Tāq Kasrā (Arabic: طاق كسرى, romanized: ṭāq kisrā), also transcribed as Taq-i Kisra or Taq-e Kesra (Persian: طاق کسری, romanized: tâğe kasrâ) or Ayvān-e...

I (241–273), Shapur II (310–379), Chosroes I Anushirvan (531–579) and Chosroes II Parvez (590–628). Kurz, Otto (1941). "The Date of the Ṭāq i Kisrā"...

which is depicted in the mosaics decorating the interior of the Taq-i Kisra. The Taq-i Kisra was finally demolished for the most part by al-Mansur, who reused...

archaeologists since the 18th century; the most famous landmark there is the Taq-i Kisra. Excavation sites and ancient suburbs include: Seleucia Ctesiphon (previously...

-8FA7-525505D6B633}&oid=322631 Fragments of stucco roundels in situ, Taq-i Kisra, south building, Ctesiphon, Iraq, 1931–32. (n.d.). Retrieved April 7...

Palace of Darius in Susa and Persepolis, imperial Achaemenid palaces Taq-i Kisra in Ctesiphon, Persia, in Sasanian period Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria...

Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. After 540 – Construction of Taq-i Kisra (iwan) at Ctesiphon in the Sasanian Empire begins. 549 – Basilica of...

without finding any Persian resistance. They reached the White Palace (Taq-i Kisra), home of the Persian government, and occupied it. Ctesiphon fell in...

Press. ISBN 0-19-713559-5. p. 45. Kurz, Otto (1941). "The Date of the Ṭāq i Kisrā". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland...

Khosraw II (591-628 CE). It was discovered in the year 2000. Taq Wa San Taq-i Kisra Taq-e Gara Sumar District Kalhor https://www.kojaro...

spears, relying on their bows as their primary weapons. Conversely the Taq-i Bustan reliefs and Al-Tabari's famed list of equipment required for dihqan...

older arches approximate catenaries, an example of which is the Arch of Taq-i Kisra in Ctesiphon. In 1671, Hooke announced to the Royal Society that he had...

Asia portal Aramaic of Hatra Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL Taq-i Kisra, sharing architectural features with structures at Hatra Dirven, L. (2013)...

Architecture Reached Far Beyond their Borders. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sassanid architecture. Ctesiphon and Taq-e Kasra photo gallery...

the royal compounds at Nysa, Sassanid era e.g. Ghal'eh Dokhtar, the Taq-i Kisra, Bishapur, Darband (Derbent). Islamic: The Khorasani style (from the...

employed many innovative concepts of their own as well. 1824 depiction of Taq-i Kisra by British explorer. Anahita Temple Archaeological complex in Kangavar...

famous qasida The Portals at Madāʾen, in which the contemplation of Taq-i Kisra (the ruins of the Sassanid Palace near Ctesiphon), according to Beelaert...

portrait of the US Couple in Ctesiphon shows an American couple visiting the Taq Kisra (arch at Ctesiphon) in the background, while they listen to an elderly...

international campus of Razi university in Qasr-e Shirin. Taq-e Gara Naft shahr Taq-i Kisra Byzantine Empire Mehran, Ilam Treaty of Zuhab Kalhori Garmian...

fame"). The name is rendered in Greek as Chosroes (Χοσρόης) and in Arabic as Kisra. Besides his personal name, he is widely known in sources by his epithet...

bore him Shapur-i Shahrvaraz. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Khosrau II. Babai the Great Behistun Inscription Behistun Palace Kisra legend, an African...

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Shaduppum (Tell Harmal) Tell al-Dhiba'i Tell Muhammad Seleucia Ctesiphon (Taq Kisra) Zenobia (Halabiye) Hatra Idu Rabana-Merquly (Natounia?) Ecbatana (Hamadan...

restoration of the Tutunji house and other sites in Iraq, including Taq-i Kisra (also known as the Arch of Ctesiphon), which claims the largest single-span...

vaulted ayvan was larger than the famous historic vault of Khosrow/Kisra, the Taq Kisra at Ctesiphon/Mada'in. However, with the sudden death of the governor...

war. The temple was the very place where the first Sasanian shah Ardashir I (r. 224–242) had crowned himself, indicating that the reason behind Yazdegerd's...