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Alamut Castle
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castle in Qazvin County, Iranian national heritage site
Key facts
- Type
- Castle
- Architectural style
- Iranian
- Location
- Alamut region, Qazvin Province of Iran , (Historically also: Tabaristan ) , Moallem Kalayeh , Iran
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultural property
- Country
- Iran
- Elevation
- 2000
- Founded by
- Justanids
- Owned by
- Hasan-i Sabbah
- Material used
- stone
- Image
- 2008iran. Iran, Alamut Castle (2573255326).jpg
- Significant event
- slighting
- Has use
- prison
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- Commons category
- Alamut Castle
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- directions
- شهرستان قزوین، بخش رودبار الموت
- architectural style
- Safavid architecture
- commanded by
- Muhammad ibn Buzurg-Ummid
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1257-12-00
- different from
- Alamut
- date of official opening
- 0860-00-00
- mountain range
- Alborz
- located in/on physical feature
- Alamut
- price
- 3000
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Encyclopedic overview
Alamut (Persian: الموت, lit. 'Eagle's Nest') is a ruined mountain fortress located in the Alamut region in the South Caspian, near the village of Gazor Khan in Qazvin province in Iran, approximately 200 km (130 mi) from present-day Tehran.
In 1090 AD, the Alamut Castle, a mountain fortress in present-day Iran, came into the possession of Hassan-i Sabbah, a champion of the Nizari Ismaili cause. Until 1256, Alamut functioned as the headquarters of the Nizari Ismaili state, which included a series of strategic strongholds scattered throughout Persia and Syria, with each stronghold being surrounded by swathes of hostile territory.
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