Takab (or Tekab, Farsi: تکاب) is one of the cities and townships in the West Azarbaijan province in Iran . Its ancient name is Shiz. Persian (فارسی), also known as Farsi (local name), Parsi (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (an Afghan dialect), is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. ... City lights from space. ... The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ... West Azarbaijan is a very religiously diverse province of Iran. ...

The famous historical complex Takht-i-Suleiman is situated to the North-East of the city. This is one of its oldest Zoroastrian fire temples in the times of Sassanides and had the name Azargoshasb (or Azar Goshasb or Azargashasb). Takht e Soleyman, or Takht e Soleiman, is the holiest shrine of Zoroastrism and Sassanid Empire, now a World Heritage Site near the town of Takab in West Azarbaijan, Iran. ... Zoroastrianism was adapted from an earlier, polytheistic faith by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia very roughly around 1000 BC (although, in the absence of written records, some scholars estimates are as late as 600 BC). ... The term fire temple may refer to: a Zoroastrian sanctuary, where eternal flame is a symbol a place in the Legend of Zelda game This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sassanid Empire at its greatest extent The Sassanid dynasty (also Sassanian) was the name given to the kings of Persia, which includes much of present-day Iran, during the era of the second Persian Empire, from 224 until 651, when the last Sassanid shah, Yazdegerd III, lost a 14-year...