there are 1.2 million historical
sites, discovered so far, with some 70,000 historical
moulds (Gardeshgari, July 2000).
9. The first accounting tools were found in Iran,
belonging to 9,000 years ago. (Gardeshgari, March
2000).
10. The first brick invention took place in Iran.
(Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2002).
11. The world's greatest masonry work is Perspolis,
Iran. (Gardeshgeri, Iran, March, 2000).
12. The architecture of castles originated in Persia
thousands of years ago.
13. Iranian tales/legends are some 20, 000 years
old.(Ibid)
14. According to the Shah-Namah of Ferdausi, the first
caesarian operation (actually Persian-Birth) was done
in Persia, some 5,000 years ago upon the birth of
Rustom from his mother--- Rudabeh. (Gardeshgari, Iran,
Jan. 2000.
15. According to the Persian Holy Books--- Avesta, the
first anesthesia was practiced in Persia 1,000 B.C.
16. According to Professor Griffith Taylor of
Australia, the homo sapiens (Caucassians) were
originated from the Iranian Plateau, also known as the
Land of Mahd(the Medes?) and scattered throughout the
world some 17,000 years ago (15,000 B.C.)Gardeshgari,
Iran, Jan. 2001.
No wonder, the famous Orientalist, Professor Arthur
Pope said: "Western world has a vast unpaid debt to
the Persian civilization!"
Also Hegel, the great German Philosopher,
wrote: The beginning of evolution of man starts with
the history of Persia (Hegel, Philosophy of History p.
174).
17. Some paintings in Lorestan caves in Persia, that
show a horse-riding man, are 17,000 years old! (15,000
B.C.) (Gardeshgari, Iran, Jan. 2001).
18. The original homeland of the Chaldeans (Father
Abraham?) was Susa, Iran. The word Chaldean comes from
Khald, which comes from Kurd (Kurdish) who were
originally Tajiks (Gradeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2000).
19. According to the Encyclopedia Britanica, "It may
well be proved eventually that the human race evolved
in Central Asia or Iran" (Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep.
2000).
20. According to the Indian Professor, Mereji Baba
Kolka: A group of Iranian migrants were settled along
the Nile River and founded the Egyptian civilization,
thousands of years ago! (Gardeshgari, Iran, March
2000).
21. Sumerians were originally Iranians from
Kurdestan. So were the Chaldeans, Babylonians,
Assyrians, Achadians; All of them spoke Chaldean, as
their original language.
22. According to Professor Filder Petry : The
civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia are actually
branches of the older Culture of Eilam (Persia),
which dates back to 6-10 thousand years ago!
(Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2000).
23. The Turkish People are a result of the mixture of
the early Iranians, and the Chinese; Semites and
Egyptians, Palestinians and Arabs, are the mixtures of
Iranians and Africans; while the Indians are a mixture
of Iranians (Brahman) and the native blacks of India,
Dravidians. (Gardeshgari, March 2000 p. 47).
24. The history of first people of Persia goes back
some 30,000 years ago (28,000 B.C.) Gardeshgari, Iran,
March 2000).
25. The oldest rock relief in the world is the
Bistoon rock relief in Persia some 2,500 years old.
26. The most mammoth ziggurat was constructed in
Persia, near the historic city of Susa, thousands of
years ago.
27. The biggest thatch construction also took place
in Kerman, Persia, some 2,000 years ago.
28. King Darius of Persia wrote the first Human
Rights Charter, some 2,500 years ago. It is still
engraved in the Alvand Mountain (Ganj-Nameh), near the
ancient Persian Capital of Hagmataneh (Present City of
Hamadan).
It was this concept of Human Rights, freedom
of religion and the equality of all races that lead to
the freedom of the Jews, from the captivity of
Babylon, by Cyrus the Great of Persia (539 B.C.).
29. While all other world powers persecuted and
discriminated against the Jews (e.g. The Egyptians,
Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans and later Germans and
the Russians etc.) the Persians were the only world
power who actually liberated and protected the Jews
(the only monotheistic religion of that time). By
doing so, the Persians pioneered the freedom of
religion and culture of the minorities in the world.
(While some European conquerors, like Alexander the
Great, destroyed Persepolis and other areas, or exiled
their people, the Persian kings supported the local
culture and religion).
30. The first World Super-Highway, that connected the
East and the West, was the Silk Road. It joined China
to Europe; and its main part was Central Asia (Ancient
Persia) with its many Caravans, Caravansarais,
Bazaars, etc. etc.
31. The first time that the Navy was used in a
Military Operation was by the Persian Army some
2,500B.C.
32. The first time that the ships were used as bridge
to cross the river, was done by King Darius, who
crossed the Nile and conquered Egypt.
33. The first ruler who planned and constructed the
Suez Canal in Egypt was King Xerxes of Persia (539
B.C.).
34. The first time that a canal was built to connect
two seawaters was by King Xerxes of Persia, who built
the Xerxes' canal, near Greece, and attacked Greece,
during the Persian Wars, 500 B.C. (International
Herald Tribune, Nov. 15, 2001).
35. One of the earliest Legal Codes in the world is
called The Law of the Medes and the Persians (the
"unchangeable").
36. The first system of federal government was
started in the Persian Empire. There were many Ostans
(Stan or State, like what you see in Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Hindu-stan, Uzbeki-stan, Etc.) that were
run by the satraps or smaller kings (Shah) who were
under the great king or Shahan-Shah (Kings' King).
37. The first secret service, called the eyes and the
ears of the king, was started in Persia.
38. The first world leader, who was called great, was
Cyrus the Great of Persia, some 200 years ahead of
Alexander the Great!
39. Darius the Great of Persia established the First
Tax System, Customs Duties, Official Records and The
Legal Code, in the world level.
40. Countries of the world, whose names are
originally Persian:
1) Afghanistan, 2) Iran, 3) Kazakhstan, 4)
Azirbaijan (Fire Temples Land), 5) Turkministan, 6)
Qirqizistan, 7) Tajikistan 8) Uzbikistan, 9)
Pakistan (Land of the Pure), 10) Hindustan (also the
Khalistan of the Sikhs).
