The Gawri Wall ( ku, دیواری گەوری,
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: دیوار گَوری) was a defensive fortification built and in use between the 4th and 6th centuries during the rule of the
Sasanian
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...
s and
Parthian Parthian may be:
Historical
* A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran
* Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language
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s. The structure's ruins, which run the length of around , are located in
Sarpol-e Zahab County
Sarpol-e Zahab County ( fa, شهرستان سرپل ذهاب, ''Šaharestâne Sarpole Zahâb''; Sarpell-i zahaw (Kurdish: سهرپێڵی زههاو, ''Serpêllî Zehaw'') is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the ...
near the
Iran–Iraq border
The Iran–Iraq border runs for 1,599 km (994 mi) from the tripoint with Turkey in the north down to the Shatt al-Arab (known as Arvand Rud in Iran) waterway and out to the Persian Gulf in the south. Although the boundary was first deter ...
.
2019 archaeological discovery
Though the site was known to the local population living in its vicinity, it was unknown to the archaeological community until its discovery was published in the
journal Antiquity in August 2019. Locals have long referred to the fortification as the Gawri Wall.
See also
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Great Wall of Gorgan
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a Sasanian-era defense system located near modern Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, at the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea. The western, Caspian Sea, end of the wall is near the remains o ...
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Wall of Tammisha
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Khurasan Wall
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Sasanian defense lines
The defense lines (or ''"limes"'') of the Sasanians were part of their military strategy and tactics. They were networks of fortifications, walls, and/or ditches built opposite the territory of the enemies. These defense lines are known from tra ...
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Border barriers
Fortification lines
Walls
2nd-century fortifications
Sasanian defense lines
Military history of the Sasanian Empire
Gawri
Walls in Iran
Military history of the Parthian Empire
Fortifications in Iran