with the eight sassanians reliefs, naghsh-e rustam in marvdasht is a prominent complex safeguarding a complete collection of the sassanian period. seven of these reliefs have been repeatedly the subject of investigations thanks to their relatively better conditions. the fifth relief, however, has not yet been studied due to their damaged status. it depicts the full-face portrait of a sassanid k...

Narseh son of Šābuhr I reigned from 293 to 302, once he had won the dynastic war that saw him opposing his grand-nephew, Wahrām III, narrated events in great Paikuli inscription, which also contains names a long list nobles and magnates, who paid obeisance new king. In Šābuhr’s inscription at Naqš-i Rustam bore title « King Hindestān, Sagestān Tūrān up seashore,” while later, likely under eithe...

among the various of sasanian kings, narseh (293-302 a.d.) is the one whose important and striking rock relief remained at naqsh-i rustam in iran’s fars province. this relief records investiture ceremony from anahita ( known as goddess of fertility and protector of water). until now, various views and interprations have been put forwarded about the real identity and historical theme of this re...

based on writing of tabari as well as other historical researches, mihr narseh, prime minister of bahram v (421-439 ad) founded a number of buildings in the province of ardashir khorrah. among public utility buildings, he built four fire temples in four villages in baryn plains of the same province. the current paper tries to find the exact locations of those temples based on references availab...