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Alwand

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Alwand (äl`wänd) or Alvand (ä`vänd), mountain, c.11,600 ft (3,540 m) high, W Iran. It bears cuneiform inscriptions of Darius I Darius I (Darius the Great) , d. 486 B.C., king of ancient Persia (521–486 B.C.), called also Dariavaush and Darius Hystaspis (after his father, Hystaspes or Vishtaspa).
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 and Xerxes I Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great) , d. 465 B.C., king of ancient Persia (486–465 B.C.). His name in Old Persian is Khshayarsha, in the Bible Ahasuerus. He was the son of Darius I and Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great. After bringing (484 BC.
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