41. Regions of the world, whose names are originated
from Persian:
1) Dagestan (Caucasus), 2) Qara Bagh (Azirbaijan, also
Afghanistan) 3) Baluchistan (Iran and Pakistan) 4)
Rajastan (India) 5) Panjab or Punjab (India and
Pakistan) 6) Waziristan (Pakistan) 7) Turkistan
(China) 8) Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria and
Russia), 9) Bash-Kurtustan (Russia), 10) Hazara
(Afghanistan, Pakistan) 11) Kafiristan, 12) Noorestan
(Afghanistan) 13)Possibly, the Iranon tribes of the
Southern Philippines, the Ire-an of Palawan
(Pahlawan?) in Southern Philippines, and the Irian
Jaya of Indonesia, etc.
42. Capitals of the world, whose names are Persian:
1.Baghdad (Iraq), combination of Bagh (God, Garden)
and Dad (justice / giving) A God given Place
(Diosdado) or Garden of Justice (of King Anush Ravan
or Anushirvan of Persia).Actually, Baghdad was rebuilt
by the Iranian Master Architect, Nou-Bakht, during the
Abbasid Era (8th century A.D.).
2.Damascus (City of Musk, capital of Syria, the oldest
existing city in the world).
3. Ashq Abad (or Eshqabad) capital of Turkmenistan.
4. Islamabad capital of Pakistan (Note: Abad in
Persian means Town, City).
5. Baku (Baad Kubeh == the Windy City) capital of
Azerbaijan.
6. Doshanbeh, capital of Tajikistan.
7. Tashkant (or Tashkent) capital of Qirqizistan.
8. Muscat or Muskat (==Musky, see Webster) the
Capital of Oman, on the shores of the Persian Gulf.
9. Samarkant (or Samarqand) Capital of Uzbekistan.
10. Bandar Sri Begawan (Brunei).
11. Iravan (Yerevan) capital of Armenia
(Armanestan).
12. Astana, Capital of Kazakhstan.
13. Moscow or Musk_va (City of Musk, from
Moschi or Moschos==Persian word for musk).
43. Historical cities whose names are Persian:
1) Bukhara, 2) Samarkand 3) Khawrazm (Khiveh) in
Central Asia, 4) Allahabad, 5) Ahmed Abad, 6) Heydar
Abad, 7) Faiz Abad, 8) Jamshid Pour, 9) Mahmood
Abad, 10) Shah Abad etc. (India) 11) Faisal Abad ,
12) Heydar Abad, 13) Ghazi Abad,14) Khorram, 15)
Chaman, 16)Islamabad, etc. (Pakistan) 17) Rajshahi 18)
Cox Bazaar, (Bangladesh) 19) Mozaffar Abad (Pakistani
Kashmir) 20) Kufah or Kuppah (Hillside) Iraq 21)
Salman Pak (Pure) Iraq, 22) Ctesiphon (Iraq), 23)
Halabcha (Iraq) 24) Khorsabad (Iraq) 25) Nippur
(Iraq) 26) Khanaqin (Iraq) 27) Khan Azad (Iraq) 28)
Diwaniyyah,(Iraq) 29) Bandar Sri Begawan (Brunei)
(Note: Bandar in Persian means port city like Bandar
Abbas) 30) Banda Aceh (Indonesia) 31) Shirwan
(Caucasia) 32) Nakhjavan (Armenia) 33)Mozdok
(==Mazdak,Caucasia) 34) Astarkhan (Russia)etc.
44. Famous Persian Queens/Princesses in History:
1) Queen Vashti of King Xerxes ( see the Bible) 2)
Queen Esther, a Jewish girl, born in Persia, who
became the Queen of Persian King Xerxes (see Old
Testament, Book of Esther Note: Esther's tomb is in
Hamadan Iran today) 3) Queen Cleopatra of Egypt (Part
Greek, Part Persian) 4) Queen Mumtaz Mahal (of Taj
Mahal ) the Queen of the Mogul Emperor of India, 5)
Princess Shahr Banu of the Sasan Dynasty, the
daughter-in-law of Prophet Mohammad (wife of Imam
Hosain) 6) Madam Maragel, one of the wives of Emperor
Harun Rashid, the Abbasid Khalif (she was the mother
of Mamoon, the most intellectual Khalifah in the
history of Islamic civilization, who translated and
transferred all Greek philosophy and science books
into Arabic language), 7) Puran-Dokht, the First Lady
of Khaliffah Ma'moon, 8) Princesses in several Arab
states of the Persian Gulf, including the mother of
Shaikh Makhtum of the United Arab Emirates, 9) Nusrat
Bhutto, the First Lady of Pakistan (1971-1978) wife of
Pakistani Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. 10)
Jihan Sadat, the First Lady of Egypt (1970-1982), wife
of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, etc.
45. In the Field of Fashion: Almost all the clothing
and dresses of the Mogul Darbar in the Indian
subcontinent (Including Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc) are
Persian in origin; that includes the world famous
Nehru Tunic or Shirwani, the Jinah Cap (made of lamb
skin), the Shalvar Qamis, the Indian Turban, the Parsi
Gara (Persian Style Embroidery in India), and a
variety of shoes and other accessories, including the
well known Sukarno cap in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,
Singapore, Philippines, etc.
46. According to Professor Noel Malcon: Necktie (or
cravat in European languages) came from the Croats (of
Balkans) a branch of Iranian people who migrated from
Persia, some 2000 years ago! Even the Serbs are
originally from Persia.
(Ref. Malcolm, Noel: Bosnia, A Short History, Mc.
Millan, London 1996). Also: CNN World Report,
November 16, 2003.
47. In Jewelries: Almost all the famous jewelries of
the Moguls of India (including those of Taj Mahal)
were designed by Persian master designers. The
well-known Kooh-i Noor is a Persian name, which
means the mountain of light.
Incidentally, the word Jawaher (as in Jawaher
Lal-Nehru) comes from the Persian word Gauhar
(==Gem/Precious stone). Also the word La'l is another
Persian word, meaning Ruby.
48. In Linguistic Influences:
1. For 700 years, Persian was the official language
of the Moguls of Indian subcontinent (including
Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc).
Practically, every Mogul miniature contains not only
the Persian arts and drawings, but also Persian poetry
in Farsi Alphabet (a mixture of Persian and Arabic
letters) in them.
2. Urdu language: the official language of Pakistan
(and India) is a result of Marriage between
Persian-Arabic (which came through Persia) and the
Sanskrit. It is now spoken by some 800 million people
around the world. ( Even Sanskrit itself was born in
Persia, before it reached India, some 7,000 years
ago!). Gardeshgari, August 2001.
3. Persian literature of the Indian subcontinent,
with great writers and poets, the jewel of them being,
the late Dr. Mohammad Iqbal,the National Poet of
Pakistan (and India).
