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Alamut Castle

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151150_sv.jpg

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2.64 MB

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JPEG

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Creator(s)
Persian, Islamic
Time period
creation date: original castle rebuilt by local ‘Alid ruler, 860, alteration date: rebuilt after capture by Hasan Sabbah, ca. 1090, other date: captured by Mongol forces, 1256
Location
Site: near Qazvin (Iran)
Site: near Gazer Khani (Iran)
Cultural context
Persian
Islamic
Description
general view, 2001
Work type
Castle (fortification)
Medium
stone
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) MIT Libraries, Aga Khan Visual Archive, photograph by Khosrow Bozorgi
Access rights
All rights reserved
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