Gerdkuh

Also known as Girdkuh, Dez-e Gonbadan, Diz-i Gunbadan, Derikunbed, Gerdkooh, Guirdcouh, Girdkjuh, Gird-i-Koh

Gerdkuh was a castle of the Nizari Isma'ili state located near Damghan in the region of Qumis (modern-day Semnan Province of Iran).

Key facts

Building.name: Gerdkuh
Building.native_name: گردکوه
Building.native_name_lang: fa
Building.image: File:نمایی از گردکوه قلعه اسماعیلیان دامغان حاجی آباد رضوه.jpg
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Building.alternate_names: Dez-i Gonbadan
Building.status: In ruins
Building.building_type: Fortress
Building.architectural_style: Ismaili
Building.location: Qumis (modern Semnan Province, Iran)
Building.location_city: Damghan
Building.location_country: Iran
Building.inauguration_date: 1100
Building.renovation_date: 1096
Building.material: Stone
Building.developer: Ra'is Mu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar ibn Ahmad Mustawfi
Building.known_for: Nizari Ismaili stronghold

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 5003
Image: دژ گرد کوه دامغان واپسین دژ اسماعیلیان.jpg
Height: 300

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Commons category: Gerdkuh
directions: ۱۵ ک غرب شهر دامغان
native label: گردکوه
date of official opening: 1096-00-00

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Seljuk period
Khwarezmshahian period
The Mongol siege of Gerdkuh
After the Mongol takeover
Modern studies
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Gerdkuh was a castle of the Nizari Isma'ili state located near Damghan in the region of Qumis (modern-day Semnan Province of Iran).

Gerdkuh is a "fortified mountain"—a high vertical rock of 300 m in height with buildings on its summit and fortifications at its sides, defended by a triple ring of fortifications at its foot, making the citadel impregnable to direct military assault. It was originally a small fort acquired and refortified in 1096 AD by a Seljuq commander who was secretly a Nizari. The fortress served as a place of refuge for the families of the Nizaris, and its strategic location in the middle of the Khorasan Road made it a useful base for collecting taxes from the passing caravans of the Silk Road.