SARPOL - E - ZAHAB

 

Sarpol - E - Zahab, Iran

 

Sarpol - E - Zahab Town

Country : Iran

Province : Kermanshah

County : Sarpol - e - Zahab

Baksh : Central

 

Sarpol-e Zahab (Sarpole Zahâb; Kurdish: Serpêllî Zehaw, also romanized as Sarpol-e Z¯ahab, Sar-e Pol-e Z¯ahab, and Sar-i-Pul Zuhab; also known as Pol-e Z¯ahab, Sarpole-Zahab, Pol-e Z¯ohab, Sari-Pul, and Sarpol) is a town and capital of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah Province, Iran, close to the Iraqi border. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,632.

 

Description :

The spoken language in the city is Kurdish, but the language which is used in schools and offices is Persian, since the official language in Iran is Persian. Almost everyone in the city is fluent in Persian.

 

There are several rock reliefs from the Lullubian period in Sarpol-e Zahab. The town is also identified as the site of the ancient and medieval town of Hulwan.

 

The population of Sarpol-e Zahab comprises Kurds who speak the Kalhori, Gorani and Sorani (Jaf) dialects of Kurdish. The inhabitants are respectively adherents of Islam (both Shia and Sunni) and Yarsanism.

 

2017 earthquake :

 

Sarpol-e Zahab was one of the two major towns most seriously affected by the 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake.

 

Reliefs :

The area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab has several more or less well preserved reliefs of the Lullubi kingdom, as well as a Parthian relief.

 

Lullubian reliefs :

The most famous of these reliefs is the Anubanini rock relief. Another relief named Sar-e Pol-e Zohab I is about 200 meters away, in a style similar to the Anubanini relief, but this time with a beardless ruler. The attribution to a specific ruler remains uncertain. There are also other Lullubian relief in the same area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab.

 

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief I

 

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief II: Anubanini rock relief

 

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief III

 

Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief IV

Parthian relief :

Another relief is located below the Anubanini relief, lower on the cliff. This relief was created during the Parthian Empire in the name of Gotarzes, possibly Gotarzes I, but more probably the Parthian king Gotarzes II, who ruled from 39 to 51 CE and is known to have made other reliefs, such as the equestrian relief at Behistun.

 

The second relief, below the Anubanini relief, a Parthian relief

 

Drawing of the Parthian relief

Source :

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Sarpol-e_Zahab