Mount Behistun

Mount Behistun
File:نمایی از بیستون وسراب بیستون - panoramio.jpg
Highest point
Coordinates
Naming
Native name	بیستون (Persian)
Geography
Parent range	Zagros Mountains

Mount Bisotoun (or Behistun and Bisotun) is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains range, located in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. It is located 525 kilometers (326 mi) west of Tehran.

File:Behistun Inscription in Persia ca. 520 BC- UNESCO World Heritage Site.jpg

Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great

Cultural history

Mount Bisotoun, aka Bīsitūn (referring to the mountain and the nearby village), is a mountain with a rock precipice in the Zagros Mountains in Kermanshah, Iran. Darius I inscribed the flat rock face in three languages c. 500 BC, known as the Behistun Inscription.

Legends

See also: Farhād Tarāsh

File:Qajar, Persia, 19th century, Shirin on Horseback Visiting Farhad on Mount Bisitun.jpg

Shirin on horseback visiting Farhad on Mount Bisotun, who is shown carving out the mountain. Created in 19th-century Qajar Iran

A legend began around Mount Bisotoun, as written about by the Persian poet Nezami about a man named Farhad, who was a lover of Shirin.

Gallery

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  Farhad Tarash at the base of Mount Behistun
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  Farhad Tarash at the base of Mount Behistun
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  Goudarz
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  Hercules Statue
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  Darius I the Great's inscription