…“To-morrow’s dawn,” the Persian cries, “My glorious God restores!”… ~ a line from a miscellaneous poem entitled “To-morrow” among a collection in English and Latin published in 1809 by Francis Hodgson, Fellow of King’s College… which reminds us that Iranians are forever the children of the Sun… [pic travel-images: The ancient Iranian lion-n-bull motif which one may interpret as a duality struggle with the sun represented by the lion... the artwork -- very classic Iranian -- is from the 18th c. Palace of Shaki Khans in Shaki, Azarbaijan… Shaki Khans revolted against the Safavid dynasty at the end of their rule… the name of the city Shaki derives from its original inhabitants, the ancient Sakas (a people of Iranian stock)… for educational purposes only]
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:39:26 +0000