Taq-e Shirin and Farhad is a
rock relief from the era of the
Sasanian Empire
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 History of Iran, last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th cen ...
, the Iranian dynasty ruling from 226 to 650
AD. It is located on the way from
Zarneh
Zarneh ( fa, زرنه; also known as Kāni Zarnah, Kanī Razneh, and Zarrīneh) is a city in and capital of Zarneh District, in Eyvan County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,909, in 605 families. The city is populat ...
in
Ilam Province to
Sumar in
Kermanshah Province of
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, seven kilometers from
Chel Zarie village near
Kooshk Pass in
Eyvan County
Eyvan County, alternately spelled Eywan or Aivan ( fa, شهرستان ایوان, ''Shahrestān-e Eyvan'') is located in Ilam province, Iran. The capital of the county is Eyvan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 47,380, in 10,040 ...
.
The relief is attributed to the lovers
Shirin and Farhad
Khosrow and Shirin ( fa, خسرو و شیرین) is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love ...
during the reign of the Sassanid king
Khosraw II (591-628 CE). It was discovered in the year 2000.
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See also
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Taq Wa San
Taq-e Bostan ( fa, طاق بستان, ) is a site with a series of large rock reliefs from the era of the Sassanid Empire of Persia (Iran), carved around the 4th century CE.
This example of Persian Sassanid art is located 5 km from the ...
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Taq-i Kisra
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Taq-e Gara
Taq-e Gara or some times Taq-e Shirin is a stone structure in Iran which belonging to the Sasanian Empire. It is built in the Patagh Pass in the heights where is known as the Gate of Zagros in Kermanshah Province of Iran. This structure is locate ...
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Sumar District
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Kalhor
References
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Persian art
Sasanian architecture
Sculpture of the Ancient Near East
Tourist attractions in Ilam Province
Rock reliefs in Iran