Malayer is one of the southern townships of Hamadan province, with a temperate and mountainous climate. Mostowfi narrates that Nahavand comprised of 100 villages divided into three portions named as, Malayer, Esfidhan and Jeyqooq. The city of Malayer ...
Malayer Old Bazaar is related to the time of Sheikh-ol-Moluk (Sheikh Mohammad Ali Mirza Daulat Shah), the offspring of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, (founder of Malayer city). This bazaar comprises of a main bazaar along with two branching bazaars. There are ...
Nushijan Citadel (Nooshijan Fire Temple or Noushijan Tappe) lies 20km northwest of Malayer and 60 kilometers away from Hamadan in Hamedan Province, in the district of Shurkat.
In this region three cycles of civilizations have been distinct. The first ...
Mir-Fattah Ice Chamber (Mirfatah Ice Place, Yakhchal-e-Mirfattah or Mir Fattah Ice Pit) This relic is from the Qajar period and its founder is Mir Fatah. The structure is constructed of brick and is a dome like shape and located on the Panzdah Shahrivar ...
Pari hill has an elevation of 15m and is located in the village of Pari (Pirouz) near Malayer in Hamedan Province. In this hill graves related to the first millennium BC. have been found. In these graves, the dead bodies have been laid on their left ...
The underground complex, located 400 km west of Tehran, is believed to be built sometime between the fall of the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC) and the early Parthian era (247 BC-224 CE).
Darreh Farakh Cave is around Malayer, near the village of 'Jowzan' (Jozaan). The opening or mouth of the cave is at an elevation of 2,220 m. facing the south east and to the measurements of 80-120 cm. Under the opening is a short, tight passage ...
Sardkooh cave (Cave of Sardeh Mountain) is located near the village of Soltan Abad, at an elevation of 2,240m in the Sard Kooh Mountains of Malayer. The opening of the cave is at a steep gradient, ending up at a stony entrance to the main passage of ...
Ghaleh Kharabeh or Yazdgerd Castle (Ghaleh Kharabeh) which is a Sassanide relic, is located in the 'Kooh-e-Yazdgerd' in the township of Malayer. This relic could have been a shelter for 'Yazdgerd III'. At present only the ruined ramparts ...
Saif al-Daula's tomb is in the vicinity of the park of Malayer. This was in the past, the private residence of Haj Seifoddoleh (Soltan Mohammad Mirza Seifoddoleh, the grand-son of Fathali Shah). This estate and the surrounding lands belonged to Amir ...
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