خلاصة:
According to Tabari and based on historical research, Mehr Narseh, the grand vizier of Bahram V (421-439 AD), constructed many structures in the province of Ardashir Khoreh. He built four fire temples in four villages of the Dasht-e Barin region of Ardashir Khoreh province, in addition to constructing public buildings. The present article aims to precisely locate the aforementioned fire temples based on information available in historical sources, studying the communication routes between the cities of Bishapur and Ardashir Khoreh based on field and archaeological research, and examining the architectural characteristics of existing fire temples along the main and primary routes between these two cities. To this end, archaeological research in this regard has been reviewed and criticized, and a proposal for determining the location of the aforementioned fire temples has been presented.
ملخص الجهاز:
What adds to the importance of the second route is the large number of fire temples and chartaqs existing on this road, which, in order from Kazerun, include: Char Taq-e Bishapur, Char Taq-e Kazerun (Pol-e Abgineh), the Great Fire Temple of Jarreh (Baladeh), Mansurabad (Tun-e Sabz), Farashband, Tel-e Jiran, Tel-e Jang, Naqareh-Khaneh (Farashband 3), Rahni, Kenar Siah, and Char Taq-e Nudran near Firuzabad.
Currently, the Char Taq-e Kazerun is located 15 kilometers from the Kazerun-Shiraz road and 500 meters from the main road.
Vandenberg, although he had previously (Ancient Archeology of Iran, 1348: 53) confirmed the opinions of Herzfeld and Godar, in another article (Venden Berghe, 1961: 163-196) corrected his views and considered the location of the Mehrnarseh fire temples to be in the triangle between Farashband, Kenarsiah, and Karab (Khorab) (Map No. 2).
Therefore, Herzfeld and Godar's opinion that the three Kazerun, Jarreh and Tun-e Sabz fire temples were located in the Jarreh domain cannot be accepted based on Tabari's statement and the fact that the Mehrnarseh fire temples were in the Ardashir Khoreh region.
The remains of gardens and palm groves along the Farashband-Dehram-Firuzabad axis and the naming of Mahall-e Arba'eh to the mentioned areas strengthen the assumption that the villages along this axis could have been the villages referred to by Tabari where Mehrnarseh built the four fire temples of Tel-e Jang, Naqareh-Khaneh, Rahni, and Kenarsiah.
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