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About Ganj Nameh in
Hamedan province
On the gigantic rocks of Alvand mountain, the two Achaemenid
kings namely Darius the first and Xerxes (522 - 484 B.C.) have
described their conquests in an inscription carved in the stone
asking for help from Ahuramazda.
The later generations who could not read the cuneiform alphabets
of the ancient Persian, Elamite and Babilian scripts thought it
was the guide to an uncovered treasury.
Ganj Nameh is located five kilometers from southwestern Hamadan
(the ancient Ecbatana) which served as the capital of he Medes
and Achaemenids, in a region called Abbas Abad.
There are two plate inscriptions, one on the right side
embracing the name of Xerxes and the one on the left embracing
the name of Darius the Great.
The translation of the text of the right side plate attributed
to Xerxes is as follows : (The mighty lord is Ahuramazda, the
god of gods, who created this land, the sky and the people, the
same god who brought people happiness, who appointed Xerxes as
king, the unique king of kings, the unique ruler of the rulers,
I am Xerxes, the great king, king of kings, king of
multinational countries, king of this large land, the son of
Darius the Achaemenid.) This translation corresponds with part
of the inscription attributed to Xerxes at the main entrance of
Persepolis and the other plate inscription of Ganj Nameh
attributed to Darius the first, the father of Xerxes, had the
same sentences with the difference that instead of Xerxes it has
the name of Darius.
These two plates too, similar to the majority of inscriptions by
the Achaemenid kings include greetings to Ahuramazda and the
fathers and forefathers of these kings.
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