4. The names and surnames of almost all the people
in Armenia (Armanestan) and the Armenians around the
world, is totally or partially influenced by Persian
language and culture. (Examples: Melekian, Saturian,
Haturian, etc. etc.).
49. The first animal domesticated by man was goat,
and it was done in Persia (Manila Bulletin, February
20,2001). Also the so-called Arabian Horse (originally
Persian) See BBC Worlds' Simpson Report.(Note: In
Arabic Language, horse is called Al-Faras, and Persia
is called Al-Fars; while the Persian is called
Al-Farsi!). Other animals, which were also first
domesticated in Persia, are Sheep, Cow, and Camel.
50. The first people who used fish as food were the
people around the Persian Gulf, (Philippine Daily
Inquirer, 1998).
51. Nargileh/Hookeah or Shishah, the most famous
pastime smoking pipe in the Ottoman Empire, and the
rest of Asia and the Middle East, was invented in
Persia (The Webster Dictionary).
52. The first time in the world that pearl was
discovered and harvested (Some 5,000 years ago) was in
the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain (which was part of
the greater Persia, before the British colonization in
the 19th century) CNN 2002.
53. Noodles were first invented in Persia.(Expat.
Weekly, Manila 1996)
54. King Feraidun of Persia discovered winemaking
method, some 3,000 year B.C.
55. Punch (the mixture of five beverages) although
was popularized in British-India, is actually a
Persian concoction. Panj in Persian means five,
the number of the mixtures. (Philippine Daily
Inquirer (Trivia) Feb. 2000)
Also the word Punjab (or Panjab == Five
waters/rivers, in India and Pakistan) and Panjacila
(Five Principles) of Sukarno in Indonesia, etc.
56. A Persian Alchemist, called Zacharia Alrazi
discovered the Industrial Alcohol.(Al Razi is known
in the west as Rhazes).
57. The first Beer-making techniques were discovered
in Medeo-Persia, some 5-6, 000 years ago. (On the
Net://www.udli./ucla.edu/).
The legend says that beer was first brewed by
Ninkasi, some 3,500B.C. (For details, see the cult of
Ninkasi). *Manila Bulletin,August 30, 2002.
58. Various musical instruments, including setar
(cithara or cittern) and probably even guitar, Tamboor
(Tambourine,) and Santour (Dulcimer). Other musical
instruments are Tar (six-stringed, while Setar is
four-stringed) and Ud, from which the medieval
European lute developed; as well as Ney or Flute.
(Iran Today, MFA, Tehran, 1976, p. 122). Iranian Music
has even influenced the Flamenco tradition of Spain.
(Iran Today p.122).
59. The first people, who started the "Birthday"
celebration, where the Persian nobility and the
royalty (So, "Happy Birthday" could originally be a
Persian song?)
60. The first time that cake was used in a birthday
party was by King Darius of Persia when he conquered
Egypt. (500 B.C.)Philippine Daily Inquirer 1999.
61. Polo game was invented in Persia, some 500 years
B.C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer 1998).
62. Wrestling, both as an art of war and sports,
originated in Persia.
63. Poker was also invented in Persia some 3,000 years
ago. It was called Aas. (The Philippine Daily Inquirer
(Trivia) June 18, 2000.)
64. Chess, although originated in India, but was
perfected and passed on to the West, through Persia,
in 10th century; thus the words Chess (from Shah or
King) Shakhmat (Shahmat) Rookh (rokh, or Chariot) etc.
65. The world's first known money appeared in Persia,
800 B.C.(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 27,2002)
66. The words Paradise, Star, Bazaar, Caravan, Bank,
Check, Roxan, Rose, Jasmine, Parthian-Shots,
(==Parting Shots), Sugar (Shakar), Paw (Paa) Cow
(Gau), Name (Naam); Nan (Bread) Nah (No), Bad, Behtar
(Better), Mushk (Musk) Pajamas, Orange, Dervish,
Khaki, Sepoy (Sepahy), Istana (Astana), Diwan/Divan,
Pashmina (the Cashmere) Kooh-e- Noor (Mountain of
Light), Pasha, Pesh Marga, Jungle, Magi, Magic,
Magician, Mummy (Moumi) Sherryvalies (Shalvar), Kaftan
(Caftan), Taffeta, Shawl, Shahtoosh, Sherpa,
Bang,Band,Spinach, Saffron, Lemon, Woe! (Waa/Waay!),
Gyn (Zan==Woman) Bakh-shish, Penta (Panj==five), Thou
(Toh), Me (Man), Am (-am), Eyebrow (Abru), Lips (Lab),
Pharao (=úr-zand or son of Ra/Mithra, the Sun-god of
Persia and later, Egypt) Buss (Buseh), Officer
(Afsar/Afsara), Mouse (Moush), Ouch (Aaakh), Aura
(Ahura), Aurora, Murra, Ricksha (Rakh'sh) as well as
Pope (Papa/Baba), Pedar (Father) Madar (Mother) Nana
(Nanny==Mother), Baradar (Brother) Brethren, Dokhtar
(Daughter), etc. (almost 300 words in the English
language)
67. The world's first public postal system was
invented in the Persian Empire some 3,000 years ago.
68. Cuneiform, the earliest form of writing in the
world. The cuneiform (wedge-shaped) was invented in
what is known in History as the Medeo-Persia, some
5-600 years ago. (On the Net
http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/)
69. The earliest known written documents, clay
tablets, inscribed more than 4,000 years ago, were
found in the Medeo- Persian region. These cuneiform
texts include the earliest known creation myths, legal
codes, medical prescriptions and recipes--- Ledgers,
deeds, receipts --- and the list of everything, from
the types of bird, to the musical instruments and the
woods used to make them. (The Philippine Star, May 24,
2002).
70. The first calendar, composed of a year with 354
days, was invented in Medeo-Persia, 2000 B.C.
(*Philippine Daily Inquirer April 27, 2002) And during
the Islamic era, another new Calendar, but this time
the most accurate calendar ever devised, in the whole
history of mankind, came into being --- the Jalali
Solar Calendar by the Persian mathematician and poet
par excellence, the Great Omar Khayyam.
Omar Khayyam's Persian solar calendar is even
more accurate than its Western Gregorian counterpart.
(The Persian calendar has an error of only one day in
every 5,000 years, as opposed to one in every 3,500
years for the Gregorian calendar). See Iran Today,
MFA, Tehran, 1976 p. 130.
