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.[link]

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.

External links

[Masjed Soleiman Photo Gallery from the Khuzestan Governorship]

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