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Retrieval of the lost Inscription of 'Xerxes' in the Van Lake of turkey, the first Achievement of the Iranian tourist couple's journey.

Date: 13/5/86

Picture of lost Inscription of 'Xerxes' in the Van Lake of turkey

Although less than two weeks has passed from the leaving of the tourist couple from Iran to turkey, Mrs. and Mr.Gheydi have sent a really valuable gift for their patiots. This valuable gift, contains pictures of Xerxesh's Inscription beside the Van lake in turkey, which until now no pundit has seen them.

 
Couple Traveler and Dr. Shahrokh Razmjou in Research Development of Iranian Institute

Before starting this toursit couple's journey, our expert group planed some goals for this journey, one of these goals what to fine the exact place of the Xerxes's Inscription in the Van Lake of turkey. Dr.Razmjou-Expert of achaemenian history and ancient Persian language- in some meetings, got our attention to this Inscription, and by his information about it we knew that such Inscription exist in the altitudes of the Van Lake. And we also knew that no one has seen any pictures of this Inscription, and also no one knows the exact place of it.

 

Almost a hundred years ago a model of this Inscription was made, and the experts in ancient languages used to read and translate this Inscription by using the model. This Inscription was first read and translated by Mr.Ronald grabkent the linguist in 1908.BUt as i said the exact place of the Inscription was unknown to the experts before the Iranian tourism couple's endeavor. Luckily this honor got portioned to Mrs. and Mr. Gheydi that blested their journey by retrieving the exact place of this Inscription and having picture and video of it.

 
Picture Of Inscriptions with different Languages Which Exist in Area

Although for finding this Inscription, in one hand Mrs. and Mr. gheydi took help from two advisers (one Iranian and one Turkish), and in other hand with all the Inscriptions with different languages which exist in that area, for assurancethat this Inscription is the Inscription that we were
Picture Of Inscriptions with different Languages Which Exist in Area
looking for, a group was formed in Tehran to get the pictures of the Inscription and send them to Dr.Razmjou to get full assurance. All these people in turkey and in Iran were working on this issue for 4 days from early morning to the midnight, until in the eve of Wednesday 10/5/86 Dr. Razmjou, accepted and supported the last pictures sent by Mrs. and Mr. Gheydi from turkey.

 

We congratulate to all our Iranian people and all our patiots we also wish that these tourism couple to get all their cultural goals in this journey, we demand from our Iranian patiots to support this journey and these couple where ever they are in this world. also Mrs. and Mr. gheydi wanted us to gift the pictures of this Inscription to all their Iranian patiots; with this hope that the people of our country have them in mind and wish them good luck. At the end we say good luck to Mrs. and Mr. gheydi and we thank them for their endeavors.

 

The full text of Persian translated Xerxes's Inscription in the Van lake of eastern turkey (The original Inscription is written in three languages: ancient Persian, ilamian, Babylonian):

 

-The great god is AHORAM MAZDA which is the greatest of gods

-Which created this land and created that sky

-Which created happiness for people

-Which made Xerxes the king

-The only ruler of abundantly

-I Xerxes, the great king, king of kings

-King of abundant people

-King in this extensive and far land

-The son of darius the achaemenian king

-Xerxes says: darius the king which was my father, with the will of Ahora Mazda, made beautiful palaces and he ordered to make this Inscription.

-But no scrip was written on it

-After that i ordered to write this scrip.

-Ahora mazda to keep my gods and my monarch and what I've made.

 

 

At the end we thank the people who helped us during this journey, masters, Dr.Shahrokh razmjou, Dr.chitsaz, Dr.ebrahim shah, Mohamad hosein nourizad, reza samari, Amir ramezanee doraki, hosein soltanzadeh and our partners in the Iranian cultural center in Ankara.

Also this institution tries to interview with some scientists and archaeologists about this Inscription.

 

Research Development of Iranian Institute

 
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