71. The latest archeological excavations show that,
glass was first produced in the Asia-Minor region,
some 4, 000 years ago. (Echo of Islam Magazine,
Tehran, Iran. Aug. 1986).
72. The Art of Miniature was originated in Persia, by
Maani (founder of Manichaeism) some 2,600 years ago,
and reached China, later, (Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep.
2002)
73. The first operation on human skull in the world,
took place in Persia, some 5,000 years ago!
(Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2002)
74. The origins of all the Indo-European languages,
including Indian, German, English, Greek, Spanish,
French and many other European languages today, are
Iranian. (Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2002) So, it should
be called Irano-European, not Indo-European!
75. Did you know where the Saxons (of Saxony - -
Germany and the Anglo-Saxons of Britain) came from?
Well, the British Orientalist, Sir Percy Sykes,
himself a Saxon, went around the world to look for
their origin. He found out that the Saxons originated
from the Central Iranian Plateau, which was called
Sakstan (Present day Sistan- Baluchistan!)
Gardeshgari, Iran, Sept. 2002. (How about the Saxan or
Sassan Dynasty of Persia?).
76. The Iranian Capital of Tehran with 3,200 years of
history has much greater historical treasures to offer
to humanity than the entire country of Greece!
(Gardeshgari, Iran, Sep. 2002)
77. Domes of the Byzantine Churches and Palaces were
an adaptation from the Persian Architecture
(Gardegari, Iran, Aug. 2000)
78. The world famous Holland Windmill is originally
Persian, and the Dutch know about it! (Gardeshgari,
Iran, Aug. 2001).
79. The Sumerians and Egyptians were the early
migrants who came from the Iranian Plateau, thousands
of years ago! (Gardeshagri, Iran, Sep. 2002).
80. The Sumerian Seamen (probably) discovered America,
many centuries before Christopher Columbus.
(Gardeshgari, Iran, Aug. 2001)
81. Archery of which the world famous Parthian Shots
(or Parting Shots) is a good proof, originated in
Persia.
82. Persian carpet, walnuts, hazelnuts, Pistachio
nuts, pilau, kebab, beryani, shawarma, naan (bread)
yoghurt, spinach, saffron (the world's most precious
spice), rice, grapes, lemon, tulip, rose and
perfume-were all originated in Persia.
83. Vertical windmill was invented in Persia, in 9th
century, A.D. (Ancient Inventions p. 398). Also the
hand operated mills.
84. Trousers called Shalwar, were invented by the
Persians (while the Greek and the Romans preferred
skirts).
Also the world famous shawl and many other
innovations in clothing and shoe making, including a
variety of hats and caps, etc. The word pajama in
English comes from the Persian words Paa (leg) and
Jameh (clothes).
85. The wheel was first invented in the cradle of
civilization, the area that is known in History as
Medeo-Persia, some 5,000 years ago. (*Philippine Daily
Inquirer, April 27, 2002) See Persian wheel (Webster
Dictionary).
86. Chariots of war were invented during Cyrus the
Great of Persia (559-529 B.C.)
87. Cross, as an instrument of punishment for the
criminals was first invented by the Persians, and it
was
adopted by the Romans, some 2,300 years
ago.(Philippine Daily Inquirer 1997) Also Swastika,
etc.
88. Condom comes from the Persian word kandu or
kondu, a long vessel made from the intestines of the
animals and used for storing corn. Even today kondu
(or kendu) is used in Persian language for the
beehives as well as small clay storage for grains or
food. (Condominium also?). Well, in Western Iran,
there is a town called Kanduan [plural of kandu]. In
that town, all the houses are dug in the mountain, on
top of each other--a natural condominium).
89. Qanat or kanat, the underground water supply
systems that are stretched several miles, were also
invented in Persia.
90. Silo for grains preservation, some 1300 B.C.
(Ettelaat, Iran Daily, 2001).
91. Baad-gir or Wind Shaft, the earliest form of
modern air-conditioners,which was built on top of the
roof in order to catch the fresh air and transfer it
inside the building.
92. Aub-Anbar, the underground water reservoir that
kept water cool and safe, for the community (Take note
of the word Aub, the Persian word for water and its
relation to Eu de Cologne, water of cologne; also the
ending of the words like Mindan-ao, Dav-ao,
Lan-ao,Mara-nao, Maguin-danao, Tugigar-ao, Suri-gao,
Dan-ao (even Tamar-ao, Carab-ao?) as well as Aub-dast
-- Filipino and Chinese Muslims' ablution with water,
or Panj-ab, in India and Pakistan. etc.).
93. The first man who used an Airplane, to fly, was
a legendary Persian King, by the name of Keykaus. He
tied 4 big birds to his coach and placed some baits in
a distance, dangling in front of the birds to catch.
(And thus for him to fly!).
94. The oldest combination lock, (with secret
numbers) was made some 800 years ago in Persia
(Professor Arthur Pope, History of Persian
Civilization. c/o Ettelaat Daily, Tehran, Iran,
January 25, 2003).
95. Embroidery was first invented by the Scythian
people (a branch of Persians) Ref. Webster Dictionary
& CNN 2003.
96. The first travelers Inns called caravansaray
(Inns of caravan) some of which still exist along the
Silk Road, were built in Persia.
97. The largest mud-brick structure is the citadel of
Bam, in Kerman Province of Iran. It is 2,000 years
old!
98. Parasol (Decorative Umbrella), used as an honor,
over the heads of the kings and the dignitaries, was
invented in Persia, too.
99. Crown or Taj (See Taj Mahal)- the bejeweled
headpiece for the King or the Queen, was first used in
Persia.
100. The art of tile-work was invented and perfected
in Persia, many centuries ago. It was copied by
others, but was never equaled in its elegance and
beauty.
101. Persian Blinds (or Persiana in Spanish and
other European Languages) is the origin of what is
known today as the Venetian Blinds (Webster
Dictionary).
102. Blue Jars. The blue jars with floral designs
(just like the Blue Domes) are also a Persian
invention. The Chinese adopted these blue jars, after
Genghis Khan invaded Persia in 13th century A.D.
103. Chewing gum (called saqqez) as well as a variety
of other gums, including the well-known mummy or moumi
(Webster Dictionary).
