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Sar Mashhad (Persian: سرمشهد; also known as Sar Meshad)[1] is a village in Dadin Rural District, Jereh and Baladeh District, Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2012 census, its population was 3,047, in 623 families.[2]

Sar Mashhad سرمشهد
village
Rock relief of Bahram II at Sar Mashhad
Sar Mashhad
Coordinates: 29°17′28″N 51°42′13″E
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Kazerun
Bakhsh	Jereh and Baladeh
Rural District	Dadin
Population  (2016)
• Total	3,047
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

The place is notable for being the site of a Sasanian rock relief made during the reign of king (shah) Bahram II (r. 274–293).[3] The relief portrays him as a hunter who has slayed a lion whilst throwing his sword at another.[3] His wife is holding his right hand in a signal of safeguard, whilst the high priest Kartir and another figure, most likely a prince, are watching.[3] The scenery has been the subject of several symbolic and metaphorical meanings, thought it is most likely supposed to portray a simple royal display of braveness during a real-life hunt.[3] An inscription of Kartir is underneath the relief.[3]

Population

This village is located in Dadin district and according to the census of the Statistics Center of Iran in 2016, its population was 2818 people (748 families). [4]

Language

The inhabitants of this village are from Qashqai tribe, Farsimdan tribe and speak Qashqai Turkish.[5]

Distance from important cities

• Kazeroon 65 km
• Shiraz 169 km
• Ishahan 540 km
• Tehran 970 km

See also

• Kazerun
• Qashqai people
• Bishapur

References

Sources

• Shahbazi, A. Shapur (1988). "Bahrām II". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 5. pp. 514–522.

Further reading

• Canepa, Matthew (2018). "Sar Mashhad". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.

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