david chaffetz @davidchaffetz
David Chaffetz is an independent researcher of Iranian, Indian and Chinese literature and history. raiders-rulers-and-traders.com Lisbon, Portugal Joined July 2013-
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A processional orchestra with a chariot as well as a mounted dragon, Mathura, Jain stupa, 1st century BCE, New Delhi. #chariots, #horseanddragons
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Imagine the diligence of 20-year old Judith Gautier, learning Chinese when she could speak it with only a few people - she could not dream of ever travelling there. She did it for art's sake.
Imagine the diligence of 20-year old Judith Gautier, learning Chinese when she could speak it with only a few people - she could not dream of ever travelling there. She did it for art's sake.
Mannerheim's Kirghiz guide, whom he calls his jiggit, sits proudly in the saddle, in front of a yurt. The word is yiğit in modern Turkish, and means "brave". In Tolstoy's Hadji Murat the eponymous hero has an escort of jiggits. He looks like he would look after you on the…
Here's a written interview about Raiders by "Meet the Professor". It's a good summary of the book, and some of the insights I developed since writing it. #equinehistory, #horses, #ancienthistory, #steppe sociologygroup.com/raiders-rulers…
Imperial Russia sent Gustav Mannerheim across the Silk Road to China. What did he find in Kirghizstan? Horses and a horse market. #silkroad, #equinehistory
Horse husbandry suited Mongolia perfectly. Modern land uses, including intensive goat herding and mining, have not been kind to this land. nature.com/articles/s4159…
As it should be, will be one day Jay Hind, Jay Pakistan
Why does this paper not attribute the rapid spread of Zoonotic diseases to the obvious candidate, the horse? #equinehistory #domestication #endemicdiseases phys.org/news/2025-08-l…
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