104. There are many other ancient inventions that are
originated in the greater Persia. Some of them are as
follows:
1) Needle 2) Weaving (like Taffeta, Shawl, etc.) 3)
Roads/Hi-ways 4) Chain mail (for body defense) 5)
Spoons and Forks 6) Boots 7) Gloves 8) Soap 9)
Shampoo, 10) Perfume 11) Protocols and Etiquette 12)
Turkish Bath 13) Dagger, hammer, axes 14) Military
Marches, 15) Catapult, 16) Puppet Show 17) Tradition
of syndication (for farmers, workers, professionals)
18) Dams 19) Sickle 20) Jars and Pots of clay 21)
Brick making 22) Metals 23) Seals (Origin of
printing?) 24) Wheel (Persian wheel) 25) Coins
26) Oil 27) Compass 28) Animal skin for writing 29)
Measurement 30) Lighthouse 31) World map 32)
Basic Human Flight 33) Military Fire Power 34)
Alphabet 35) Early Electrical devices 36) Fast
Reporting system (Like mores code, using mirror and
sun) etc. (for more details see Iran: Land and the
People, by Mr. A.H. Saidian, Tehran, 2001)
105. King Cambyses II, of Persia, was the first person
that examined the dead bodies of the mummies of Egypt,
after conquering the Egyptian City of Memphis, in 600
B.C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer (Trivia)June 15,2000.)
106. Also, the first people who fought against the
superstitious beliefs of the Egyptians (e.g. cats,
bulls, crocodiles worshipped as gods) were the
Persians. King Cambyses II threw many cats over the
walls of Memphis City, and the Egyptians who believed
in cats as gods, were so scared that they surrendered
the city, without a fight (Philippine Daily
Inquirer,Trivia ,2001).
107. The first person that gazed into a crystal ball
(to see the world events, just like a TV or a
satellite) was King Jamshid of Persia (see Jam-e
Jamshid).
108. Persians were also pioneers in Astronomy, as
Bible states that the Magies saw the birth of Jesus
Christ in the stars.(see Mathew, Chapter II).
109. The belief that Number 13 is an unlucky one, was
started in Persia, some 5,000 years ago. Even today,
all Persians (the Kurdish, the Baluchis, the Central
Asians, etc.) leave their homes every 13th day of the
New Year (March 21) and they go out in the fields, so
as to avoid the bad luck of the 13th day of the New
Year.
110. Incidentally, the Phenomenon of the New Year
itself is a Persian Tradition, where the Natural New
Year (first day of the Spring, not middle of the
winter!) is celebrated on March 21, every year.
(CNN,January 01, 2003).
111. The Persian Businessmen Mr. Hosain Qermezian and
his brothers, in Canada, introduced the first Mega
Mall in the West, during the 40s and the 50s. In that
Mega Mall (which was probably inspired by the Persian
Bazaar or Timcheh) everything, from a needle up to the
latest car, is available under one roof!
112. The world's most glamorous
building-cum-mausoleum, (one of the Seven Wonders of
the World) the Taj Mahal in India (also the Shish
Mahal or Mirror Palace in Pakistan) was designed by a
Persian Master Architect, Ustad Eisa Shirazi and his
son Mohammad Shirazi, in 1631 A.D. (Village Voice,
Manila, Feb.2002. Also the world's most glamorous and
the best loved Queen was a Persian Lady,Arjumand Banu
or Mumtaz Mahal, whose Mausoleum is also the best
ever; -- The Taj Mahal. In the words of the English
poet, Sir Edwin Arnold: "Not a piece of Architecture
as other buildings are, but a proud passion of an
Emperor's love wrought in living stones." (Village
Voice, Manila Feb.2002).
113. The world's most educated (100% highly educated)
Community is that of the Parsis (the Persian
Zoroastrians) who live mostly in Iran, India, Pakistan
and England. They are also one of the most financially
successful communities in the world. (They established
the first Cancer Hospital, and many other educational
and Social Centers, including some of the oldest and
biggest libraries in India - -see International Herald
Tribune, April 24, 2003). Incidentally, the most well
known poet of the Gujrati language in India is a
Parsee by the name of Khabar-Dar.
114. The world's most expensive residence belongs to a
Persian by a name of Dr. Nasser Khalili, who lives in
England. His classical English Mansion is worth over
$240 Million (Manila Bulletin, June, 12, 200).
115. For further details on Persian Culture, see
Webster Dictionary for terms such as: Persiana,
Persian ammoniac, Persian apple, Persian berry,
Persian blue, Persian buttercup, Persian cat, Persian
clover, Persian daisy, Persian date, Persian deer,
Persian earth, Persian green, Persian iris, Persian
lamb, Persian lawn, Persian lilac, Persian melon,
Persian nightingale, Persian rose, Persian wheel, etc.
116. In the fields of Religion and Philosophy: The
oldest living religion in the world, is
Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Persia,
(Philippine Star, Jan. 26, 2002).
117. The first divinely revealed religion, which
still exists today is Zoroastrianism. No other
religion has influenced other world Religions like
Zoroastrianism. It has influenced Judaism,
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, (Mahayana),
Manicheanism and the Pagan European Cults. Over half
of the world has virtually accepted a significant
portion of Zoroastrian teachings. Many Christian
traditions as well as some of its Philosophy are
actually the adaptations from the Zoroasterianism and
Mithraism, the Persian Religion of Sun god
worshipping. Here are some examples:
1. The Christmas is, in reality, the Birthday of
Mithra the Sun-god (Not the Son of God!) which was
born on December 25, after the Saturnalia Festivals).
2. Virgin Mary (mother of Baby-god Jesus) resembles
Anahita, the Persian goddess, The Mother of gods!
3. Sunday (the Christians Holiday) is actually
dedicated to Sun-god or Mithra, the Persian god.
4. Songs and praises in the churches.
5. Bread and wine tradition.
6. The white ropes of the priests.
7. Celibacy of the Priests and Nuns
8. Cross, Swastika, etc.
9. The symbol of Smiling Sun (Mithra) on some
Christian flags (like that of Argentina) etc.
(Note: Even the Egyptians adopted the Persian Sun-god
- - Mithra, as their highest deity, and called him
"Ra" (Probably short for Mithra). In fact, Pharaoh
[The title of the Kings of Egypt] means The Son of
Ra!). Is it possible that Ray in English has also
something to do with Ra or Mithra? How about Rex
(king) in Latin, Rey (king in Spanish), etc?
Aside from Zoroastrianism, the other religious and
philosophical movements of Persia, include Mithraism
(the Sun god), which was also adopted by the Romans;
Manicheanism, which was later on adopted by the
Christians in North Africa, and probably the first
communist movement called Mazdakism (500 A.D.) Later
on Sufism, Carmathism, Ismaili (Agha Khani), Babism,
Bahaism, Akhbarism, Kasravism, etc., etc.
