Takht-e-Sulaiman

Takht-e-Sulaiman () is a peak of the Sulaiman Mountains, located near the town of Darazinda in the Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is close to Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision's borders with both South Waziristan and Zhob, Balochistan. At , it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District.

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It sits within the topics Mountains of Balochistan (Pakistan), Sulaiman Mountains and Three-thousanders of the Hindu Kush.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: mountain
Country: Pakistan
Elevation: 3452
Image: A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed- with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition (1843) (14580156637).jpg

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topographic isolation: 261
mountain range: Sulaiman Mountains
topographic prominence: 1775

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In mythology
Tourism
References

==In mythology == thumb|View of the Takht-e-Sulaiman Mountain seen from Derabund in the 19th century Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon". A legend, recorded by him, has it that Prophet Solomon climbed this mountain and looked out over the land of Hindustan, which was then "covered with darkness". After staying on the peak, he turned back without descending into this new frontier, and so the peak got named after him.

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