Very shortly after the decline of Persepolis (second half of the 4th century BC)
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Classical antiquity to Late Middle Ages
Istakhr (Middle Persian romanized: Stakhr, Persian: اصطخر, romanized: Istakhr also spelt استخر in modern literature) was an ancient city in Fars province, five kilometres (three miles) north of Persepolis in southwestern Iran. It flourished as the capital of the Persian Frataraka governors and Kings of Persis from the third century BC to the early 3rd century AD. It reached its apex under the Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD), and was the hometown of the Sasanian dynasty. Istakhr briefly served as the first capital of the Sasanian Empire from 224 to 226 AD and then as principal city, region, and religious centre of the Sasanian province of Pars.
During the Arab conquest of Iran, Istakhr was noted for its stiff resistance, which resulted in the death of many of its inhabitants.[1][2] Istakhr remained a stronghold of Zoroastrianism long after the conquests, and remained relatively important in the early Islamic era. It went into gradual decline after the founding of nearby Shiraz, before being destroyed and abandoned under the Buyids. Cursorily explored by Ernst Herzfeld and a team from the University of Chicago in the first half of the 20th century, much of Sasanian Istakhr remains unexcavated.
Istakhr (Middle Persian romanized: Stakhr, Persian: اصطخر, romanized: Istakhr also spelt استخر in modern literature) was an ancient city in Fars province...
Pāpak/Pābag; New Persian: بابک Bābak) was an Iranian prince who ruled Istakhr, the capital of Pars, from 205 or 206 until his death sometime between...
Population maps of Iranian counties and provinces Chogha Zanbil Ecbatana Istakhr Naqsh-e Rustam Pasargadae Persepolis Shahr-e Sukhteh Susa Takht-e Soleymān...
According to Al-Tabari's report, Ardashir was born in the outskirts of Istakhr, Pars. Al-Tabari adds that Ardashir was sent to the lord of Fort Darabgard...
spelled Gozihr) was a Persian dynast from the Bazrangid dynasty, who ruled Istakhr as a Parthian vassal in the early 3rd-century. He was killed in 205 or...
place in the Parthian realm, with the local Persian prince Pabag seizing Istakhr, the capital of the southern Iranian region of Persis. Vologases is the...
which were forced to pay tribute to the Arabs. The Sasanians held firm in Istakhr, their capital in Fars, until the Arabs captured it in a heavy battle in...
It appears that much of Persepolis' rubble was used for the building of Istakhr. At the time of the Muslim invasion of Persia, Estakhr offered a desperate...
Sasanian dynasty began with Ardashir I in 224, who was a Persian from Istakhr, and ended with Yazdegerd III in 651. The period from 631 (when Boran died)...
(Autophradates) I. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.89 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint". www.cngcoins.com. The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol...
(Persia proper) was at Staxr (Istakhr). There, Anahita continued to be venerated in her martial role and it was at Istakhr that Sassan, after whom the Sassanid...
putting an end to the civil war. He was crowned in the Anahid fire-temple in Istakhr, where he had been hiding during the civil war. The temple was the very...
Sasanian Empire at its greatest extent c. 620, under Khosrow II Capital Istakhr (224–226) Ctesiphon (226–637) Common languages Middle Persian (official)...
Temukan Bābā Jān Tepe Marlik Qaleh Kesh Sassanid period Takht-e Soleymān Istakhr Great Wall of Gorgan Qal'eh Dokhtar Qumis, Iran List of archaeological...
rebelled and overthrew the Bazrangid ruler of Persis, Gochihr, taking Istakhr for himself. According to the medieval Iranian historian al-Tabari (d....
foreign invasion, and Parthian power evaporated when Ardashir I, ruler of Istakhr in Persis, revolted against the Arsacids and killed their last ruler, Artabanus...
begins a rebellion against him in the Parthian Empire. Ardashir I, ruler of Istakhr (Persia), revolts against his brother and founds the Sassanid Dynasty....
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