118. According to some scholars, the most important
person in the recorded history of religion, is the
Persian Prophet - - Zoroaster. (Check Internet,
Persian Culture, also Mithraism, etc).
119. FAMOUS PERSIAN PROPHETS/RELIGIOUS FOUNDERS:
1. Zoroaster (500 B.C.), Founder of Zoroastrianism,
the oldest living religion in the world, that has
influenced all other religions, including Judaism,
Christianity and Islam.
2. Maani "The Messenger of Light" (the founder of
Gnosticism and Manicheanism that influenced
Christianity, later). The ___expression of "Manichaean
language" or religious absolutism came from there.
3. Mazdak (founder of Mazdakism, a communist movement
at 500 AD).
4. Baabak Khorram-din, 800 AD (Founder of the
Religious-Political movement of Khorram Dinan).
5. Hassan Sabbah (founder of Militant Esmailism and
the originator of the Assassins, or the Hashashin
movement, also known as Fedayins, 11th century A.D).
6. Agha Khan Mahallati 1900 A.D. (Founder of Agha
Khani / Esmaili sect.).
7. Baab (Ali Mohammad) 1900 A.D. (Founder of Babism).
8. Bahaullah,1900 A.D. (Founder of Bahaism).
9. Shah Nematullah Kermani, Sheikh Safi-Uddin, Safi
Ali Shah and many other founders of Sufi Orders.
120. The hippies of Europe and America got their
hairstyle and their shabby looks (and probably their
ideas, too from the Fekirs and Qalandars of India, who
in turn got it from the Dervishes and Sufis of Persia!
121. The philosophy of Yin and Yang
(male-female/positive-negative), which is the
foundation of the Taoist religion in China, Korea,
Japan, etc., was first introduced by the Persian
Prophet Zoroaster, as the Ahura Mazda (God of light)
and Ahriman (God of darkness) some 5,000-6,000 years
ago.
It was later on expanded further by another
Persian Prophet-Maani, as religious and philosophical
Dualism of Good and Evil (see Webster).
122. The concept of Celibacy in Christianity was one
of the many influences of the Persian Prophet Maani on
the Christian Faith ("Manicaean influences on the
Augustinian Doctrines") see Webster.
123. Special respect for the animals, particularly
cows and bulls, which was very popular among the early
Egyptians and the Indians today, has an Aryan
(Iranian) origin. It's because of those animals' great
roles in agriculture and human sustenance. (And
considering that the early Egyptians and the Brahmans
of India, were actually the emigrants from the Land of
Arya, the connections becomes more evident).
But, while the Indian and the Egyptian
cultures considered all animals sacred, even the
dangerous ones (crocodiles, snakes, disease-carrying
mice, etc.) the Persians respected the good ones, but
also did not hesitate to kill the harmful.
124. The latest archeological, historical and
linguistic researches very clearly show that the
Europeans (Eastern and Western) were originally the
migrants from the Land of the Aryans (Iran). So were
the ruling classes of Egypt (the Pharaohs), and India
(the Brahmans), as well as the ancient Greeks and the
Romans.
In other words, all those leading cultures of
the ancient world were the children of the migrant
Iranians of the olden days.
But how about the White Americans of today?
Well, the White Americans are actually the children of
of the European migrants, or the "grandchildren" of
the Persians or the Iranians!
125. The first people, who accepted and believed in
Jesus Christ, were the Persians. See the story of the
three Magi/Wise men/Kings, who came from Persia to see
baby Jesus (Ref. Mathew II).
126. In Political and Economic Fronts. The first
revolution in the Middle East, even ahead of the 1917
Russian Revolution, was the Mashruta (Constitutional)
Revolution of Iran, in 1906. It changed the country
from an absolute Monarchy to a Constitutional
Monarchy.
127. The first religious revolution in the world, that
led to the establishment of an Islamic Republic, took
place in Iran in 1979. Ahmad Ben Bella, the
revolutionary president of Algeria called it the
"Miracle of our Age". (Ettelaat, Tehran January 1980).
That Islamic Revolution caused the Revival of
the Islamic aspirations all over the Muslim world,
which is visible everywhere, today. (Time Magazine,
New York, April 16, 1979. Also International Herald
Tribune September 4, 2002)
128. The first nationalization of oil and other
natural resources in the Middle East was lead by Dr.
Mohammad Mosaddeq of Iran, in 1940s and 1950s.
129. The first oil well in the world was found and
drilled in the Persian City of Baku (or Baad Kubeh ==
the Windy City, now the capital of Azerbaijan) in the
1394, A.D. (New World, Siemens Magazine, Germany Sept.
2001). It was in this same region that the first
Temple of Fire was built by the followers of Zoroaster
the Persian Prophet some 5, 000 years ago).
130. The first oil pipeline also was built in Baku,
from the woods of the Caspian region.
131. The first oil tanker in the world was built in
Baku, and it was named after the Persian Prophet the
Zoroaster. (Source: New World, Siemens Magazine,
Germany, Sept. 2001).
132. The largest inland body of water in the world, is
located in Northern Persia. The Caspian Sea, with the
best Caviar in the world, plus oil, gas and a lot of
flora and fauna.
133. In Poetry and Literature:
A. One Thousand and one Nights (The "Arabian Nights"
or corrected The Persian Nights, written in the 10th
century A.D.)
B. Undoubtedly the best poetry that was created by
man, in:
1. The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayyam
2. The Shah Namah of Firdausi (The "Paradise Man")
the story of Rostum and Sohrab.
3. The Math-nawi. The ultimate light of mysticism and
Sufism by Jalalud Din Rumi. (The best-seller in the US
today)!
4. The best Love Songs in the Odes of Hafez of
Shiraz, who is considered as the "Greatest Poet ever
who walked this earth"! (See The Gift, Collection of
Hafiz's Poems, by Daniel Ladinsky, 1998, N.Y., USA).
Hafez is also adored and "worshipped" by J.W. Goethe,
the greatest poet of Germany and Europe).
5. The classical Persian Romanticism by Nezami of
Ganjeh;
6. The Purest Sufi Expressions in the "Ruba'iyyat"of
Baba Tahir "The Oryan".
7. The Sweetest language in poetry and prose in the
Rose Gardens (Gulestan and later Bustan) of Sheikh
Sa'di.
