Takht-e Suleyman Massif

Takht-e Soleyman Massif (Persian: گرانکوه تخت سليمان) is a subrange of central Alborz mountains.[1] In the area, about 160 distinct peaks higher than 4,000m are distinguishable, with the highest, most famous, and most technical one: Alam Kuh, 4,850m. The area can be captured inside a rectangle of 30 km width and 40 km length. The massif is limited to Taleqan valley from south, Kelardasht green plane from east, Abbas Abad rain forest & thick vegetated hills/slopes at north, and Shahsavar rain forests and Se Hezar valley at west.

Takht-e Soleyman Alam kuh

Discovery

The original and pre Islamic name is Takht-e-Jamshid - The Takht-e-Soleiman region was virtually unknown until the 1930s. Freya Stark travelled there in 1931 and described her thwarted efforts to climb Takht-e Suleyman in The Valleys of the Assassins.[2] Douglas Busk, a British mountaineer, explored the area in 1932,[3] and made the first recorded ascent of Alam Kuh in 1933 via the east ridge.[4] Later on, Busk along with Professor Bobek made a detailed survey of this area. In 1936 the north-west ridge (called Germans flank) of Alam Kuh was climbed for the first time by German mountaineers, which was considered a great achievement among European climbers.

References
  1. Map of the region summitpost.org Retrieved 19 May 2023
  2. Freya Stark, The Valleys of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels (London, 1934)
  3. D. L. Busk, Climbing and ski-ing in the Elburz Range, North Persia, 1931-2: The Alpine Journal, v. 45, p. 334-341 (1933).
  4. D. L. Busk, Climbing in the Takht-i-Suleiman Group, N. Persia: The Alpine Journal, v. 47, p. 299-309 (1935).

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