Bisotun inscription
The Behistun inscription is a multilingual Achaemenid royal inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, established by Darius the Great.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: inscription in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
- Also known as: “Bagastana”, “Behistan”, “Behistoun”, “Béhistoun”, “Behistun inscriptie”, “Behistun inscription”, “Behistun Inscription”, “Behistun-indskrifter”, “Behistūn-indskrifter”, “Behistun-inskriften”, “Behistun-inskriptionen”, “Behistunas gravējums”, “Behistuno inskirpcija”, “Behistūno įrašas”, “Behistunski zapisi”, “Behistúnsky nápis”, “Besutun katibalari”, “Bisitun”, “Bisitun inscription”, “Bisituninskriften”, “Bisotun”, “Bisotun Inscriptions”, “Bisotuninskriften”, “Bistun”, “Bisutun”, “Bisutuninskriften”, “Bisutunský nápis”, “Inscrição Behistun”, “Inscrições de Behistun”, “Inscripció de Bishutun”, “Inscripció de Bisutun”, “Inscripcion de behistun”, “Inscripcion de behistún”, “Inscripción de behistun”, “Inscripciones de Behistum”, “Inscriptie van Behistun”, “Iscrizione di Behistun”, “Iscrizioni di Bisitun”, “Iscrizioni di Bisutun”, “Napis z Behistun”, “Pedra de behistun”, “Rocha de Behistun”, “The Behistun Inscription”, “Tinqix ta‘ Behistun”, “Бегистун”, “Бехистун”, “Бехістунський напис”, “Бисотун”, “Бисутунская надпись”, “ბეხისტუნის წარწერები”, “Բիսթունի արձանագրություն”, “Բիսոթունի արձանագրություն”, “بيستون”, “بيستون کتيبه”, “سنگ نبشته بیستون”, “سنگ نبشتهٔ بیستون”, “سنگ نوشته بیستون”, “سنگ‌نبشتهٔ بیستون”, “سنگ‌نوشتهٔ بیستون”, “کتیبه بیستون”, “کتیبهٔ بیستون”, “کتیبهٔ داریوش”, “کتیبه‌های بیستون”, “نقش تاریخی بیستون”, “बिसितुन”, “ബെഹിസ്തൂൻ ലിഖിതം”, “ബെഹിസ്തൂൻ സ്മാരകം”, “베히스툰 비석”, “ビーストゥーン”, “ベヒストゥーン碑文”, “比索顿古迹”, “毕苏吞大铭刻”, “貝希斯頓銘文”, and “贝希斯吞铭文”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bisotun and Chambatan-e Sofla.
Qarah Vali
Village
Qarah Vali is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District… Qarah Vali is situated 3 km south of Bisotun inscription.
Bisotun inscription
- Categories: inscription, bas-relief, rock relief, Überrest, cultural property, and tourism
- Location: Kermanshah Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.39046° or 34° 23′ 26″ north
Longitude
47.43596° or 47° 26′ 9″ east
Open location code
8H699CRP+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Bisotun inscription” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Behistoen-inskripsie”
- Arabic: “نقش بيستون”
- Armenian: “Բեհիսթունի արձանագրություն”
- Azerbaijani: “Bisütun kitabəsi”
- Basque: “Behistungo inskripzioa”
- Belarusian: “Бехістунскі надпіс”
- Bengali: “বেহিস্তুন শিলালিপি”
- Bulgarian: “Бехистунски надпис”
- Catalan: “inscripció de Behistun”
- Catalan: “Inscripció de Behistun”
- Central Kurdish: “وێنەبەردینەی بێستوون”
- Chinese: “貝希斯敦銘文”
- Chinese: “贝希斯敦铭文”
- Croatian: “Behistunski natpisi”
- Czech: “Behistunský nápis”
- Danish: “Bisutun-inskriptionerne”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kıtabey Bisutuni”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kıtabeyê Bisutuni”
- Dutch: “Behistuninscriptie”
- Esperanto: “Behistun-surskribo”
- Estonian: “Behistuni raidkiri”
- Finnish: “Behistun”
- French: “inscription de Behistun”
- French: “Inscription de Behistun”
- Galician: “inscrición de Behistún”
- Galician: “Inscrición de Behistún”
- Georgian: “ბეჰისთუნის წარწერა”
- German: “Behistun-Inschrift”
- Greek: “Επιγραφή του Μπεχιστάν”
- Hebrew: “כתובת ביסותון”
- Hindi: “बीसतून”
- Hungarian: “Behisztuni felirat”
- Indonesian: “Inskripsi Behistun”
- Indonesian: “Prasasti Behistun”
- Italian: “Iscrizioni di Bisotun”
- Japanese: “ベヒストゥン碑文”
- Kazakh: “Bexïstwn sına jazwı”
- Kazakh: “Бехистун сына жазуы”
- Kazakh: “بەحىيستۋن سىنا جازۋى”
- Kirghiz: “Бехистун аскасы”
- Korean: “베히스툰 비문”
- Kurdish: “Nivîskên Bêstûnê”
- Kurdish: “Wergera nivîskên Bêstûnê”
- Latin: “Inscriptio Behistunia”
- Latvian: “Behistunas uzraksts”
- Lithuanian: “Behistuno įrašai”
- Maithili: “बेहिस्तुन शिलालेख”
- Malay: “Inskripsi Behistun”
- Malayalam: “ബെഹിസ്തുൻ ലിഖിതം”
- Maltese: “Tinqix ta‘ Bisotun”
- Maltese: “Tinqix ta’ Bisotun”
- Mazanderani: “بیستون کتیفه”
- Mongolian: “Бехистуны бичээс”
- Nepali: “बेहिस्तुन शिलालेख”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Behistuninnskriftene”
- Norwegian: “Behistuninnskriftene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Inscripcion de Behistun”
- Persian: “سنگ‌نبشته بیستون”
- Persian: “سنگ‌نوشته بیستون”
- Polish: “Inskrypcja z Behistun”
- Portuguese: “inscrição de Behistun”
- Portuguese: “Inscrição de Beistum”
- Pushto: “بيستون ډبرليک”
- Romanian: “Inscripția de la Behistun”
- Russian: “Бехистунская надпись”
- Serbian: “Behistunski natpisi”
- Serbian: “Бехистунски натписи”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Behistunski natpisi”
- Slovak: “Bísutúnsky nápis”
- Slovenian: “Behistunski napis”
- Spanish: “inscripción de Behistún”
- Spanish: “Inscripción de Behistún”
- Swedish: “Behistuninskriften”
- Tagalog: “Inskripsiyong Behistun”
- Tajik: “катибаи Бесутун”
- Tajik: “Катибаи Бесутун”
- Tamil: “பெஹிஸ்ட்டன் கல்வெட்டு”
- Thai: “จารึกเบฮิสตูน”
- Turkish: “Behistun Yazıtı”
- Turkish: “Yezdânizm’in Ghulat-i Şîʿa ve Kürt Alevîliği ile etkileşimi”
- Uighur: “بېھىستون قىياتاش پۈتۈكلىرى”
- Ukrainian: “Бегістунський напис”
- Uzbek: “Behistun kitobalari”
- Uzbek: “Bihistun kitobalari”
- Vietnamese: “Chữ khắc Behistun”
- Wu Chinese: “贝希斯敦铭文”
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Highlights: Hercules statue and Illkhanid caravanserai.
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