In Islamic Sciences and Islamic Civilization:
The Persians also played the greatest role in the
development of the Islamic Sciences and Islamic
Civilization, as well as the preservation and
spreading of it, in the world, as follows:
134. Salman Al-Farsi was the first person to translate
the Holy Quran into a foreign language (i.e. Persian).
135. The first time the Holy Qur'an was printed in a
Muslim country (by modern machines) was in Persia, in
1866 A.D. (Ref. Ettelaat International, Tehran, 1996).
136. The first melodious translation of the Holy
Qur'an (as the original Arabic is also melodious) for
a better reading and an easier memorization of its
verses, by the non-Arabs, was done by the Persian
scholar, Dr. Fazlollah Nikayin - - in the USA(1998).
This translation which is titled, "Qur'an: A Poetic
Translation from the Original" is first of its kind,
not only in English language, but also in any other
translation of the Holy Qur'an, in 1,400 year history
of Islam. (Reference: The Ultimate Book 2000, Skokie
Publications (Illinois) U.S.A.)
137. The most translated language of the entire Holy
Qur'an in the world is Persian---some one thousand
translations (Ref. Ettalaat International, Tehran,
1996)
138. The youngest person, who ever memorized the
entire Holy Qur'an, was a 5-year-old Persian boy by
the name of M.H. Taba-Tabai. (He received a Ph.D.
from the Hijaz Islamic College of England, as the
youngest scholar of the Holy Qur'an in 1996).
139. The greatest Imam among the majority of
Muslims---Imam Abu Hanifah was a Persian.
140. The greatest master of SUFISM (Islamic Mysticism)
was Al-Ghazzali, another Persian teacher, (Some
orientalists consider him as the most qualified
scholar in Islam, aside from the Prophet Mohammad
himself).
141. The greatest interpreter of the Holy Quran in
Islam, is Tabari, also a Persian.
142. All the earliest collectors and writers of the
traditions of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.) who
preserved and spread his words, were
Persians--Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidi, Ibni Maja, Nasai
and Abu Dawoud.
143. The man, who finally defeated the western
crusaders, liberated Jerusalem from the invaders and
saved the Muslims from a total annihilation, was a
Kurdish (Persian) man by the name of Salahud Din
(Saladin the Magnificent).
144. The greatest grammarian of Arabic language was a
Persian--the Sibwaih of Shiraz.
145. The first compiler of Arabic Dictionary was a
Persian by the name of Khalil Bin Ahmad.
146. The first scholar who organized, formulated and
established the Science of Rhetoric, Elocution and
Prosody in Arabic language was a Persian master by the
name of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jorjani (Gorgani).
147. The greatest Philosophical mind after Aristotle,
who preserved philosophy from destruction during the
Dark Ages (of Europe) was Al-Farabi the Persian. He
was a linguist and a music virtuoso. He is known as
the Second Master. (After Aristotle).
148. The greatest intellectual during the Middle Ages
was Abu Ali Sina (Avicena) the Persian
Physician-Philosopher (see International Herald
Tribune, Oct. 11, 2001).
149. The first scientific book that was printed in the
world, after the invention of the printing machine,
was the Cannon of Abu Ali Sina (or Avicena, the
Persian Physician-Philosopher). His medical
masterpiece was the most popular textbook of Medicine,
in European Colleges and Universities, during the
Middle Ages and up to the 18th Century A.D.(By the
way, the earliest College of Medicine, recorded in the
History of Iran was "Gundishapur Medical School", 500
A.D. Also take note that the terms, Medica, Medicine,
etc. came from Medes==Medeo-Persian Men).
150. The first man who introduced Arabic numerals in
the West (which used Roman Numerals, before) was a
Persian scholar by the name of Al Kharwrazmi (9th
century A.D.).
151. The first physician in the world, who treated
Small Pox, was Zakariyya Al Razi (10th century A.D.).
152. The first scientist who invented a computing
machine was Al-Kashani (15th century A.D.).
153. The first scientist who explained the cause of
rainbow in 13th century A.D. was another Persian
called Qutb Shirazi. (Source: Islam: A global
civilization, Cambridge, U.K. 1995.)
154. The first scientist who measured the distance
between the Earth and the Moon was a Persian by the
name of Naseer ud-Din Tousi (13th century A.D.).
155. The first physician who diagnosed and treated
Meningitis during the Dark Ages was Abu Ali Sina (11th
century A.D.). (Source: The Islamic Text Society
Cambridge U.K. 1995).
156. The greatest Muslim scholar, who collected and
preserved Islamic traditions and teachings, is another
Persian by the name of Mohammad Majlesi (17th century
A.D.) His masterpiece on Islamic teaching and
traditions (titled, Behar Al-Anwaar) is 100 plus
Volumes.
157. The most prominent religious and political figure
in the history of Islam in the past 1,000 years (as
far as the political and religious revival of the
Muslim world is concerned) was Ayatullah Ruhullah
Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran
(1979). He was named, Man of the Year (Time, 1980).
158. The greatest collection and preservation of the
Islamic Arts in the world belongs to a Persian patron
of Arts, by the name of Dr. Nasser Khalili, who lives
in England. (Mabuhay Magazine, Philippines, 1998).
159. Qawwali, the Art of Sufi chanting with music,
started in Persia, in the 9th century A.D. before it
came to India (also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, etc.) It was also spread westward to Turkey and
other countries up to Algeria, Tunesia and Morocco, in
North Africa.
It is a form of Praising Allah, remembering the Holy
Prophet, and the spiritual men of God, thru musical
songs.
160. The first scientists who claimed that the Earth
was actually round (not flat, as the Europeans
believed) were the Muslim scholars of Persia
(Gardeshgari, Iran, March 2002).
161. Persian Muslim Scientists knew the Law of
Gravity, as early as 840 A.D. (Ibid).
162. The Iranian master musicians, like Abu Ishaq
Musuli, actually thought the Arabs the Fine Art of
Music, but later on they gave up on music, upon
conversion to Islam, because of Religious reasons
(Motahhari,Khadamat, Tehran, Iran, 1970).
163. The most popular word among the Muslim
Communities, around the world for
Teacher/Guru/Master/Spiritual Leader, is Ustad/Ustaz,
a Persian word which means Educator/Trainor .
164. Muslims in Central Asia, South West Asia, South
East Asia and China, still use the Islamic terms, in
Persian, rather than in the Original Arabic Language.
