Sar Mashhad
Sar Mashhad
Persian: سرمشهد | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Rock relief of Bahram II at Sar Mashhad | |
| Coordinates: 29°17′25″N 51°42′14″E / 29.29028°N 51.70389°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Fars |
| County | Kazerun |
| District | Jereh and Baladeh |
| Rural District | Dadin |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,818 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Sar Mashhad (Persian: سرمشهد)[a] is a village in Dadin Rural District of Jereh and Baladeh District, Kazerun County, Fars province, Iran.
Demographics
[edit]Language and ethnicity
[edit]The inhabitants of Sar Mashhad are from the Qashqai tribe, Farsimdan tribe and speak Qashqai Turkish.[4]
Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 3,047 in 623 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,878 people in 684 households.[6] 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.[2]
Geography
[edit]Distance from important cities
[edit]- Kazerun 65 km
- Shiraz 169 km
- Ishahan 540 km
- Tehran 970 km
Archaeology
[edit]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.[7] Scholarship generally considers the rock relief to depict a hunting scene.[8] Although multiple symbolic and allegorical explanations have been offered for the depiction.[9] An inscription of Kartir is underneath the relief.[7]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 October 2024). "Sar Mashhad, Kazerun County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- 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.
- ↑ Sar Mashhad at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Shahbazi 1988, pp. 514–522.
- ↑ Shayegan 2020, p. 6.
- ↑ Shahbazi 1988.
Sources
[edit]- Shahbazi, Alireza Shapour (1988). "Bahrām II". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. ISBN 978-0710091215.
- Shayegan, M. Rahim (2020). "The Cameo of Warahrān II and the Kušano-Sasanians". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 30: 1–20.
Further reading
[edit]- Canepa, Matthew (2018). "Sar Mashhad". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.