Sulaiman mountains - wikipedia Sulaiman mountains For disambiguation, and several individual mountains called the Throne of Solomon, see Takht - i - Suleiman. Sulaiman Range د كسي غرونه / کوه سليمان Satellite image of a part of the Sulaiman Range. Highest point Elevation 3,487 m ( 11,440 ft ) Coordinates 30 ° 30 ′ N 70 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 30.500 ° N 70.167 ° E ﻿ / 30.500 ; 70.167 Coordinates : 30 ° 30 ′ N 70 ° 10 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 30.500 ° N 70.167 ° E ﻿ / 30.500 ; 70.167 Geography Sulaiman Range Location Location Zabul, Kandahar and Loya Paktia, Afghanistan South Waziristan, Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan, Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Parent range Hindu Kush The Sulaiman Mountains ( Pashto : د كسي غرونه ‎ ; Balochi / Urdu / Persian : کوه سليمان ‎ ‎ ), or Kōh - e Sulaymān, are the southern extension of the Hindu Kush mountain system, located in the Zabul, Kandahar and Loya Paktia regions of Afghanistan, and in the southern Federally Administered Tribal Areas ( South Waziristan and Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan ), most of northern Balochistan, and some of southwestern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. The Sulaimans form the eastern edge of the Iranian Plateau where the Indus River separates it from the Subcontinent. Bordering the Sulaimans to the north are the arid highlands of Central Hindu Kush or Paropamisadae, whose heights extend up to 6,000 metres ( 20,000 ft ). In Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan, the highest peak of the Sulaimans is Takht - e-Sulaiman or `` Throne of Solomon '' at 3,487 metres ( 11,440 ft ). In Balochistan, its highest peak is Zarghun Ghar at 3,578 metres ( 11,739 ft ) near Quetta city ; while the second - highest is Khilafat Hill at 3,475 metres ( 11,401 ft ) in Ziarat district and is famous for large juniperus macropoda forests in its surroundings. Contents 1 Geography 2 Legends about Takht - e-Sulaiman 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Geography The Sulaiman range runs north in Loya Paktia and meets the Spin Ghar range northeast of Gardez in Paktia province. To the northwest, the Sulaimans merge beyond Loya Paktia into the Koh - i - Baba range. To the east, the Sulaimans enter the districts of Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab and Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and approaches the Indus River near Mithankot in the Rajanpur District of Punjab. The eastern slopes drop very quickly to the Indus River, but towards west, the mountain range drops gradually in Kandahar southwest into Helmand and the Sistan Basin. Rivers that flow out from the Sulaimans include the Gomal River which flows eastward into the Indus River, and the Dori River and other small tributaries of the Arghandab River, which flows southwestward into the Helmand River. The Sulaiman Range, and the high plateau to the west of it, helps form a natural barrier against the humid winds that blow from the Indian Ocean, creating arid conditions across southern and central Afghanistan to the west and north. In contrast, the relatively flat and low - lying Indus delta is situated due east and south of the Sulaimans. This lush delta is prone to heavy flooding and is mostly uncultivated wilderness. Legends about Takht - e-Sulaiman In the Pashtun and Gandhara legend, one of the highest peaks of the Takht - i Sulaiman ( `` Throne of Solomon '' ), 3,382 metres ( 11,096 ft ) high, is associated with Prophet Solomon. Ibn Battuta names it Koh - i Sulaiman. It is related that Prophet Solomon climbed this mountain and looked out over the land of South Asia, which was then covered with darkness, but he turned back without descending into this new frontier, and left only the mountain which is named after him ( from Ibn Battuta ). According to another legend, Noah 's Ark alighted in the Takht - i Sulaiman after the Deluge. One legend says that Qais Abdur Rashid, said to be the legendary ancestor of the Pashtun nation, is buried on top of Takht - e-Sulaiman, locally known as Da Kasī Ghar ( د کسي