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Well, that’s why, down the line, I don’t rule out something like a culturally and religiously Persianate Seljuk Turkic or Oghuz Turkic led and soldier’ed Shahshanshahdom emerging in Persia in the high middle ages bursting forth with vigor into the Middle East/Southwest Asia, blessed by the...

watch Looking at this video around 4:37, the Turkmenistan region was touched for a good half century by the Turkic Hephthalite 'White Huns' for a good half century shortly before 500 AD, and then touched briefly by the western Gokturk Khaghanate, before returning to Sassanid rule. Now the...

Very interesting arguments, with some plausibility certainly. Certainly correct that any long distance major proselytizing is a very far future thing. You’re more bullish than I was on Persian strength, endurance and size of cultural sphere in the long run. I suppose it is possible, but it may...

What if Sassanid Persia contained Arabic-Islamic conquest at the Zagros, holding the early invaders, Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphs off from the Iranian plateau, Caucasus, Kordestan, and Caspian Sea? The most the Arabs conquer from the Persians are the rich and fertile lowlands of Mesopotamia...