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Menar Tower
Menar ( fa, منار) may refer to: * Menar, Ilam * Menar, Khuzestan * Ali Asgar, Lorestan, Menar, Lorestan *Minar (Firuzabad), a tower-like structure at the center of the Sassanian city of Gor (Firuzabad) See also *Minar {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menar, Ilam
Menar-e Balutestan ( fa, مناربلوطستان, also Romanized as Menār-e Balūṭestān) is a village in Shuhan Rural District, in the Central District (Malekshahi County), Central District of Malekshahi County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 179, in 30 families. The village is populated by Lurs. References Populated places in Malekshahi County Luri settlements in Ilam province {{Malekshahi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menar, Khuzestan
Chezi-ye Olya ( fa, چزي عليا, also Romanized as Chezī-ye ‘Olyā; also known as Chazī, Chīzī, and Menār) is a village in Abezhdan Rural District, Abezhdan District, Andika County Andika County ( fa, شهرستان اندیکا) is located in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Qaleh-ye Khvajeh. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Masjed Soleyman County Masjed Soleyman County ..., Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 263, in 47 families. References Populated places in Andika County {{Andika-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Asgar, Lorestan
Ali Asgar ( fa, علي عسگر, also Romanized as ʿAlī ʿAsgar; also known as Menār, Menār-e Saţorvand, and Monār) is a village in Kunani Rural District, Kunani District Kunani District ( fa, بخش کونانی) is a district (bakhsh) in Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,786, in 4,305 families. The District has one city: Kunani. The District contains two Rural D ..., Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 127, in 25 families. References Populated places in Kuhdasht County {{Kuhdasht-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minar (Firuzabad)
The Minar was a staged, tower-like structure built in the center of the Sasanian circular city of Gōr (modern Firuzabad, Iran). Several theories have been proposed for its purpose. Only the core of the structure remains today. Description and history The structure is known as ''Minar'' (, literally "pillar") or ''Minaret'' () in New Persian, while the medieval Arabic-language Islamic sources referred to the structure as ''Terbal'' ( ''Ṭirbāl''). Similar structures, i.e., staged tower with an outside ramp, have been recorded by ancient historians, including a tower mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus at the Nahar Malka (near the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon; he compared it to the Lighthouse of Alexandria), several towers at Pirisabora (al-Anbar) mentioned by Zosimus, and the Borsippa tower near Babylon. These in turn may have been based on the ziggurats of the ancient Near East. Ardashir I's new city of Gor had a circular plan with the official buildings located at the centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |