Location Pakistan First ascender George White Parent range Sulaiman Mountains | Elevation 3,487 m Mountain range Sulaiman Mountains | |
Isolation 261 kilometres (162 mi) Similar Koh‑i‑Takatu, Mount Sikaram, Apharwat Peak, Koh‑i‑Chiltan, Sakesar | ||
Takht-e-Sulaiman (Pashto: تخت سليمان، د کسي غر), or Throne of Solomon, is a peak of the Sulaiman Mountains, located near the village of Darazinda in Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It is close to Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan's borders with both South Waziristan and Zhob, Balochistan. At 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), it is the highest peak in Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan and the greater Shirani region. Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon".
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Map of Takht-e-Sulaiman, Pakistan
LegendsEdit
A legend, recorded by the medieval Maghrebi explorer Ibn Battuta, has it that Prophet Solomon climbed this mountain and looked out over the land of South Asia, which was then covered with darkness, but he turned back without descending into this new frontier, and left only the mountain which is named after him.
Another legend says that Qais Abdur Rashid, said to be the legendary ancestor of Pashtun people, is buried on top of Takht-e-Sulaiman, which gives the peak the local Pashto name of Da Kasī Ghar (د کسي غر, "Mount of Qais").