Bahram-e Chubin Strait

The Bahram Chubin strait is located along the Dareh Shahr-Pol-Dokhtar road (Ilām region). Most likely the remains of this pass date back to the end of the Sassanid period and to the first centuries of Islam and with the abandonment of the city of Seymareh it disappeared.

This place was the hiding place and hunting reserve of Bahrām Chubin, the famous Sassanid king who died in 591 AD. This strait is one of the most important narrow canyons, it is very high and is in a strategic position. It contains many artistic works in the entrance area, in the front and in the upper parts.

Numerous traces of architectural works are still visible such as: the entrance door, remains of stone staircases on the walls, a bridge and a dam, some tower with bastions, some buildings, water reserves dug by hand, a cult building comprising: a central room and two smaller ones on the two sides, a resting place etc. and the construction materials of the ramparts and other buildings of the strait were pebbles of thin and coarse stones not polished with plaster mortar and probably a mix of clay and limestone. 

In the entrance and in the elevated parts of this bottleneck, known as the hunting reserve of Bahram, many works of historical value are located, including a stone staircase and four water reservoirs carved into the hard rock walls and connected to each other.