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    approximately 200 km (130 mi) from present-day Tehran.: 22–23  In 1090 AD, the Alamut Castle, a mountain fortress in present-day Iran, came into the possession of...
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    of the Alamut Castle) Alamut River List of Ismaili castles Alamut-e Gharbi District Alamut-e Sharqi District Alamut-e Bala Rural District Alamut-e Pain...
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    Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD, which...
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    capture of Alamut Castle in the Alborz mountain range of Persia, which served as the Assassins' headquarters. The Alamut and Lambsar castles became the...
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    Hasan-i Sabbah (category People from Alamut)
    referenced the sect's possession of the commanding mountain fortress of Alamut Castle. Hasan is thought to have written an autobiography, which did not survive...
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  • Lords of Alamut Castle", as he chose this secluded fortress as his base. Under the leadership of Hassan-i Sabbah and the succeeding lords of Alamut, the strategy...
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    Programme began in 2000. List of castles in Syria Alamut Castle Atashgah Castle Lambsar Castle "Castle of Masyaf". The Institute of Ismaili Studies. "The...
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    hereditary Imam of the Nizari Isma'ilis of the Alamut Period from 1162 until 1166. From his capital of Alamut he ruled parts of Persia and Syria. His chief...
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  • negotiations with the invading Mongols, and under whose leadership Alamut Castle was surrendered to the Mongol Empire marking the end of the Nizari state...
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  • CE) was the Nizari Isma'ili Imām of Alamūt who reigned the longest period out of any lord (Khudawand) of Alamut, forty-four years. He affirmed the policies...
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    World, to indicate Muhammad III of Alamut, the grand master of the Order of Assassins, who took refuge in Alamut Castle. It later became a common name used...
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  • Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (category People from Alamut)
    dāʿī and the second ruler (da'i) of the Nizari Isma'ili State, ruling Alamut Castle from 1124 to 1138 CE (or 518—532 AH). He was of Daylami origin from...
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    Lambsar Castle Around Lambsar Castle Lambsar Castle, top view Muhammad Tapar's anti-Nizari campaign Ismaili Iranian architecture Alamut Castle Atashgah...
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  • The Mongol campaign against the Nizaris of the Alamut period (the Nizari Ismaili state) began in 1253 after the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire...
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    he became the ruler of the Alamut. However, his mother took over the administration of state affairs and governed Alamut for the next six years (1221–1227)...
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  • scholars and jurists from across Khurasan, Qazvin and Iraq to visit Alamut Castle, and even invited them to inspect the library and remove any books they...
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  • the Daylamites also strictly practised endogamy. Rudkhan Castle Alamut Castle Lambsar Castle Fayruz Al Daylami Al-Daylami Fishbein, Michael, ed. (1990)...
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    Alamut Castle in Alamut. This shows that the builders of the castle have carried out extensive field studies to locate it. In total, Atashgah Castle is...
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    November 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015. "Erdoğan's 'Ak Saray' likened to Alamut Castle, Ceausescu's Palace". Hurriyet Daily News. 5 November 2014. Retrieved...
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  • Maymun-Diz (category Alamut)
    the Alamut Period described in historical records. It has been variously identified with the Alamut Castle, Navizar Shah Castle, Shirkuh Castle, Shahrak...
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  • based on the film. Each set featured different Ostrich Race, Alamut market and Alamut castle. In early 2009, Disney and Lego announced a multi-year plan...
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  • monasteries and shrines and killed monks and nuns. The famous library of the Alamut Castle, the main stronghold of the order of the Nizari Ismailis, was burned...
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    bailey at Saône (as the French call it) has weaker walls and towers. The Alamut Castle in Persia (now northwestern Iran), was atop a narrow rock base rising...
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  • Sajid Asaak; Parthian era royal center Astara; Ispahbads of Gilan Alamut Castle; Nizari Ismaili state Amol; Ziyarid, Alavid, Marashis, Dabuyid, Bavandid...
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    pre-medieval use as site for cult rituals or sacrifices. In Iran: Alamut Castle Saru castles Babak Fort In Italy: Castello di Mussomeli [it], Sicily Castello...
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    Rudkhan Castle (Persian: قلعه رودخان; Gilaki: رودخان دژ), also Roodkhan Castle, is a brick and stone medieval fortress in Iran that was built to defend...
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  • Hassan had chosen the inaccessible castle of Alamut, located in the remote area of Rudbar (nowadays called "Alamut") in northern Persia, as the base of...
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  • until 1162 based in Alamut. Upon the demise of Kiyā Buzurg-Ummīd on February 9, 1138, he was appointed as the commander of Alamut Castle by the third concealed...
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  • Alamut, is a region in north of Qazvin province, Iran. Alamut may also refer to: Alamut Castle, a mountain fortress in Alamut region Alamut state, or...
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    demanded proof, and he obliged by inviting some of Qazvin's leading men to Alamut Castle where he publicly burned Isma'ili texts for them to see. Also in 1210...
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