Anshan (
Anšan, modern
Tall-i Malyan), or
Anzan (
Elamite) northwest of
Shiraz, in the
Beyza / Ramjerd plain, in the province of
Fars in the
Zagros mountains, southwestern
Iran, was one of the early capitals of
Elam from the 3rd millennium BC, and later Persia from the 7th century BC.