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Istakhr (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 29 58 51 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 29.9800 decimal degrees |
| Long: 052 54 34 E degrees minutes |
Long: 52.9090 decimal degrees |
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Note: Built on prehistoric 4th millennium BCE site; occupied by Achaemenians, Parthians & Sassanians; repulsed 1st Arab attack 640 CE, forced to surrender 643; citizens rebelled & killed Arab governor; recaptured 648; destroyed in 10th cen. by Buyids. |
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| Istakhr (preferred,C,V)
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| Estakhr (C,V,Persian-Farsi)
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| Estaxr (C,V)
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| Estakhr-e Soflá (C,U,O,Persian-Farsi-P)
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| Istākh (C,U)
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| استخر (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| استخر سفلی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Takht-i Tavoos (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iran (nation) (P) |
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Fārs (province) (P) |
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Istakhr (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| town (H) |
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| provincial capital (H) |
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during the Seleucid period until the end of the Abbasid caliphate in Iran |
| Seleucid (H) |
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