Takht-e-Sulaiman

Takht-e-Sulaiman
Takht-e-Sulaiman is located in Pakistan
Takht-e-Sulaiman
Takht-e-Sulaiman
Highest point
Elevation3,487 m (11,440 ft)
Prominence1,775 m (5,823 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingList of mountains in Pakistan
Coordinates31°40′57.66″N 69°56′11.64″E / 31.6826833°N 69.9365667°E / 31.6826833; 69.9365667
Geography
LocationPakistan
Parent rangeSulaiman Mountains

Takht-e-Sulaiman (Pashto: تخت سليمان, Balochi: تخت ء سلیمان; "Throne of Solomon") is a peak of the Sulaiman Mountains, located near the town of Darazinda in the Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1] It is close to Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision's borders with both South Waziristan and Zhob, Balochistan. At 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District and the greater Shirani region.[1] Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon".[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  2. ^ "Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan". NASA Earth Observatory. October 7, 2002. Archived from the original on April 4, 2003. Retrieved 10 Nov 2013.
  3. ^ Qaisrani, Saad. "To the throne of Sulaiman". The News International. Retrieved 2018-02-02.