page_title: Sulaiman Mountains
hierarchical_section_title: Sulaiman Mountains
caption_attribution_description: Sulaiman Mountains
context_page_description: The Sulaiman Mountains or Kōh-e Sulaymān, are a north-south extension of the southern Hindu Kush mountain system, and rise to form the eastern edge of the Iranian Plateau, and the northeastern edge of the Balochistan Plateau. They are located in the Zabul, Kandahar and Loya Paktia regions of Afghanistan, and in Pakistan they extend over the northern part of Balochistan province, and some parts of southwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Bordering the Sulaimans to the north are the arid highlands of Central Hindu Kush whose heights extend up to 3,383 metres, and to the east are the Indus plains. Together with the Kirthar Mountains in southern Pakistan, they form what is known as the Sulaiman-Kirthar geologic province.
  The most well known peak of the Sulaimans is the twin-peaked Takht-e-Sulaiman or "Throne of Solomon" at 3,487 metres, located near Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan, close to the border with both South Waziristan and Zhob District of neighboring Balochistan province. The highest peak, however, is Zarghun Ghar at 3,578 metres near Quetta, Pakistan.
context_section_description: The Sulaiman Mountains  or Kōh-e Sulaymān (Pashto: د كسي غرونه‎; Balochi/Urdu/Persian: کوه سليمان‎; "Mountains of Solomon"), are a north-south extension of the southern Hindu Kush mountain system, and rise to form the eastern edge of the Iranian Plateau, and the northeastern edge of the Balochistan Plateau. They are located in the Zabul, Kandahar and Loya Paktia regions of Afghanistan, and in Pakistan they extend over the northern part of Balochistan province, and some parts of southwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Bordering the Sulaimans to the north are the arid highlands of Central Hindu Kush whose heights extend up to 3,383 metres (11,099 ft), and to the east are the Indus plains. Together with the Kirthar Mountains in southern Pakistan, they form what is known as the Sulaiman-Kirthar geologic province.
  The most well known peak of the Sulaimans is the twin-peaked Takht-e-Sulaiman or "Throne of Solomon" at 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), located near Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan, close to the border with both South Waziristan and Zhob District of neighboring Balochistan province.  The highest peak, however, is Zarghun Ghar at 3,578 metres (11,739 ft) near Quetta, Pakistan. The next highest peak in Balochistan province is Khilafat Hill at 3,475 metres (11,401 ft), which is located in Ziarat district of Pakistan, and is famous for the Ziarat Juniper Forest where juniperus macropoda trees grow.
caption: Satellite image of a part of the Sulaiman Range.
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