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Ruined Sassanid palace in Bisotun, Iran
Behistun palace is a ruined Sassanid palace located in Bisotun, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Kermanshah, Iran. It faces the cliff with the much older Behistun
Behistun_Palace
Ancient multilingual stone inscription in Iran
The Behistun inscription (also Bisotun, Bisitun or Bisutun; Persian: بیستون, Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the place of god") is a multilingual Achaemenid
Behistun_inscription
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Persian ruler from 522 to 486 BCE
and Egypt. A trilingual inscription carved upon a cliff-face of Mount Behistun to record his conquests later become a key source for the Old Persian language
Darius_the_Great
Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire
Persepolis. Persepolis, Fars province, Iran Iran portal Achaemenid architecture Behistun Inscription Cities of the Ancient Near East Foreign Visitors Graffiti at
Persepolis
Emperor of the Sasanian Empire from 590 to 628
Commons has media related to Khosrau II. Babai the Great Behistun Inscription Behistun Palace Kisra legend, an African migration myth that historian Leo
Khosrow_II
This is a list of palaces in Iran. A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking
List_of_palaces_in_Iran
Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC)
name is listed variously in the historical sources. In Darius the Great's Behistun inscription, his Persian name is Bardiya or Bardia. Herodotus calls him
Bardiya
Wife of Khosrau II
Qasr-e Shirin, which means palace of Shirin. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shirin, Sasanian Empress. Behistun Palace Khosrow and Shirin Dalal Khario
Shirin
Long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in Iran
Farhād, is a long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in western Iran. Located near the famous Behistun Inscription, its height is around 30 meters and
Farhād_Tarāsh
6th–4th century BCE cuneiform inscriptions
Achaemenid royal inscriptions from Persepolis, later supplemented with the Behistun inscription. Scholars deciphered the Old Persian cuneiform script first
Achaemenid_royal_inscriptions
Method of torture and execution
king of Persia, conquered Babylon, he impaled 3000 Babylonians. In the Behistun Inscription, Darius himself boasts of having impaled his enemies. Darius
Impalement
Ganjnāme for their work. In a final step, the decipherment of the trilingual Behistun inscription was completed by Henry Rawlinson and Edward Hincks. Edward
Decipherment_of_cuneiform
Historical architecture style
the Behistun inscription A picture of Mount Behistun. Note the size of the climbers compared to the size of the mountain A panorama of the Behistun inscription
Achaemenid_architecture
Ancient Persian conquest in the Indian subcontinent
into their territory. The first secure epigraphic evidence through the Behistun Inscription gives a date before or around 518 BCE. Persian penetration
Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley
Achaemenid_conquest_of_the_Indus_Valley
Sculpture of the ancient Assyrian states,
style of the much more ambitious Persian tradition, beginning with the Behistun relief and inscription, made around 500 BC for Darius the Great, on a far
Assyrian_sculpture
c. 550 BC Persian satrap of Bactria and Persis
name of Hystaspes occurs in the inscriptions at Persepolis and in the Behistun Inscription, where the full lineage of Darius the Great is given: King
Hystaspes (father of Darius I)
Hystaspes_(father_of_Darius_I)
Ancient Iranic people mentioned in the histories of Herodotus
the palace, which had previously come from Anshan, disobeyed me and turned to Vahyazdāta. He became king in Persia. — Darius the King, Behistun Inscription
Utians
Government ministry of Iran
Complex Masooleh Historical Town Haft Teppe Ayapir Chogha Zanbil Soltaniyeh Behistun Takht-e Soleyman / Adur Gushnasp Arg-e Bam Persepolis and Pasargadae ICHTO
Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts
Ministry_of_Cultural_Heritage,_Tourism_and_Handicrafts
Late 6th-century Iranian nobleman
Babylon!'" — Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great Intaphrenes was put to death after the insurrection for trying to enter the King's palace while he was
Intaphrenes
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
Cyrus II, also known as Cyrus the Great, who founded the empire. The later Behistun Inscription, written by Darius the Great, claims that Teispes was the son
Achaemenid_Empire
Priests in Zoroastrianism
in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription. Old Persian texts refer to a magus as a Zurvanic, and presumably
Magi
Ancient Persian royal dynasty
believed that the Persians were descend from the hero Perseus. See vii.61. "Behistun (3) - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 13 December 2023. "ACHAEMENID
Achaemenid_dynasty
Semi-alphabetic cuneiform script
Cuneiform Inscription at Behistun: Decyphered and Tr.; with a Memoir on Persian Cuneiform Inscriptions in General, and on that of Behistun in Particular. J.W
Old_Persian_cuneiform
Iranian ethnic group
and Turkey. The oldest attested text written in Old Persian is from the Behistun Inscription, a multilingual inscription from the time of Achaemenid ruler
Persians
Ancient state in West Asia
Media primarily consist of contemporary Assyrian and Babylonian texts; the Behistun Inscription in Old Persian; works by later Greek authors such as Herodotus
Median_kingdom
Legendary queen of Assyria
Asia and Anatolia whose origins had been forgotten or unknown, even the Behistun Inscription of Darius. Herodotus ascribes to her the artificial banks that
Semiramis
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire
traditional view based on archaeological research and the genealogy given in the Behistun Inscription and by Herodotus holds that Cyrus the Great was an Achaemenid
Cyrus_the_Great
Writing system of the ancient Near East
Elamite, Babylonian) from the Palace of Xerxes in Persepolis. In a final step, the decipherment of the trilingual Behistun Inscription was completed by
Cuneiform
King of the Achaemenid Empire from 336 to 330 BC)
which did not mean slave, but "henchman, (loyal) servant, vassal." In the Behistun inscription, Darius the Great (r. 522–486 BC) uses the term to refer to
Darius_III
Relief sculpture carved into solid rock
Eshkaft-e Salman in southwest Iran, and continues under the Assyrians. The Behistun relief and inscription, made around 500 BC for Darius the Great, is on
Rock_relief
Country in West Asia
Naghsh-e Jahan Square, Chogha Zanbil, Pasargadae, Golestan Palace, Arg-e Bam, Behistun Inscription, Shahr-e Sukhteh, Susa, Takht-e Soleyman, Hyrcanian
Iran
Ancient necropolis in Fars province, Iran
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, led by Erich Schmidt. Behistun Inscription Bishapur Essaqwand Rock Tombs Istakhr Naqsh-e Rajab Persepolis
Naqsh-e_Rostam
State subordinate to another state
exempt from paying annual tribute. Instead, they are attested to in the Behistun inscription and in the Persepolis Fortification Tablets as providing 1000
Vassal_state
Art of the Sasanian Empire
Eshkaft-e Salman in southwest Iran, and continues under the Assyrians. The Behistun relief and inscription, carved around 500 BC for Darius the Great, is on
Sasanian_art
Ancient Iranian civilization (6th century BCE – 11th century CE)
Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Empire, and is listed on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Sogdiana was first conquered by Cyrus
Sogdia
Ancient major city in Central Asia
importance: under the name of Margu, it occurs as part of one satrapy in the Behistun inscriptions (c. 515 BC) of the Persian monarch Darius the Great. The first
Merv
Officially registered historical monuments in Iran
After 25 years, on 1 February 1956, with the registration of the Golestan Palace, the ban on the registration of works related to the Qajar era was practically
