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What links Iran and Wales? Here, we highlight some familiar faces,
their adventures in Iran or Wales and its significance in the identity
of either country. In addition, we share big talking points that have
split the Cymranian community. Got a story that you think would be perfect for here? Email cymranian@gmail.com.
Names are in surname order:
Emanuel Bowen: Royal map-maker's vision of 18th Century Persia
Eliot Crawshay-Williams: travelling 'Across Persia' in 1903
PH Emerson: and the Welsh fairytale about Persian settlers
Sir William Jones: Founder of Persian Studies
Aadel Kardooni: on his rugby career and Welsh links
Dylan Thomas and his incredible Persian adventure
John Toshack: and his brief spell in Iran
Terry Yorath: on Wales v Iran and Middle Eastern football
Also read:
Significance of March for Cymranians
Cardiff City FC: doing 'The Ayatollah'
Llandudno goats: A gift from a Persian Shah to Queen Victoria
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