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Chesmeh Ali is now, ironically, totally level due to erosion and excavation, but it is where bones of the first tribes people in the Rayy region were found, and so bears considerable importance to the history of Rayy. Fath Ali Shah frequently wandered the city of Rayy, and in 1831, his portrait along with those of many other Qajar rulers of the time period between 1796-1925 was carved into stones around the hill. As a result of these stones, many Islamic poets have come to Chesmeh to inscribe their works on stones around the hill, making the hill itself a sort of monument to Islamic culture.(I realize that if the hill is level then picking this hill to represent it is silly, but Cheshmeh Ali hill was probably part of a formation like this one, and from looking at pictures the terrain seems appropriate. Since the hill was excavated in 1936, there would not be an excavation sight.)