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

Kūh-Zibad () 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 () is a city in the Central District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is best known as the home of the Gonabadi Dervishes and also for its '' qa ...

District

Zibad Zibad () is a village in, and the capital of, Zibad Rural District, of Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 868 in ...

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. The area surrounding Kuh-e Zibad is very sparsely populated, having only 5 inhabitants per square kilometer, with the nearest settlement of any size being the village of

, 8.5 km to the north of the mountain. The terrain abutting Kuh-e Zibad is largely barren, with little or no vegetation, thanks to its cold steppe climate and yet - unusually - boasts many named mountains and valleys. The average annual temperature in the area is 17 °C with the warmest month being July when the average temperature is 30 °C, and the coldest, January, with 1 °C. The average annual rainfall is with the rainiest month being February, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest, July, with 1 mm. Thanks to a celebrated episode in the poet

Ferdowsi Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, ; 940 – 1019/1025) was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a single poet, and the gre ...

’s colossal epic

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...

the mountain is famed as the site of

Davazdah Rokh Davāzdah Rokh () (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 human nature". It takes pl ...

(the legendary Battle of the Twelve Combats) and its eastern part is known as The Black Mountain or Kūh-e Gonabad. The long mountain range is called Qohestan and it extends from

Bajestan Bajestan () is a city in the Central District of Bajestan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's populat ...

Birjand Birjand (; ) is a city in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is known for its saffron, barberry, jujube, and handmade carpet exports. ...

near the border with

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

. This mountain range separates south khorasan from Razavi Khorasan, part of this mountain range near Kakhk is called black mountain or kuh e

gonabad Gonabad () is a city in the Central District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is best known as the home of the Gonabadi Dervishes and also for its '' qa ...

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 () or Chelle Night (also Chellah Night, , lit. "fortieth night") is an ancient festival in Iran, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan that is celebrated on the winter solstice. This corresponds t ...

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

qanat A qanāt () or kārīz () is a water supply system that was developed in ancient Iran for the purpose of transporting usable water to the surface from an aquifer or a well through an underground aqueduct. Originating approximately 3,000 years ...

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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