Masjid-i Suleiman
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 07, 2026 03:13 PM
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History
A settlement in the Zagros Mountains, established in the 3rd or 2nd centuries BC and occupied through the Hellenistic, Parthian, and Sassanian periods. Archaeology has revealed a sanctuary of Herakles and possibly a temple of Athena.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912906
31.934542, 49.293319
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 31500 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- مسجد سلیمان (Masjed Soleymān: Modern Persian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Masjid-i Suleiman part of (physical/topographic) Zagrus (mountain) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 F2 Masjid-i Suleiman
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Masjid-i Suleiman
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, P. Flensted Jensen, and Tom Elliott, 'Masjid-i Suleiman: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912906> [accessed: 10 May 2026]
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