What is Simurgh?
{{Infobox mythical creature |name = Simurgh |AKA = |image = File:SchoolOfTabriz3.jpg |image_size = <!-- Image size in pixels; do not use with image_upright --> |image_upright = <!-- Image size scale factor; do not use with image_size --> |caption = Painting of Prince Zal with the Simurgh in [[Ferdowsi]]'s epic [[Shahnameh]]. |Folklore = [[Iranian people|Persian]] [[mythology]] |Grouping = [[Legendary creature|Mythical creature]] |Sub_Grouping = |Family = <!-- Attested family members, if applicable --> |Country = [[History of Iran|Ancient Iran]] |Region = <!-- Region of origin --> |Details = <!-- Any additional details --> |First_Attested = <!-- First attestation (in other words, source) --> |Similar_entities = <!-- Entities described as similar --> [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]] }} The '''Simurgh''' ([[Help:IPA/English|/sɪˈmɜːrɡ/]]; [[Persian language|Persian]]: سیمرغ) is a [[Kindness|Kind]] bird in old [[Persian people|Persian]] [[mythology|stories]]. People sometimes compare it to other [[Mythology|mythic birds]] like the [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]] and the Huma, but it is different and special in its own way.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203133750 |title=Dictionary of Symbols |last=Cirlot |first=J. C. |date=2006-10-19 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780203133750 |isbn=978-1-134-95890-0}}</ref> This mythical bird is found in [[Mythology|old stories]] and pictures from [[Iran]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Pakistan]], and other places that were influenced by [[Persian Empire|Persian]] culture.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lafontaine-Dosogne |first=Jacqueline |date=1965 |title=Nouvelles églises rupestres de Cappadoce: Région de Hasan Daǧi. Nicole Thierry , Michel Thierry |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2850957 |journal=Speculum |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=555–557 |doi=10.2307/2850957 |jstor=2850957 |issn=0038-7134}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nizam |first=Muhammad Huzai