In this episode, Miles and Dr. Manouchehr Khorasani dive deep into the amazing history of firearms in Persia throughout different time periods as well as the cultural and religious relation with weapons.

Dr. Manouchehr is a historian who delved deep into the history of Persian arms and armor, including Persian martial arts. He has an incredibly vast knowledge of the subjects and authored seven books and won three major book prizes.

You can check his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/RazmafzarTV/featured

And this episode was visually recorded and divided into a two-part youtube video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndx2Swbe2Nkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cz1e4plaJw

Credits-Introduction audio is taken from the movie Son of a Lion, with permission of the director Benjamin Gilmour. The conversation takes place in the Kyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK) region of Pakistan and is between a customer examining a "Krinkov"-patterned rifle that is for sale.Music is traditional Arabic Dabkha by the name ofاغاني دبكة تي رش رش

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