Gerdkuh
Sign in to saveGerdkuh 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
- Building.image_alt
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- Building.alt
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Opened
- 1096
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultural property
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Qohab-e Sarsar Rural District
- Elevation
- +5003
- Image
- دژ گرد کوه دامغان واپسین دژ اسماعیلیان.jpg
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- Alborz
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Name
- Description
- History
- Seljuk period
- Khwarezmshahian period
- The Mongol siege of Gerdkuh
- After the Mongol takeover
- Modern studies
- See also
- References
- External links
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.