 Freya Stark travelled there in 1931 and described her thwarted efforts to climb Takht-e Suleyman in "The Valleys of the Assassins".Douglas Busk, a British mountaineer, explored the area in 1932, and made the first recorded ascent of Alam Kuh in 1933 via the east ridge.Later on, Busk along with Professor Bobek made a detailed survey of this area.