Band-e Amīr/Tukrash?

settlement · 550 BC – 2099 AD

Archaeological survey and prospecting has identified Achaemenid-era buildings and embankments in the vicinity of the modern Iranian village of Band-e Amīr (Fars province). Sumner writes that this location might be identified with Tukrash, a settlement mentioned in surviving documents.

Coordinates

29.75809, 52.84162

Also known as

Band-e Amīr, Band-e Amir, Bandāmir, Bandamir, Band-i Amir (fa), Tukrash, بندامیر (fa)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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