Zikirti or Zikirtu, (also: Zikirta, Zikurti, Zekertu) was an ancient kingdom (750-521 BC), in the north of the Zagros Mountains, which comprised the easternmost part of Greater Mannaea.Ran Zadok, “MANNEA,” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2012, available at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mannea (accessed on 1 January 2024). Geographically it corresponds with the modern counties of Takab County and Shahin Dezh in northwestern Iran.
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