Alvand , Alwand or Alvand Kuh is a mountain chain in western Iran.

This mountain chain is located near Hamadan, with a summit of 3580 m, and consists mainly of intrusive rocks (granite, granitoid and diorite). The range bears a trilingual ancient inscription (Neo Elamite, Neo Babylonian and Old Persian) of King Darius the great and king Xerxes I, called Ganj nameh, 10km south of Hamadan. Ganj nameh, Darius the Great inscriptions (5th century BC) This page is about the city of Hamedan. ... Elamite is an extinct language, which was spoken in the ancient Elamite Empire. ... Babylonia was an ancient state in Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... Sketch of the first column of the Behistun Inscription Old Persian is the oldest attested Persid language. ... Darius was the name of three kings of ancient Persia: Darius the Great or Darius I of Persia. ... XERXES, in System Shock 2 XERXES is the primary computer system of the starship Von Braun from the video game System Shock 2. ...