Ḩoseynābād
Hoseynabad is a village in Naqsh-e Rostam Rural District, in the Central District of Marvdasht County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 703, in 155 families.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Fars, Iran
- Also known as: “Ḩasanābād”, “Ḩoseynābād-e Estakhr”, and “Hoseynabad, Marvdasht”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Naqsh-e Rostam and Triumph of Shapur I..
Naqsh-e Rostam
Protected area
Photo: Stefan Krasowski, CC BY 2.0.
Naqsh-e Rostam is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 13 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars province, Iran. A collection of ancient Iranian rock reliefs are cut into the face of the mountain and the mountain contains the final resting place of four Achaemenid kings, notably king Darius the Great and his son, Xerxes.
Triumph of Shapur I.
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shapur I's victory relief at Naqsh-e Rostam is located 3 kilometers north of Persepolis. It is one of eight Sasanian rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors.
Victory of Shapur II.
Archaeological site
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
Victory of Shapur II. is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenareh and Garmabad.
Kenareh
Village
Kenareh is a village in, and the capital of, Kenareh Rural District of the Central District of Marvdasht County, Fars province, Iran. Kenareh is situated 9 km south of Ḩoseynābād.
Garmabad
Village
Garmabad is a village in, and the capital of, Rudbal Rural District of the Central District of Marvdasht County, Fars province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Fathabad, now a city. Garmabad is situated 10 km northwest of Ḩoseynābād.
Ḩoseynābād
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Fars, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Ḩoseynābād” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Hoseynabad”
- Dutch: “Hoseynabad, Marvdasht”
- Malay: “Hoseynabad, Marvdasht”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hoseynabad (Marvdasht)”
- Persian: “حسین آباد استخر”
- Persian: “حسین آباد”
- Persian: “حسینآباد (نقش رستم)”
- Persian: “حسینآباد”
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