Masjed Soleyman
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 Iran
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| Province : | Chuzestan | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 56 ′ N , 49 ° 18 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 372 m | ||
| Residents : | 100,497 (2016 Census) | ||
| Area code : | +98681 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
Masjed Soleyman ( Persian : ایرسليمان) is a city in the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan . Oil from the Near and Middle East was produced here for the first time in 1908 . The population is over 116,000 (as of 2012) and consists mainly of Bakhtiars .
The city was formed when the Anglo-Persian Oil Company was looking for oil in this area around 100 years ago . The first oil was produced in Naftoon , which is now the city center. The 100th anniversary of this find was celebrated in 2008. There are also three large dams in the city and the surrounding area: Shahid Abbaspur Dam (Karun-1), Karun-3 and Masjed-Soleyman Dam .
history
In Masjed Soleyman there is an archaeological site called Masjid-i Solaiman . The place is about 40 km east of Shushar . A large sanctuary stood here on a terrace in Seleucid and later times.
The stone terrace is approx. 54 × 91 m and has an irregular shape. In the north, south and east there were stairs that led to the terrace, in the middle of which stood the Parthian and Sassanid great temples . There was certainly a previous Seleucid building from which numerous Hellenistic equestrian figures originate. To the northwest of this temple stood a smaller building (approx. 8 × 17 m).
The discovery of a plaque with a woman's bust and a woman's head resembling the image of Athena gave rise to the assumption that the great temple worshiped Athena Hippia . In Strabo (XVI.1.18) is actually mentioned that the Parthians destroyed an Athena sanctuary in the area. The remains of a statue of Heracles were found in the small building . Therefore Roman Ghirshman , the excavator of the temple complex, suspected that this god was worshiped here.
After the Seleucid period, the building continued to operate as a sanctuary. The function of this complex as a sanctuary appears very likely, but is not really certain.
sons and daughters of the town
- Mehran Karimi Nasseri (* 1942), political refugee
- Mohsen Rezai (* 1954), Iranian general and politician
- Behzad Gholampour (* 1966), goalkeeping coach of the Iranian national team
See also
literature
- R. Ghirshman: Terrasses sacrees de Bard-e Nechandeh et Masjid-i Solomain , Paris 1976
- DT Potts: The Archeology of Elam , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999 ISBN 0-521-56358-5 , pp. 371-373
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