غر, `` Mount of Qais '' ), located near the village of Darazinda in Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, close to the border with both South Waziristan and Zhob, Balochistan. The legend has it that from there, his different descendants migrated west, north, and south. Some people visit the place and make animal sacrifices, usually a sheep or a goat, at the tomb of Qais to help feed the poor. A trip to the mountain is undertaken mostly in summer, since from late November until March the snowfall makes it difficult to climb. Another legend states that the witch Tusheeta currently lives on the mountains of Sulaiman. Al - Biruni, who himself lived a large part of his life in Ghazni located just northwest of the Sulaimans, writes of the mountains in his memoirs as being the western frontier mountains of Asia and the homeland of an Ajami ( `` non-Arab '' ) or Persian tribe known as the Pashtuns. See also Wadani Spin Ghar Hindu Kush List of mountain ranges of the world Fort Munro References Jump up ^ Shah, Syed Ali ( 10 July 2013 ). `` In Balochistan, an ancient forest battles for survival ''. Dawn. Retrieved 28 December 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.multimap.com/wi/browse.cgi?client=public&X=7800000.66810007&Y=3200000.05385919&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=4000000&up.x=189&up.y=4 Jump up ^ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=10780 Jump up ^ SHARIAT AND TASAWWUF Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan ; http://www.caab.20m.com Original entry was from the NASA Earth Observatory ; ( 1 ) Sulaiman Range at multimap ; ( 2 ) External links NASA Earth Observatory page Sulaiman Range at multimap Mountain ranges of the Iranian Plateau and their political geography Alborz Mountains Iran Azerbaijan Aladagh Mountains Iran Turkmenistan Hindu Kush Mountains Afghanistan Pakistan Sulaiman Mountains Pakistan Afghanistan Taurus Mountains Turkey Syria Zagros Mountains Turkey Iraq Iran Armenia Geography of South Asia Mountains and plateaus Himalayas Mount Everest Western Ghats Eastern Ghats Aravalli Range Nilgiris Vindhya Range Satpura Range Garo Hills Shivalik Hills Mahabharat Range Khasi Hills Annamalai Hills Cardamom Hills Sulaiman Mountains Toba Kakar Range Karakoram Hindu Kush Chittagong Hill Tracts Deccan Plateau Thar Desert Makran Chota Nagpur Naga Hills Mysore Plateau Ladakh Plateau Gandhamardan Hills Malwa Lowlands and islands Indo - Gangetic plain Doab Indus Valley Indus River Delta Ganges Basin Ganges Delta Terai Atolls of the Maldives Coromandel Coast Konkan Lakshadweep Andaman and Nicobar Islands Sundarbans Reserve Forest Greater Rann of Kutch Little Rann of Kutch Protected areas in Tamil Nadu By country India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka Bangladesh Maldives Afghanistan Punjab geography Beas River Bari Doab Chenab River Chhachh Cholistan Desert Doaba Ganji Bar Ghaggar river Indus River Jhelum River Jech Doab Kachhi Kala Chitta Range Kirana Bar Kirana Hills Majha Malwa Margalla Hills Neeli Bar Poadh Pothohar Plateau Rechna Doab Ravi River Salt Range Sandal Bar Sind Sagar Doab Sivalik Hills Soon Valley Sulaiman Mountains Sutlej River Thal Desert Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sulaiman_Mountains&oldid=797549823 '' Categories : Sulaiman Mountains Mountain ranges of Afghanistan Mountain ranges of Balochistan ( Pakistan ) Mountain ranges of Punjab ( Pakistan ) Iranian Plateau Landforms of Kandahar Province Landforms of Zabul Province Landforms of Khost Province Landforms of Paktia Province Landforms of Paktika Province Hidden categories : Coordinates on Wikidata Articles containing Pashto - language text Articles containing Persian - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская भोजपुरी Català Čeština Español فارسی हिन्दी Italiano ქართული Lietuvių 日本 語 Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Polski Русский Simple English Svenska தமிழ் Українська اردو Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 27 August 2017, at 19 : 54. 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Question: which plateau lies to the west of sulaiman range
Answer: the Iranian Plateau