Takht

It was arranged that the forces from the south [2] should seize the range of hills extending from Charasia to the Shahr-i-Darwaza heights, including the fortifications of the upper Bala Hissar and the high conical peak called the Takht-i-Shah; that those from the north [3] should occupy the Asmai heights and hills to the north of Kabul; and those from the west [4] should make direct for the city.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

The massif of the Takht is a high tableland (about 8000 ft. above sea-level), bounded on its eastern and western edges by high, rugged and steep parallel ridges.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

On the side of Kaisargarh there is a shrine called Takht i Sulimán or

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

Sassanian monarchs, of which splendid remains still exist on the site of Ctesiphon, where they are known as the Takht-i-Khuzroo, or Palace of

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

The law also bans large parties in wedding halls to celebrate the many other ceremonies associated with an Afghan wedding including henna night, engagement, and a post-wedding event known as Takht Jami.

The Guardian World News Jon Boone 2011

In contemporary Iran the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid). ecxellant shot your look is amazing.

Refinance 2nd Mortgage 2008

"Takht," a Pers. word used as more emphatic than the Arab.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

For alas, poor Singh faces a threat from a number of the most prominent British Sikh organisations, who say he is bringing the religion into disrepute, and are threatening an appeal to the leader of the Akal Takht – the highest seat of the religion worldwide – to have him excommunicated.

Hugh Muir's Diary 2011

The renaming of Srinagar airport is part of the same plan by which the names of hundreds of villages in Kashmir have been changed and even the landmarks like the ancient Shankaracharya temple hill is being called as Takht-e-Sulaiman and Hari Parbat as Koh-i-Maran.

JK state working towards the Islamisation of Kashmir : Panun Kashmir 2009

Last Tuesday, a bridge near Takht Baige in the Khyber agency on Torkham road, wherefrom the trucks make the supplies into Afghanistan, was blown up by some unknown insurgents.

Russia is trying to regain power in its backyard 2009