Takht-e-Sulaiman
Takht-e-Sulaiman is located in Pakistan
Takht-e-Sulaiman
Takht-e-Sulaiman
Highest point
Elevation3,487 m (11,440 ft)
Prominence1,775 m (5,823 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Isolation261 km (162 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingList of mountains in Pakistan
Coordinates31°40′57.66″N 69°56′11.64″E / 31.6826833°N 69.9365667°E / 31.6826833; 69.9365667
Geography
LocationPakistan
Parent rangeSulaiman Mountains

Takht-e-Sulaiman (Pashto: تخت سليمان, Balochi: تخت ء سلیمان; "Throne of Solomon") is a peak of the Sulaiman Mountains, located near the town of Darazinda in the Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1] It is close to Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision's borders with both South Waziristan and Zhob, Balochistan. At 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District and the greater Shirani region.[1] Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon".[2][3]

Legends

View of the Tukt-I-Suliman Mountain seen from Derabund in the 19th century

A legend, recorded by the medieval Maghrebi explorer Ibn Battuta, has it that Prophet Solomon climbed this mountain and looked out over the land of Hindustan, which was then "covered with darkness", after staying on the peak, he turned back without descending into this new frontier, and left only the mountain which is named after him.

Another legend says that Qais Abdur Rashid, said to be the legendary ancestor of Pashtun people, is buried on top of Takht-e-Sulaiman, which gives the peak the local Pashto name of Da Kasī Ghar (د کسي غر, "Mountain of Qais").[4]

Syed Muhammad Hamza Gesudaraz I is buried on the top of Takht-e-Sulaiman with his family and descendants. The burial is called “Meeran”.[5][6][7]

Tourism and Economy

Takht-e-Sulaiman is surrounded by olive groves and pine-nut (chalghoza) forests, and hosts wild animals like markhors, wolves, rabbits, eagles and partridges. Royalty from the Gulf Arab states are known to hunt precious birds in the region.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan". NASA Earth Observatory. October 7, 2002. Archived from the original on April 4, 2003. Retrieved 10 Nov 2013.
  3. ↑ Qaisrani, Saad. "To the throne of Sulaiman". The News International. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  4. ↑ McMahon, A. H. "Ascent of the Takht e Suleiman". Khyber.ORG. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ الحسینی, میر سید ثاقب عماد. گلدستۂ عقائد و تاریخ روحانی.
  6. ↑ افغانی, عبد الحلیم اثر. "روحانی رابطہ او روحانی تړون، پښتو - مکتبه مجددیه" (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  7. ↑ مشوانی, عمر خطاب شاہ. خطاب مشوانی.
  8. ↑ "Sulaiman's throne". The Friday Times. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.