Persian Gate or the Susian Gate
was the ancient name of the pass now known as Tang-e Meyran, connecting
Yasuj
Yasuj ( fa, ; also romanized as Yāsūj, Yasooj, and Yesūj; Luri language, Luri: ''Jasuc'' or ''Jasyç'') is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,786, in 20,297 families.
Ya ...
with
Sedeh
Sedeh ( fa, سده, also known as Sehdeh) is a city and capital of Sedeh District, in Eqlid County, Fars Province, Iran. Sedeh is located some north-to-northwest of Shiraz. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,572, in 1,497 families.
It ...
to the east, crossing the border of the modern
Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad and
Fars provinces of
Iran
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, passing south of the
Kuh-e-Dinar
Dena (in Luri and fa, ) is the name for a sub-range within the Zagros Mountains, Iran. Mount Dena, with length and average width, is situated on the boundary of the Isfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provi ...
massif, part of the
Zagros Mountains
The Zagros Mountains ( ar, جبال زاغروس, translit=Jibal Zaghrus; fa, کوههای زاگرس, Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; ku, چیاکانی زاگرۆس, translit=Çiyakani Zagros; Turkish: ''Zagros Dağları''; Luri: ''Kuh hā-ye Zāgr ...
.
The pass controls the link between the shore and the central part of Persia.
In the early weeks of 330 BC, it was the site of the fierce
Battle of the Persian Gate, in which the
Macedonian
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king
Alexander the Great
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faced stiff resistance by the last
Achaemenid
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, wikt:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an History of Iran#Classical antiquity, ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Bas ...
troops commanded by
Ariobarzan.
References
Further reading
*{{cite journal , first=Henry , last=Speck , title=Alexander at the Persian Gates. A Study in Historiography and Topography , journal=
American Journal of Ancient History
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, series=n.s. , volume=1 , issue=1 , year=2002 , pages=7–208 , issn=0362-8914
External links
Livius.org: Persian Gate
Wars of Alexander the Great
History of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province
History of Fars Province
Mountain passes of Iran