Bisotun inscription

The Behistun Inscription is a multilingual Achaemenid royal inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at in the Kermanshah Province of , near the city of in western , established by Darius the Great.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: inscription in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Bagastana”, “Behistun Inscription”, “Bisitun inscription”, “Bisotun Inscriptions”, “Bistun”, and “The Behistun Inscription”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bisotun and Chambatan-e Sofla.

Town
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is a city in, and the capital of, District of Harsin County, . It also serves as the administrative center for Chamchamal Rural District.

Village
is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District, Bisotun District, Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 439, in 95 families.

Village
is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District, Bisotun District, Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 181, in 37 families. is situated 3 km south of Bisotun inscription.

Bisotun inscription

Latitude
34.39046° or 34° 23′ 26″ north
Longitude
47.43596° or 47° 26′ 9″ east
Open location code
8H699CRP+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1504156815
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tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q180012
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Bisotun inscription” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Behistoen-inskripsie”
  • Arabic: “بيستون”
  • Arabic: “نقش بيستون”
  • Armenian: “Բեհիսթունի արձանագրություն”
  • Armenian: “Բիսթունի արձանագրություն”
  • Armenian: “Բիսոթունի արձանագրություն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bisütun kitabəsi”
  • Basque: “Behistungo inskripzioa”
  • Belarusian: “Бехістунскі надпіс”
  • Bengali: “বেহিস্তুন শিলালিপি”
  • Bulgarian: “Бехистунски надпис”
  • Catalan: “inscripció de Behistun”
  • Catalan: “Inscripció de Behistun”
  • Catalan: “Inscripció de Bishutun”
  • Catalan: “Inscripció de Bisutun”
  • Central Kurdish: “وێنەبەردینەی بێستوون”
  • Chinese: “比索顿古迹”
  • Chinese: “毕苏吞大铭刻”
  • Chinese: “貝希斯敦銘文”
  • Chinese: “貝希斯頓銘文”
  • Chinese: “贝希斯吞铭文”
  • Chinese: “贝希斯敦铭文”
  • Croatian: “Behistun”
  • Croatian: “Behistunski natpisi”
  • Croatian: “Behistunski zapisi”
  • Croatian: “Bisotun”
  • Czech: “Behistunský nápis”
  • Danish: “Behistun-indskrifter”
  • Danish: “Behistūn-indskrifter”
  • Danish: “Bisutun-inskriptionerne”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kıtabey Bisutuni”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kıtabeyê Bisutuni”
  • Dutch: “Behistun inscriptie”
  • Dutch: “Behistuninscriptie”
  • Dutch: “Bisotun”
  • Dutch: “Inscriptie van Behistun”
  • Esperanto: “Behistun-surskribo”
  • Estonian: “Behistuni raidkiri”
  • Finnish: “Behistun”
  • Finnish: “Bisotun”
  • French: “Behistoun”
  • French: “Béhistoun”
  • French: “Behistun”
  • French: “Bisotun”
  • French: “inscription de Behistun”
  • French: “Inscription de Behistun”
  • Galician: “Inscrición de Behistún”
  • Georgian: “ბეხისტუნის წარწერები”
  • Georgian: “ბეჰისთუნის წარწერა”
  • German: “Behistun-Inschrift”
  • German: “Behistun”
  • German: “Bisotun”
