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Ţāq-e Bustān (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 23 15 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.3876 decimal degrees |
| Long: 047 07 53 E degrees minutes |
Long: 47.1313 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ţāq-e Bustān is situated four miles northeast of Kermānshāh. Two of the three Sassanian (226-651CE) carvings at the site date to the 4th century CE and the third from the 6th century CE. The older reliefs are of Shapur II (reg 309-79) and his son, Shapur III (reg 383-8). The last one probably a depiction of the last Sassanian king, Chosroes II Parviz (reigned 590-628). |
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| Ţāq-e Bustān (preferred,C,V,display)
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| Tāq-i-Bustān (C,V)
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| Tāq-e Bostan (C,V)
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| Taq I Bustam (C,V)
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| Ţāq-e Bostān (C,U,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| طاق بستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)
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Iran (nation) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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