Gawri Wall

Gawri Wall
دیواری گەوری
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CountryIran
Coordinates34°26′39.3″N 45°46′52.2″E / 34.444250°N 45.781167°E / 34.444250; 45.781167

The Gawri Wall (Kurdish: دیواری گەوری, Persian: دیوار گَوری) was a defensive fortification built and in use between the 4th and 6th centuries during the rule of the Sasanians and Parthians. The structure's ruins, which run the length of around 71 miles (114 kilometres), are located in Sarpol-e Zahab County near the Iran–Iraq border.[1][2]

  1. ^ Alibaigi, Sajjad (12 August 2019). "The Gawri Wall: A Possible Partho-Sasanian Structure in the Western Foothills of the Zagros Mountains". Antiquity. 93 (370). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.97. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ Alibaigi, Sajjad (30 April 2019). "The Gawri Wall: A Possible Partho- Sasanian Structure in the Western Foothills of the Zagros Mountains" (PDF). Antiquity. 93 (e22): 8. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.97 – via Cambridge University Press. Survey at Sar Pol-e Zahab has revealed a hitherto unknown long wall in western Iran. Possibly dating to the Partho-Sasanian period, the wall extends more than 100km along the modern border of Iraq and Iran.