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{{short description|Mountain in Iran}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Shah Alborz<br>{{lang|fa|شاه البرز}}
| photo = Shah Alborz.JPG
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| elevation_m = 4,200
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| map = Iran |relief=1
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| location = Border of [[Tehran Province|Tehran]] and [[Qazvīn Province]], [[Iran]]
| range = [[Alborz]]
| coordinates = {{coord|36|19|N|50|45|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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[[File:Shah-Alborz peak.jpg|thumb]]
'''Shah Alborz''' ({{langx|fa|شاه البرز}}) is a mountain peak in [[Alborz]] range in [[Iran]] with an elevation of {{convert|4200|m|ft}}.<ref name=peakware>{{cite encyclopedia
  | title = Shah Alborz
  | encyclopedia = Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia
  | publisher = Interactive Outdoors, Inc.
  | url = http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=1662
  | accessdate = 2007-07-31 }}</ref> Its north face rises from the [[Alamout]] valley. To the south lies the [[Taleghan]] Valley and to the west the plains of east-[[Qazvīn Province|Ghazvin]]. The Shah Alborz [[glacier]]<nowiki/>covers parts of the north face at elevations of {{convert|3400|to|3600|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web
  | author = nomad
  | authorlink = 
  | title = Shah Alborz (King Alborz)
  | publisher = SummitPost.org
  | date =
  | url = http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/154044/shah-alborz-king-alborz.html 
  | doi =
  | accessdate = 2007-07-31 }}</ref>

{{Central Alborz}}

== Climbing ==
The level of difficulty is "walk-up" and the nearest center is Taleghan.  The best months to climb the mountain are from March to September.<ref name=peakware />  The most often-used route to the peak passes through the Hasanjoon valley.<ref>{{cite web
  | last = 
  | first = 
  | authorlink = 
  | title = Mount Shah Alborz
  | publisher = MountainZone.ir
  | date = 
  | url = http://tour.mountainzone.ir/shahalborz.htm
  | doi = 
  | accessdate = 2007-07-31
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710160220/http://tour.mountainzone.ir/shahalborz.htm
  | archive-date = 2007-07-10
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Mountains of Iran]]
[[Category:Mountaineering in Iran]]
[[Category:Landforms of Tehran province]]
[[Category:Landforms of Qazvin province]]
[[Category:Four-thousanders of the Alborz]]
[[Category:Mountains of Qazvin Province]]