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ŠĀPUR I: ROCK RELIEFS
seven rock reliefs from the time of Šāpur I located in Fārs.
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QALʿA-YE DOḴTAR
The rocky plateau stretching in an east-west direction above the river bend was fortified against the adjoining mountainside by a traverse wall that ran up from the northern and southern cliffs to a semi-circular bastion on the spine of the crest. There are rubble stonewalls along the northern and southern precipices with fort structures on outcrops.