BEHIS`TUN

BEHIS`TUN
   a mountain in Irak-Ajemi, a prov. of Persia, on which there are rocks covered with inscriptions, the principal relating to Darius Hystaspes, of date about 515 B.C., bearing on his genealogy, domains, and victories.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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