The Persian Version
History Podcasts
The Persian Version Podcast is devoted to countering mainstream disinformation by bringing to light the inexhaustible, though largely unknown, under-appreciated history, art, culture, mythology, religious traditions, literature, philosophies, and historic contributions of the Iranian (Aryan) and Iranic peoples as well as that of the ethnically diverse but culturally Persionate world. The podcast will explore the myriad ways in which this tradition has influenced and interacted with the worlds other major civilizations through the ages. Support: https://anchor.fm/arash-darius-kamali/support Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arash-darius-kamali/support
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History Podcasts
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The Persian Version Podcast is devoted to countering mainstream disinformation by bringing to light the inexhaustible, though largely unknown, under-appreciated history, art, culture, mythology, religious traditions, literature, philosophies, and historic contributions of the Iranian (Aryan) and Iranic peoples as well as that of the ethnically diverse but culturally Persionate world. The podcast will explore the myriad ways in which this tradition has influenced and interacted with the worlds other major civilizations through the ages. Support: https://anchor.fm/arash-darius-kamali/support Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arash-darius-kamali/support
Language:
English
Episodes
Hyrcanian Storm, Iran's Revolutionary History with Dr. Jason Reza Jorjani
2/8/2023
A discussion on the radical, Zoroastrian, Mazdakite, Sufi, antinomian and feminist roots of Iran's current revolutionary upheavals.
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Duration:02:38:45
Iran's Marvelous Mythological Universe
2/4/2023
The Iranian Mythological Universe
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Duration:01:41:38
Iranic Settlers of Europe
7/2/2022
This is the link to my new talk simulcast on my 'Persian Version' podcast and Jeff Lippman's excellent 'Garden of Doom' podcast, on the subject of my upcoming book and documentary project, currently in development, about the far too little discussed colonization of Europe by Northern-Iranic peoples such as the Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, Roxalans, Iaziges, Aorsi, and Jasz.
We discuss the migrations and settlement of large parts of Eastern, Central, and Western Europe by these ethnically,...
Duration:01:37:44
The Persian Version on 'The Garden of Doom' Podcast
2/26/2022
Dear members, this is an interview with me that just aired on Jeff Lippman's very interesting podcast series:
"The Garden of Doom."
Our conversation is about a range of topics including the origin and migrations of the Indo-Iranian Aryan peoples who were originally a part of the larger Indo-European ethnolinguistic family.
We discuss the development of the theology, cosmology and ethics of Iran's Avestan, Zoroastrian, and Mithraic traditions as well as the historic influence of these...
Duration:01:54:04
The North-Iranian origins of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; my conversation with Dr. Linda Malcor about her book 'From Scythia to Camelot'
2/5/2022
I'm delighted and honoured to bring you my first podcast discussion with Dr Linda Malcor, co-author of
'From Scythia to Camelot'
This revolutionary book meticulously demonstrates that the core of the European stories of 'King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table', Camelot and the Holy Grail is not entirely Gaelic, Celtic, or Ango-Saxon but North-Iranian!
The scholarly yet revolutionary book argues that many of these stories were brought to Western Europe by ethnolinguistically and...
Persian, not Farsi!
1/16/2021
In previous episodes we discussed how the name Iran, not Persia is actually the historic and correct name of the Iranian nation and civilization.
However, in this episode I’ll be making the case that when it comes to referring to the Persian language, the correct word in English is in fact Persian, not Farsi. Farsi is only the correct word--when you're speaking in Persian.
--A. Darius Kamali
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Christianity as the gift from Indo-European Iran; the influence of Perso-Roman Mithraism on early Christianity
1/4/2021
References: Axworthy, Michael (2008). A History of Iran. Basic Books. pp. 31–43.
Hone, William (1890 (4th edit); 1820 (1st edition)). "The Apocryphal Books of the New Testament". Archive.org. Gebbie & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia. See: Retrieved 26 January 2017.
Nersessian, Vrej (2001). The Bible in the Armenian Tradition. Getty. ISBN 978-0-89236-640-8.
Historia Trium Regum(History of the Three Kings) by John of Hildesheim (1364–1375)
Brock, Sebastian (1982). "Christians in the Sasanian...
The Enduring Durant on Persia
9/12/2020
As part of our introductory series for the Persian Version I felt there could hardly be a more appropriate voice to hear from regarding our topic, than that of the late great American philosopher, historian and popularizer of World History, Will Durant.
The following talk was originally presented as an address before the Iran-America Society in Tehran on April 21, 1948.
The great Will Durant provides a brief but insightful review of Persian cultural history and its influence on the history...
Younan; or Greece--the Persian Version.
9/9/2020
The ancient Greeks referred to all of Iran by the name 'Persia,' after the Parsua people of the ruling central region of 'Pars' with which they were most familiar. And the European West borrowed this term from the Greeks and the name has stuck to this day.
In a parallel irony, Greece is known as ‘Younan’ in Persian.
This is because the part of Greece that was most thoroughly colonized by Iran’s Achaemenian Empire was called 'Ionia.'
It turns out, the Iranians also used a short hand for...
Iran vs Persia
9/9/2020
When starting a discussion on a topic, it’s imperative to define terms and agree on proper usage of names--especially proper names.
And so doing a podcast like this one, presents us with a problem right from the get go.
Which is the correct name?
Is it Iran?
Or is it Persia?
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What is Iran?
8/27/2020
One must not think and speak of Persian/Iranian civilization as something restricted to the political boundaries of the Iranian nation state.
Culturally and historically, Iran-- or as the Sassanian Persians referred to it 'Eran Shahr'(the Aryan Realm)
is more a culture than it is a geographically restricted political entity. Like those other major civilizations of the ancient and classical world, Greece and Rome; Iranian/Persian influence stretches across large parts of the globe—both...
The Axis of Evil and the Origins of Evil
6/1/2020
Zoroastrianism is a dualist faith that originated in Persia, and over the years it has influenced a number of other faiths. Even though we may not recognize it today, it has been an influence on a number of world religions, especially on Christianity and Islam. Zoroastrianism is a belief system that stresses how we as human beings were meant to strive for our full potential. A primary tenet of the faith is that righteous and upstanding people will participate in the rewards of paradise,...
In the Name(s) of God
5/31/2020
Politics begins with the way we use words, George Orwell reminded us. At a precarious moment for relations between Muslims and their others it is important to recall that Allah is not the name of the Muslim god; that God, Allah and Yahweh are different words for the same deity.
Link to origibal published essay.
https://bit.ly/3gHfrcP
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Syria; a World War in miniature--perspective from Persia.
5/31/2020
Open Democracy
Iraq and Syria: of memory and maps
https://bit.ly/36LuygR
The interests of outsiders, not those of the battered, bloodied and belittled peoples of Iraq and Syria, drive this brutal political theatre.
Darius A. Kamali
12 May 2018
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The Persian Version; by Robert Graves
5/29/2020
The Persian Version
by Robert Graves (1895-1985)
Robert Graves, a veteran of the First World War, wrote this poem during the the Second World War. The Persian version of the battle of Marathon is a counterattack on the Greek version of the story. The Battle of was fought in 490 BC. Presenting the history from the point of view of Persians, Robert Graves claims that the Persians had the more salutary demonstration in the battle.
The speaker in the poem accepts that the weather was adverse...