Examples are: Namaz (Prayer) Ruzah (Fasting) Bang
(call to prayer) Aub-dast (Ablution) Farman (Teaching)
etc. etc.
165. The most brilliant and the most intellectual
Caliph in the History of Islam, was a half-Persian, by
the name of Ma-moon. His father was Khalifa Haroon
Ar-Rashid, and his mother, a lady from Persia by the
name of Maragel.
This same Khalifa Ma-moon, translated and
transferred all the Greek Philosophy and Science books
into Arabic (by the help of mostly Iranian scholars)
and thus saved Ancient Science and Philosophy for
mankind, by protecting them from destruction during
the Dark Ages of Europe! He established the House of
Wisdom or House of Sciences in Baghdad in 9th Century
A.D.
166. The first Muslim woman in the world, who won the
Noble Peace Prize, was the Iranian Lady Judge, Shirin
Ebadi (Year 2003).
167. Iran was probably the only country in the Middle
East (and one of the few in the world) that was not
colonized by the foreign powers, in the Modern
History.
168. One of the chief architects of OPEC (the first
oil cartel in the Third World, which turned many poor
oil producing countries into super-rich) was the Shah
of Iran, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (International
Herald Tribune, October 18, 2003)
169. The world's most exclusive "couturier" (for the
rich and the famous) is Mr. "Bijan", an Iranian master
designer in New York with over $300 Million of income
annually. (Mohajer, info@iranshouse.org.)
170. The First Sheikhul Islam of Siam (Modern
Thailand) was a Persian Statesman by the name of
Shaikh Ahmad Qommi (1600 AD). He was later on
appointed by the King of Thailand as the Prime
Minister of Siam. (Thailand: A Golden Land by M.
Tamhidi, Al Hoda Publishing, Tehran. 2001)
Also, the first Sheikhul Islam of Aceh in
Indonesia, Seyyed Hassan Astar Abadi was a Persian
religious leader, during the reign of "Sultan Malek
Salek" of Aceh, 17th century. (ibid.)
Compiled by:
Prof. M.S. Tajar
University of the Philippines
Quarta-feira, Abril 22, 2009 9:46:00 AM
"Agora, querem interromperem os jogos de futebol se houverem cânticos racistas e se estes permanecerem cancelar o jogo de futebol. A inquisição anti-racista está a dar forte e feio no mundo do futebol."
Pois está, mas ninguém cala o nacionalismo, muito menos nas curvas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkHw9F6txxI
eheheh
De Portugal até á Russia!
Titan disse...
Pois eu gosto imenso do Hino português.
ENGOLE-O ENTÃO!!
Caturo disse...
Uma merda és tu, brasuca. O Hino Nacional Português é magnífico, é das coisas que mais valor tem em Portugal e tem mais valor numa só palavra do que o Brasil seja no que for. De boa vontade se podiam sacrificar as vidas de cento e noventa milhões de brasileiros se isso fosse necessário para salvaguardar «A Portuguesa».
VC NÃO ERA INDIANO?? E JA SOMOS 195 MILHÕES; SEM FALAR QUE NEM MESMO A "VIDA" DE UM MACACO DA BAHIA VALE ESSA MERDA; TALVEZ NEM MESMO O COCO DELE(OU SEJA, É UMA SUBMERDA - LOL)!!
Ora isto torna ainda mais repulsivo o vosso atrevimento de macacos tropicais nojentos, a terem sequer a ousadia de levantarem os olhos quando olham para nós. O que nós somos é milenar, é de uma origem sacra que se perde na bruma dos tempos, não susceptível de ser posto em causa por escumalha favelada, ou por labregos novos ricos de sotaque nojento e modos negróides.
SOTAQUE QUE NÃO COSPE NA CARA DOS OUTROS VIA SHIADO LISBOETA SUJO; MODOS TUAREGOIDS TEM VC´S QUE ESTAVAM EM UM CONTACTO GENETICO DIRETO DESDE O RIO SENEGAL ATE A FRANÇA VIA ALMORAVIDAS EMPIRE(LOL)!!
NEM O POBRE DO POINCARE APARECE NELES...!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DakarMarkt.jpg
AQUI O EXCESSO DE PANO DOS MUSLOS SERVE SEGUNDO O EVOLUCIONISTA E GENETICISTA WATSON P/ TENTAR FREAR O UV QUE CAUSARIA MAIOR INSTABILIDADE NEURAL/HORMONAL SIMIESCA NELES!!
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:FootballeusesNgor.jpg
JÁ AQUI NOTAR A POSIÇÃO DO PRIMATINHA BEM DE ACORDO COM OS SEUS ANCESTRAIS DE QUE ESTÃO TÃO MAIS PROXIMOS DEVIDO A MENOR TAXA EVOLUTIVA!!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jpT5WPVsNbM/SWKICDJ2IHI/AAAAAAAAAKY/8KI843niI6E/s400/rock+in+rio.bmp
E POR FIM A VERGONHA; A GUITARRA NO FORMATO DA AMERICA DO SUL A DOMINAR LISBOA, AQUELE MENOS POPULAR MUNDIALMENTE DA TURMA(HEHE...)!!
VC NÃO ERA INDIANO?? .
Indiano era quem mal te pariu... ah não, era italiano, pois, italiano da favela, ehehheheh...
E JA SOMOS 195 MILHÕES;.
Tanto pior.
SOTAQUE QUE NÃO COSPE NA CARA DOS OUTROS.
Há caras que merecem cuspos. :)
MODOS TUAREGOIDS TEM VC´S QUE ESTAVAM EM UM CONTACTO GENETICO.
Chhhiu, pouca choldra. Vocês parecem-se em tudo muito mais com o norte de África, e com o sul também :), do que qualquer português.
SOTAQUE QUE NÃO COSPE NA CARA DOS OUTROS VIA SHIADO LISBOETA SUJO; MODOS TUAREGOIDS TEM VC´S QUE ESTAVAM EM UM CONTACTO GENETICO DIRETO DESDE O RIO SENEGAL ATE A FRANÇA VIA ALMORAVIDAS EMPIRE(LOL)!!
Olha o porco favelado a escrever mais da merda grossa, abrem-te a jaula e já pensas que és gente.
Uiiii que dor de Portugal ser europeu e teu brasiuu ser africano e mestiço...
E JA SOMOS 195 MILHÕES
195 milhões de mestiços queres tu dizer. :)
Titan disse...
Pois eu gosto imenso do Hino português.
ENGOLE-O ENTÃO!!
Não, ouço-o com muito prazer.
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