Distruction of yazdgerd 3Th last castle in zibad gonabad by thieves

Kūh-Zibad ( fa, کوه زیبد) its peak also called Tir Mahi Kūh-e Tīr Māhīhos Geonames.org (cc-by) post uppdaterad 2012-04-06; databasdump nerladdad 2016-08-15 is a mountain in the province of Razavi Khorasan, city of

Gonabad Gonabad ( fa, گناباد , also Romanized as Gonābād; also known as Gūnābād; formerly Janābaz) is a city and capital of Gonabad County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 36,367, in 10,389 familie ...

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Zibad Zibad ( fa, زيبَد, also Romanized as Zībad) is a village in Zibad Rural District, Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4243, in 1701 families. Zibad, which means beautiful i ...

in the eastern part of the country, 700 km east of the capital Tehran. The Peak of the Moantain is called Qole -e Tir Mahi is above sea level, or above the surrounding terrain . The width at the base is 5.5 km. The terrain around the Qole-e Tir Mahi and Kuh-e zibad is mainly hilly. The highest point in the vicinity is 2775 meters above sea level, 17.7 km southeast of Qole-e Tir mahi. Around Kuh-e Zibad is very sparsely populated, with 5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Nearest society zibad, 8.5 km north of Kuh-e Zibad. The neighborhood around Kuh-e Zibad is barren with little or vegetation. In the neighborhood around the Kuh-e Zibad are unusually many named mountains and valleys. A cold steppe climate prevailing in the region. The average annual temperature in the area is 17 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature is 30 °C, and the coldest is January, with 1 °C. Average annual rainfall is . The rainiest month is February, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 1 mm of precipitation. This mountain had been referred in some historical book such as

shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

Davazdah Rokh Davāzdah Rokh ( fa, دَوازدَه رُخ) (Twelve combats) is a story in Shahnameh. This relatively long story (almost 2,500 verses) is described as one of the finest stories of Shahnameh in terms of "plot, dramatic description, and insight into ...

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mountain and its eastern part is called black mountain or kuh Gonabad. The long mountain range is called Qohestan and it extends from Bajestan to Birjand near the border with

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. This mountain range separates

south khorasan South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it ...

from Razavi Khorasan, part of this mountain range near Kakhk is called black mountain or kuh e

gonabad Gonabad ( fa, گناباد , also Romanized as Gonābād; also known as Gūnābād; formerly Janābaz) is a city and capital of Gonabad County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 36,367, in 10,389 familie ...

Sources

Article in Persian language. Parssea magazine,201

*Geography and tribe and minority in khorasan,Mohammad Ajam, research published 1992, university of Imam Sadegh,Tehran.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20140429163019/http://amordadnews.com/neveshtehNamyesh.aspx?NId=6010

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Yaldā Night Yaldā Night ( fa, شب یلدا ''shab-e yalda'') or Chelle Night (also Chellah Night, fa, شب چلّه ''shab-e chelle'') is an ancient festival in Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey celebrated on the winter solstice ...

. File:Ancient water clock used in qanat of gonabad 2500 years ago.JPG, Ancient water clock used in

qanat A qanat or kārīz is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct; the system originated approximately 3,000 BC in what is now Iran. The function is essentially the same across ...

of gonabad 2500 years ago File:میرآب.JPG, Reconstruction of the scene with a real manager of the water clock, Iran گناباد 6.jpg, گناباد 7.jpg, گناباد.jpg, گناباد 8.jpg, گناباد 9.jpg, گناباد 11.jpg, گناباد 12.jpg, گناباد 16.jpg, گناباد 17.jpg, گناباد 18.jpg, گناباد 19.jpg, گناباد 20.jpg, گناباد 21.jpg, {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuh-e Tir Mahi Populated places in Gonabad County Tourist attractions in Razavi Khorasan Province

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