مسجد سليمان باصطخر

مسجد سليمان باصطخر

A ruined fire-temple a farsakh from Istakhr — made a fire-house by Queen Humay, later stripped and ruined — which al-Mas'udi entered and found marvellous: rock pillars crowned with stone horses and statues locals called prophets, and a wind that never stops moaning through it, said to be Solomon's chained wind; folk add he lunched at Baalbek and dined here, stopping at Palmyra ¹.