Iran_National_Heritage_List
Iranian empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
traditions, rock-relief images of Arsacid rulers were carved at Mount Behistun, where Darius I of Persia (r. 522–486 BC) made royal inscriptions. Moreover
Parthian_Empire
Zoroastrian symbol
(Qyzqapan) in Shahrizor Stone-carved pillar in the city of Persepolis The Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great Top of the Tomb of Ferdowsi in the city
Faravahar
Capital of Mary Province, Turkmenistan
Bakhti (Bactria), and that the name "Margiana" appears carved into rocks at Behistun, Iran, dating back 2,500 years. Atanyyazow adds, "the name was used in
Mary,_Turkmenistan
Papyrus collection
Berlin 11529 Papyrus Berlin 11765 (or Uncial 0189) Papyrus Berlin 13447 (or Behistun papyrus) Papyrus Berlin 16388 (or Papyrus 25) Papyrus Berlin 17213 The
Berlin_Papyrus_Collection
Range of Indian religious traditions
such as palaces, homes and cities. Ruins and archaeological studies provide a view of early secular architecture in India. Studies on Indian palaces and civic
Hinduism
Administrative Archives Rock art in Iran Shami statue Statue of Hercules in Behistun Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Ziwiye hoard Geneviève Dollfus Roman Ghirshman
Archaeology_of_Iran
Group of Indo-European peoples
Bistun Inscription of the 6th century BC. The inscription of Bistun (or Behistun; Old Persian: Bagastana) describes itself to have been composed in Arya
Iranian_peoples
Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire
also identified as the source of the ivory used in Darius' palace at Susa. In the Behistun inscription (DB 3.54-76), the King recounts that a Persian
Arachosia
Ancient Indo-Aryan region and civilisation in South Asia
later Vedic texts. A Persian form of the name, Gandāra, mentioned in the Behistun inscription of Emperor Darius I, was translated as Paruparaesanna (Para-upari-sena
Gandhara
Iranian religion founded by Zoroaster
devotion to Ahura Mazda in inscriptions, as attested to several times in the Behistun inscription and appear to have continued the model of coexistence with
Zoroastrianism
525–404 BC Achaemenid province (satrapy)
Darius to import skilled Egyptian laborers and artisans to construct his palaces in Persia. The result of this was a minor brain drain in Egypt, due to
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-seventh_Dynasty_of_Egypt
Iranian prophet and spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism
that this key fact about Darius's father would not be mentioned in the Behistun Inscription. It is also possible that Darius I's father was named in honor
Zoroaster
Last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (r. 556–539 BC)
SBL Press. ISBN 978-0884140894. Olmstead, A. T. (1938). "Darius and His Behistun Inscription". The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures
Nabonidus
Country in West Asia
Ḫayaša-Azzi (1600–1200 BC). The exonym Armenia is attested in the Old Persian Behistun Inscription (515 BC) as Armina (𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴). The Ancient Greek terms Ἀρμενία
Armenia
Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire
Egypt in 525 BCE. His successor Darius the Great mentions the Arabs in the Behistun inscription from the first years of his reign, and in later texts. This
Achaemenid_Arabia
Ancient clay cylinder with Akkadian cuneiform script
Century City, California, and modeled on the Cyrus Cylinder. Cyrus's edict Behistun inscriptions History of human rights Persepolis Fortification Archive "The
Cyrus_Cylinder
Iranian goddess
before him had invoked any but Ahura Mazda alone by name although the Behistun inscription of Darius invokes Ahuramazda and "The other gods who are".
Anahita
Sufi mystic and poet (1207–1273)
Rumi (left) encountering Shams-i Tabrizi. Cāmiʿü’s-siyer of Muhammed Tahir, circa 1600. Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul, H. 1230.
