Takht-e Soleyman Massif () is a subrange of central

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mountains, in northern

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. In the area, about 160 distinct peaks higher than 4,000m are distinguishable, with the highest: Alam Kuh, 4,850m. The area can be captured inside a rectangle of 30 km width and 40 km length. The massif is limited to Taleqan valley from south, Kelardasht green plane from east, Abbas Abad rain forest & thick vegetated hills/slopes at north, and Shahsavar rain forests and Se Hezar valley at west.

Discovery

The original and pre Islamic name is Takht-e-Jamshid - The Takht-e-Soleiman region was virtually unknown until the 1930s. Freya Stark travelled there in 1931 and described her thwarted efforts to climb Takht-e Suleyman in ''The Valleys of the Assassins''. Douglas Busk, a British mountaineer, explored the area in 1932, and made the first recorded ascent of Alam Kuh in 1933 via the east ridge.D. L. Busk, ''Climbing in the Takht-i-Suleiman Group, N. Persia'': The Alpine Journal, v. 47, p. 299-309 (1935). Later on, Busk along with Professor Bobek made a detailed survey of this area.

References

External links

Introduction to Takht-e Soleyman Massif
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