Qalaat al-Madiq (Arabic: قلعة المضيق also spelled Kal'at al-Mudik or Qal'at al-Mudiq; also known as Afamiyya or Famiyyah) is a town and medieval fortress...

List of the strongholds or dar al-hijra of the Order of Assassins in Persia (Iran) and Syria. Most of the Persian Ismaili castles were in the Alborz mountains...

London: Al Saqi Books, 2004. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shaizar. Shaizar on www.cometosyria.com Apamea and the citadels of Mudiq and Shaizar...