Istakhr (Middle Persian romanized: Stakhr, Persian: اصطخر, romanized: Istakhr also spelt استخر in modern literature) was an ancient city in Fars province...

fire-temple which the 10th-century Arab historian al-Masudi reportedly visited. Istakhr (Middle Persian: Staxr) served as an administrative and religious centre...

Pāpak/Pābag; New Persian: بابک Bābak) was an Iranian prince who ruled Istakhr, the capital of Pars, from 205 or 206 until his death sometime between...

was a vassal of Gochihr, the Bazrangid king of the Persian capital of Istakhr, who was in turn a vassal of the Arsacid King of Kings. With the permission...

In 650–51, the Sasanian emperor Yazdegerd III made Estakhr, which is approximately 8 km northeast of Persepolis, the new capital of Sasanian Empire and...

spelled Gozihr) was a Persian dynast from the Bazrangid dynasty, who ruled Istakhr as a Parthian vassal in the early 3rd-century. He was killed in 205/6 by...

According to Al-Tabari's report, Ardashir was born in the outskirts of Istakhr, Pars. Al-Tabari adds that Ardashir was sent to the lord of Fort Darabgard...

Population maps of Iranian counties and provinces Chogha Zanbil Ecbatana Istakhr Naqsh-e Rustam Pasargadae Persepolis Shahr-e Sukhteh Susa Takht-e Soleymān...

of Anahita (Middle Persian: Ādur-Anāhīd) was an ancient fire temple in Istakhr dedicated to the worship of the Iranian goddess Anahid. The temple was...

(Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.89 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint". www.cngcoins.com. The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol...

which were forced to pay tribute to the Arabs. The Sasanians held firm in Istakhr, their capital in Fars, until the Arabs captured it in a heavy battle in...

Ziyarid dynasty, Kakuyid Emirate, Injuid dynasty, Seljuk era, Safavid era Istakhr; Sassanian era Izeh (Idaj); Hazaraspids Ecbatana (later Hamadan); Median...

Temukan Bābā Jān Tepe Marlik Qaleh Kesh Sassanid period Takht-e Soleymān Istakhr Great Wall of Gorgan Qal'eh Dokhtar Qumis, Iran List of archaeological...

Sasanian dynasty began with Ardashir I in 224, who was a Persian from Istakhr, and ended with Yazdegerd III in 651. The period from 631 (when Boran died)...

have designated him as your ruler.' This Salim was a slave who came from Istakhr in Persia. He was emancipated, and became a 'mawali' (client) of Abu Hudhaifa...

(Persia proper) was at Staxr (Istakhr). There, Anahita continued to be venerated in her martial role and it was at Istakhr that Sassan, after whom the Sassanid...

also established in the post-Islamic period, are: Istakhr Khwarrah, whose capital was the Istakhr and the city of Persepolis was one of its county. Darabgerd...

(Autophradates) II. Early-mid 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.23 g, 11h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Rezakhani, Khodadad (2010). "The "Unbekannter König...

putting an end to the civil war. He was crowned in the Anahid fire-temple in Istakhr, where he had been hiding during the civil war. The temple was the very...

It appears that much of Persepolis' rubble was used for the building of Istakhr. At the time of the Muslim invasion of Persia, Estakhr offered a desperate...

Sasanian Empire at its greatest extent c. 620, under Khosrow II Capital Istakhr (224–226) Ctesiphon (226–637) Common languages Middle Persian (official)...

(Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.89 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint". www.cngcoins.com. "FRATARAKA – Encyclopaedia Iranica"...

pronunciation: [næɣʃeɾæˈdʒæb]) is an archaeological site just west of Istakhr and about 5 km north of Persepolis in Fars province, Iran. Together with...

rebelled and overthrew the Bazrangid ruler of Persis, Gochihr, taking Istakhr for himself. According to the medieval Iranian historian al-Tabari (d....

led by Erich Schmidt. Behistun Inscription Bishapur Essaqwand Rock Tombs Istakhr Naqsh-e Rajab Persepolis Qadamgah (ancient site) Pasargadae and Tomb of...

begins a rebellion against him in the Parthian Empire. Ardashir I, ruler of Istakhr (Persia), revolts against his brother and founds the Sassanid Dynasty....

Shahr-e Sukhteh Pasargadae (Pasargad, Pasargadai) Naqsh-e Rustam Estakhr (Istakhr) Persepolis (Parsa) Tall-i Bakun Anshan (Tall-i Malyan or Tepe Malyan)...

from there he will launch an attack against the Khurasan. At the Gate of Istakhr, Shu'ayb bin Salih and the Hashimites will join forces and engage his army...

the help of a defecting noble family, defeat the Sasanians. Battle of Istakhr Rashiduns sack new Sasanian capital, kill over 40,000 defenders, and finish...

place in the Parthian realm, with the local Persian prince Pabag seizing Istakhr, the capital of the southern Iranian region of Persis. Vologases is the...