Masjed Soleyman
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Parthian era Bronze plate with Pegasus depiction ("Pegaz" in Persian). Excavated in Masjed Soleiman. |
Masjed Soleiman (also transcribed as
Masjid Soleyman and
Masjid-e-Soleiman) (مسجد سلیمان in
Persian) is a city in the
Khuzestan province in southwestern
Iran. The first modern oil wells of the
Middle East were discovered and drilled in this area. It is mostly populated by the
Bakhtiari people.
It had an estimated population of 127,634 in 2005.
[1]The name of the city is assumed to have its origins in a belief of local inhabitants calling the ruins of an
Achaemenid palace as the
Masjed-e-Soleiman, which means "Mosque of Solomon."
The current secretary of Iran's powerful
Expediency Discernment Council,
Mohsen Rezaee is from here.The first oil drilling in the Middle East has been made in the region of Naftoon in the center of this city, so the 100th year aniversary for the oil drilling in the Middle East will be celebrated in 2008 in this city. also called Masjed Soleiman in brief M.I.S.
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Masjed Soleiman Photo Gallery from the Khuzestan Governorship
