Mount Behistun

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.

Mount Behistun
Highest point
Coordinates	34°23′23″N 47°25′38″E
Naming
Native name	بیستون (Persian)
Geography
Mount Behistun Kermanshah province, Iran
Parent range	Zagros Mountains

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

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