Persian Gate or the Susian Gate was the ancient name of the pass now known as Tang-e Meyran, connecting

Yasuj Yasuj ( fa, ; also romanized as Yāsūj, Yasooj, and Yesūj; Luri language, Luri: ''Jasuc'' or ''Jasyç'') is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,786, in 20,297 families. Ya ...

with

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to the east, crossing the border of the modern Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad and Fars provinces of

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, passing south of the

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massif, part of the

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. The pass controls the link between the shore and the central part of Persia. In the early weeks of 330 BC, it was the site of the fierce Battle of the Persian Gate, in which the

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king

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faced stiff resistance by the last

Achaemenid The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, wikt:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an History of Iran#Classical antiquity, ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Bas ...

troops commanded by Ariobarzan.

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Livius.org: Persian Gate
Wars of Alexander the Great History of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province History of Fars Province Mountain passes of Iran

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