Rumi
1859 translations by Edward FitzGerald
It is a pavilion which has been abandoned by a hundred Jamshyds; It is a palace that is the resting-place of a hundred Bahrams. The English novelist and
Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam
Architectural styles associated with Iran and nearby regions
Khuzestan Takht-e Soleyman, West Azerbaijan Dome of Soltaniyeh, Zanjan Behistun Inscription, Kermanshah province Outside Iran: Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar
Iranian_architecture
Ancient Indo-European group of people
cities, established literate bureaucracies and established kingdoms and palace cults. Once they entered the region, the cultures of the local populations
Anatolian_peoples
Western Iranian language
inscriptions. The oldest known text written in Old Persian is from the Behistun Inscription, dating to the time of King Darius I (reigned 522–486 BCE)
Persian_language
province. These reliefs are thought to have influenced the later Achaemenid Behistun reliefs, about a millennium and a half later. Elamite art, from the south
Persian_art
3rd-century BCE inscriptions in South Asia
very act of engraving edicts on rocks and mountains (compare for example Behistun inscription). To describe his own Edicts, Ashoka used the word Lipī (𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺)
Edicts_of_Ashoka
Mughal princess (1638–1702)
This also came with the rise of speculative gossip about secret lovers and palace trysts. Zeb al-Nissa had four younger sisters: Zeenat un-Nissa, Zubdat-un-Nissa
Zeb-un-Nissa
Hellenistic state in West Asia (312–63 BC)
331–353. ISBN 978-1-4051-3278-7. van der Spek, Robartus Johannes (2004). "Palace, Temple and Market in Seleucid Babylonia". Topoi: 303–332 – via Academia
Seleucid_Empire
Hittite inscriptions Hieroglyphic Luwian Linear B Rigveda Avesta Homer Behistun Greek epigraphy Phrygian epigraphy Messapic epigraphy Latin epigraphy Gaulish
Proto-Indo-European_mythology
Ancient Arabic love story
Laila The Musical – British theatre production by Rifco Arts, Watford Palace Theatre and Queen's Theatre Hornchurch toured England during 2016. Layla
Layla_and_Majnun
Iranian filmmaker (1941–2016)
v t e Persian literature Old Behistun Inscription Old Persian inscriptions Ganjnameh Inscription of Xerxes the Great in Van Fortress Achaemenid inscription
Abbas_Kiarostami
Collection of Middle Eastern folk tales
to visit his brother at his palace. Early in the preparations, he remembers that he's left something inside his own palace, and returns to retrieve it—only
One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
Ethnic group native to Mesopotamia
designation evolved phonetically: in Old Persian inscriptions such as the Behistun Inscription, it is recorded as Aššura or Āthur, while in Babylonian and
Assyrians
†Achaemenid Empire Catalogues of Satrapies of the Achaemenid empire. Darius' Behistun inscription Histories of the Greek researcher Herodotus the tribute list
Timeline of the name Palestine
Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine
2005 TV series or program
in Europe from at least the Middle Ages. 46 Kermanshah province, Iran Behistun Inscription The "Rosetta Stone" of cuneiform, with inscriptions in Old
Around the World in 80 Treasures
Around_the_World_in_80_Treasures
Pharaoh's role in crushing chaos and preserving the Egyptian state. The Behistun Inscription (c. 515 BC) detailing the rise of Darius I to the Persian throne
History_of_propaganda
Iron-Age kingdom of the ancient Near East
was used as a synonym for Armenia (Old Persian Armina) in the trilingual Behistun Inscription. The name Ararat was translated as Armenia in the 1st century
Urartu
Ancient Anatolian people of Kussara
hdl:1887/3199128. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2020). "The Authorship of the Old Hittite Palace Chronicle (cth 8): A Case for Anitta". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 72:
Hittites
c. 2250–1700 BC Central Asian archaeological culture
fortified complex, known as Gonur North includes the so-called "Monumental Palace", other minor buildings, temples and ritual places, together with the "Royal
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bactria–Margiana_Archaeological_Complex
Written texts in the Persian language
522 BCE, the date of the earliest surviving Achaemenid inscription, the Behistun Inscription. The bulk of surviving Persian literature, however, comes from
Persian_literature
Art of the Kushan Empire
leading to similar types of representation. Rock relief of Parthian king at Behistun, most likely Vologases III (r. c. 110–147 AD) Victory relief of Sanatruq
Kushan_art
German mathematician, cartographer and explorer (1733–1815)
sketches), Baghdad, Mosul, and Aleppo. He seems also to have visited the Behistun Inscription in around 1764. After a visit to Cyprus, he made a tour through