  • Greek: “Επιγραφή του Μπεχιστάν”
  • Hebrew: “כתובת ביסותון”
  • Hindi: “बिसितुन”
  • Hindi: “बीसतून”
  • Hungarian: “Behisztuni felirat”
  • Indonesian: “Inskripsi Behistun”
  • Indonesian: “Prasasti Behistun”
  • Italian: “Iscrizione di Behistun”
  • Italian: “Iscrizioni di Bisitun”
  • Italian: “Iscrizioni di Bisotun”
  • Italian: “Iscrizioni di Bisutun”
  • Japanese: “ビーストゥーン”
  • Japanese: “ベヒストゥーン碑文”
  • 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”
  • Korean: “베히스툰 비석”
  • Kurdish: “Nivîskên Bêstûnê”
  • Kurdish: “Wergera nivîskên Bêstûnê”
  • Latin: “Inscriptio Behistunia”
  • Latvian: “Behistunas gravējums”
  • Latvian: “Behistunas uzraksts”
  • Lithuanian: “Behistuno inskirpcija”
  • Lithuanian: “Behistuno įrašai”
  • Lithuanian: “Behistūno įrašas”
  • Maithili: “बेहिस्तुन शिलालेख”
  • Malay: “Inskripsi Behistun”
  • Malayalam: “Behistun Inscription”
  • Malayalam: “ബെഹിസ്തുൻ ലിഖിതം”
  • Malayalam: “ബെഹിസ്തൂൻ ലിഖിതം”
  • Malayalam: “ബെഹിസ്തൂൻ സ്മാരകം”
  • Maltese: “Tinqix ta‘ Behistun”
  • 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: “سنگ نبشته بیستون”
  • Persian: “سنگ نبشتهٔ بیستون”
  • Persian: “سنگ نوشته بیستون”
  • Persian: “سنگ‌نبشته بیستون”
  • Persian: “سنگ‌نبشتهٔ بیستون”
  • Persian: “سنگ‌نوشته بیستون”
  • Persian: “سنگ‌نوشتهٔ بیستون”
  • Persian: “کتیبه بیستون”
  • Persian: “کتیبهٔ بیستون”
  • Persian: “کتیبهٔ داریوش”
  • Persian: “کتیبه‌های بیستون”
  • Persian: “نقش تاریخی بیستون”
  • Polish: “Inskrypcja z Behistun”
  • Polish: “Napis z Behistun”
  • Portuguese: “Bisitun”
  • Portuguese: “Bisotun”
  • Portuguese: “Inscrição Behistun”
  • Portuguese: “Inscrição de Behistun”
  • Portuguese: “Inscrição de Beistum”
  • Portuguese: “Inscrições de Behistun”
  • Portuguese: “Pedra de behistun”
  • Portuguese: “Rocha de Behistun”
  • Pushto: “بيستون ډبرليک”
  • Pushto: “بيستون کتيبه”
  • Romanian: “Inscripția de la Behistun”
  • Russian: “Бегистун”
  • Russian: “Бехистун”
  • Russian: “Бехистунская надпись”
  • Russian: “Бисотун”
  • Russian: “Бисутунская надпись”
  • Serbian: “Behistunski natpisi”
  • Serbian: “Бехистунски натписи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Behistunski natpisi”
  • Slovak: “Behistunský nápis”
  • Slovak: “Behistúnsky nápis”
  • Slovak: “Bisutunský nápis”
  • Slovak: “Bísutúnsky nápis”
  • Slovenian: “Behistunski napis”
  • Spanish: “Bisotun”
  • Spanish: “Inscripcion de behistun”
  • Spanish: “Inscripcion de behistún”
  • Spanish: “Inscripción de behistun”
  • Spanish: “Inscripción de Behistún”
  • Spanish: “Inscripciones de Behistum”
  • Swedish: “Behistan”
  • Swedish: “Behistun-inskriften”
  • Swedish: “Behistun-inskriptionen”
  • Swedish: “Behistun”
  • Swedish: “Behistuninskriften”
  • Swedish: “Bisitun”
  • Swedish: “Bisituninskriften”
  • Swedish: “Bisotun”
  • Swedish: “Bisotuninskriften”
  • Swedish: “Bisutun”
  • Swedish: “Bisutuninskriften”
  • Tagalog: “Inskripsiyong Behistun”
  • 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”
  • Ukrainian: “Бехістунський напис”
  • Uzbek: “Behistun kitobalari”
  • Uzbek: “Besutun katibalari”
  • Uzbek: “Bihistun kitobalari”
  • Vietnamese: “Chữ khắc Behistun”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝希斯敦铭文”
  • “Behistun Inscription/Column I”

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