Sar Mashhad

Sar Mashhad
Persian: سرمشهد
Village
Rock relief of Bahram II at Sar Mashhad
Rock relief of Bahram II at Sar Mashhad
Sar Mashhad is located in Iran
Sar Mashhad
Sar Mashhad
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 29°17′25″N 51°42′14″E / 29.29028°N 51.70389°E / 29.29028; 51.70389
CountryIran
ProvinceFars
CountyKazerun
DistrictJereh and Baladeh
Rural DistrictDadin
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
2,818
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Sar Mashhad (Persian: سرمشهد) is a village in Dadin Rural District of Jereh and Baladeh District, Kazerun County, Fars province, Iran.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The inhabitants of Sar Mashhad are from the Qashqai tribe, Farsimdan tribe and speak Qashqai Turkish.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 3,047 in 623 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,878 people in 684 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,818 people in 748 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

Geography

Distance from important cities

Archaeology

The place is notable for being the site of a Sasanian rock relief made during the reign of king (shah) Bahram II (r. 274–293). The relief portrays him as a hunter who has slain a lion while throwing his sword at another. His wife is holding his right hand in a signal of safeguard, while the high priest Kartir and another figure, most likely a prince, are watching. Scholarship generally considers the rock relief to depict a hunting scene. Although multiple symbolic and allegorical explanations have been offered for the depiction. An inscription of Kartir is underneath the relief.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Sar Meshad

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 October 2024). "Sar Mashhad, Kazerun County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Fars Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Sar Mashhad at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3
  5. ↑ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Fars Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Fars Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
  7. 1 2 Shahbazi 1988, pp. 514–522.
  8. ↑ Shayegan 2020, p. 6.
  9. ↑ Shahbazi 1988.

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