Sar Mashhad ( fa, سرمشهد; also known as Sar Meshad) is a village in

Dadin Rural District Dadin Rural District ( fa, دهستان دادين) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Jereh and Baladeh District, Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...

Jereh and Baladeh District Jereh and Baladeh District ( fa, بخش جره و بالاده) is a district (bakhsh) in Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 35,524, in 9,967 families. The District has one city: Baladeh. The District has ...

Kazerun County Kazerun County ( fa, شهرستان کازرون) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Kazerun Kazeroon ( fa, کازرون, also Romanized as Kāzerūn, Kāzeroūn, and Kazeroon; also known as Kasrun) is a city and ...

, Fars Province,

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. At the 2012 census, its population was 3,047, in 623 families. The place is notable for being the site of a Sasanian rock relief made during the reign of king (

shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

)

Bahram II Bahram II (also spelled Wahram II or Warahran II; pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭) was the fifth Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') of Iran, from 274 to 293. He was the son and successor of Bahram I (). Bahram II, while still in his teens, ...

(). The relief portrays him as a hunter who has slayed a lion whilst throwing his sword at another. His wife is holding his right hand in a signal of safeguard, whilst the high priest

Kartir Kartir (also spelled Karder, Karter and Kerdir; Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭫𐭲𐭩𐭫 ''Kardīr'') was a powerful and influential Zoroastrian priest during the reigns of four Sasanian kings in the 3rd-century. His name is cited in the inscriptions ...

and another figure, most likely a prince, are watching. The scenery has been the subject of several symbolic and metaphorical meanings, thought it is most likely supposed to portray a simple royal display of braveness during a real-life hunt. An inscription of Kartir is underneath the relief.

Population

This village is located in Dadin district and according to the census of the Statistics Center of Iran in 2016, its population was 2818 people (748 families).

Language

The inhabitants of this village are from Qashqai tribe, Farsimdan tribe and speak Qashqai Turkish.The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3
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Distance from important cities

* Kazeroon 65 km * Shiraz 169 km * Ishahan 540 km * Tehran 970 km

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