Carsten_Niebuhr
Divine hero in Greek mythology
sailing between the two landmasses. Hellenistic statue of Heracles in Behistun in Iran, perhaps assimilated to the Iranian god Wahrām (153 BCE). The protector
Heracles
German epigraphist and philologist (1775–1853)
Cuneiform Inscription at Behistun: Decyphered and Tr.; with a Memoir on Persian Cuneiform Inscriptions in General, and on that of Behistun in Particular. J.W
Georg_Friedrich_Grotefend
Persian tragic romance by Nizami Ganjavi
rival in love. Khosrow cannot abide Farhad, so he sends him as an exile to Behistun mountain with the impossible task of carving stairs out of the cliff rocks
Khosrow_and_Shirin
Ancient pre-Iranian civilization between 3200 and 539 BC
Time-Life Books. 1995. pp. 7–8. ISBN 0-8094-9104-4. Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq Behistun, minor inscriptions DBb inscription- Livius. Archived from the original
Elam
1226 Germany Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof Cultural 1155 Iran Behistun Inscription Cultural 1222 Italy Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of
List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription
List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_by_year_of_inscription
Historical Indo-European ethnic group in present-day China
The men and women cut their hair and wear it at the neck. The prince's palace is grand and imposing, glittering like an abode of the gods. — Book of Jin
Tocharians
City in Kermanshah province, Iran
Qasr-e Shirin (Persian: قصرشيرين, lit. 'Shirin's Palace') is a city in the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving
Qasr-e_Shirin
5th–8th-century nomadic confederation in Central Asia
of helmet appears in sculptures on pillar capitals at Ṭāq-e Bostān and Behistun, and on the Anahita coinage of Khosrow II (r. 590–628 CE). Polyandry was
Hephthalites
City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
placed there. The ancient Parthian city of Patigrabanâ, mentioned in the Behistun inscription (520 BC) of the Achaemenid Emperor Darius the Great, may have
Mashhad
Work by Hatefi
"From the Khan to the Sultan: The Abu'l-Khairid Shāhnāma in the Topkapı Palace Library (H.1488) and Manuscript Production and Presentation under ʿAbdullah
Timurnama
Ancient people mentioned in Chinese histories
Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Brill. About "Khalchayan", "site of a settlement and palace of the nomad Yuezhi": "Representations of figures with faces closely akin
Yuezhi
Human history in the Arabian Peninsula before 610 CE
BCE. His successor Darius the Great does not mention the Arabs in the Behistun inscription from the first years of his reign, but does mention them in
Pre-Islamic_Arabia
Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Southern Urals
Weapons in Ancient China and the Role of Hand-to-hand Combat". The National Palace Museum Research Quarterly. 33 (1): 49: See reference 33 – E. N. Chernykh
Sintashta_culture
Iron Age archaeological culture in Eastern Europe
royal palace was built according to Greek architectural rules in Scythian Neapolis in the 2nd century BC. In front of the facade of the royal palace of Scythian
Scythian_culture
Type of monarch
Prussian king Wilhelm I as German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, to the humiliation of the French, who ceased to resist only
Emperor
Stepped structure in the Naqsh-e Rustam compound in Fars, Iran
fireplace. One of the reasons of this group is that Darius I says in the Behistun Inscription (First column, 63): "...I rebuilt the temples that Gaumata
Ka'ba-ye_Zartosht
11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary
v t e Persian literature Old Behistun Inscription Old Persian inscriptions Ganjnameh Inscription of Xerxes the Great in Van Fortress Achaemenid inscription
Nasir_Khusraw
Epic poem by Ferdowsi
work made in 1430 for Prince Baysunghur, is preserved intact at Golestan Palace in Iran. In 2007 it was inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World International
Shahnameh
Gandāra in Old Persian, among the list of Achaemenid provinces in Darius's Behistun Inscription confirms that his empire had inherited this region from conquests
History_of_Punjab
Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)
entry, the French writer François-René de Chateaubriand quoted a line, "Palaces are not built on the sea," in Memoirs from Beyond the Grave, 1768-1800
Attar_of_Nishapur
12th-century Persian poet and author
Madāʾen, in which the contemplation of Taq-i Kisra (the ruins of the Sassanid Palace near Ctesiphon), according to Beelaert (2010) "elicits a warning about the
Khaqani
how Darius the Great got into power, because the sources (such as the Behistun Inscription, Ctesias and Herodotus) contradict each other and are unreliable
List_of_wars_of_succession
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