(eds.), "Iṣṭakhr - اصطخر " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5318 Iṣṭakhr اصطخر Iṣṭak̲h̲r lies in 29° 50′ N. Lat. and about 53° E. Long., a short hour’s journey north of Persepolis, in the narrow valley of the Pulwar or Murg̲h̲āb (also called Sīwand-Rūd). هراة خراسان ومدينة لاصطخر 29.980833 52.909444 https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5318 http://syriaca.org/place/5318 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922662 Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī 26 Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/922662Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.