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'''Shahr-i Gholghola''' ({{lang-fa|شهر غلغله}}) or '''Sar-o-Tar''' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://sistanarchaeology.org/images/uploads/img/Allen_Trousdale_Timurid_Sar-o-Tar_2019.pdf |title= Timurid Period Rural Settlement in the Sar-o-Tar Desert, Afghanistan |publisher=Mitchell Allen and William B. Trousdale, National Museum of Natural History |date=2019-04-14 |accessdate=}}</ref>(city of Screams) is a historical, archaeological site located in [[Nimruz Province|Nimroz Province]] of the [[Sistan]] region, which presently encompasses parts of [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Pakistan]].<ref name=ACSAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/44725792 |title= Shahr-i Gholghola: A Saffarid Fortress City in Sistan|publisher=Ziaii-Bigdeli, Layah, and Mitchell Allen, American Council for Southern Asian Art Bulletin 79 |date=2020 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sistanarchaeology.org/resources |title=Publications of the Helmand Sistan Project |publisher=Sistan Archaeology |date= |accessdate=}}</ref>
'''Shahr-i Gholghola''' ({{lang-fa|شهر غلغله}}) (city of Screams), also called '''Sar-o-Tar''' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://sistanarchaeology.org/images/uploads/img/Allen_Trousdale_Timurid_Sar-o-Tar_2019.pdf |title= Timurid Period Rural Settlement in the Sar-o-Tar Desert, Afghanistan |publisher=Mitchell Allen and William B. Trousdale, National Museum of Natural History |date=2019-04-14 |accessdate=}}</ref> is a historical, archaeological site located in [[Nimruz Province|Nimroz Province]] of the [[Sistan]] region, which presently encompasses parts of [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Pakistan]].<ref name=ACSAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/44725792 |title= Shahr-i Gholghola: A Saffarid Fortress City in Sistan|publisher=Ziaii-Bigdeli, Layah, and Mitchell Allen, American Council for Southern Asian Art Bulletin 79 |date=2020 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sistanarchaeology.org/resources |title=Publications of the Helmand Sistan Project |publisher=Sistan Archaeology |date= |accessdate=}}</ref>


Shahr-i Gholghola was the land of the [[Saka]] people of sistan, who inhabited this area in the last two centuries BCE.<ref name="ACSAA" /> This land may derives its name from these people.<ref name="ACSAA" />
Shahr-i Gholghola was the land of the [[Saka]] people of sistan, who inhabited this area in the last two centuries BCE.<ref name="ACSAA" /> This land may derives its name from these people.<ref name="ACSAA" />

Revision as of 04:35, 6 October 2023

Shahr-i Gholghola
Shahr-i Gholghola by Mitchell Allen and William B. team in Nimroz
LocationNimroz Province, Afghanistan
Coordinates30°34′36″N 62°05′26″E / 30.57667°N 62.09056°E / 30.57667; 62.09056
Shahr-i Gholghola is located in Afghanistan
Shahr-i Gholghola
Location of the Shahr-i Gholghola

Shahr-i Gholghola (Template:Lang-fa) (city of Screams), also called Sar-o-Tar [1] is a historical, archaeological site located in Nimroz Province of the Sistan region, which presently encompasses parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.[2][3]

Shahr-i Gholghola was the land of the Saka people of sistan, who inhabited this area in the last two centuries BCE.[2] This land may derives its name from these people.[2]

Nowadays, there is no attention is paying to the protection and rehabilitation of historical sites in Nimroz province from relevant authorities, and this issue causes on the verge of destruction of almost all historical monuments, including the city of Gholghola.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Timurid Period Rural Settlement in the Sar-o-Tar Desert, Afghanistan" (PDF). Mitchell Allen and William B. Trousdale, National Museum of Natural History. 2019-04-14.
  2. ^ a b c "Shahr-i Gholghola: A Saffarid Fortress City in Sistan". Ziaii-Bigdeli, Layah, and Mitchell Allen, American Council for Southern Asian Art Bulletin 79. 2020.
  3. ^ "Publications of the Helmand Sistan Project". Sistan Archaeology.
  4. ^ "Nimroz: Historical sites on the brink of destruction". pajhwok.com. 2022-07-30.