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Gerdkuh, the Glossary

Gerdkuh was a castle of the Nizari Isma'ili state located near Damghan in the region of Qumis (modern-day Semnan Province of Iran).^[1]

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Castles of the Nizari Ismaili state
Earthquakes in the medieval Islamic world
Forts in Iran
Nizari Ismaili–Seljuk relations
Qumis (region)
Sieges involving the Mongol Empire

Abaqa Khan

Abaqa Khan (27 February 1234 – 4 April 1282, ᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠᠬᠠᠨ (Traditional script), "paternal uncle", also transliterated Abaġa), was the second Mongol ruler (Ilkhan) of the Ilkhanate.

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Ahmad Sanjar (احمد سنجر; full name: Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah) (6 November 1086 – 8 May 1157) was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until 1118, Encyclopædia Iranica when he became the Sultan of the Seljuq Empire, which he ruled until his death in 1157. Gerdkuh and Ahmad Sanjar are Nizari Ismaili–Seljuk relations.

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Alamut Castle

Alamut (الموت) is a mountain fortress at an altitude of 2163 meters at the central Alborz, in the Iranian stanza of Qazvin, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Gerdkuh and Alamut Castle are castles in Iran, castles of the Nizari Ismaili state and Sieges involving the Mongol Empire.

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Alborz

The Alborz (البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller Aladagh Mountains and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge Kopet Dag in the northern parts of Khorasan.

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Amir Vali

Amir Vali (also spelled Wali) was the ruler of Astarabad and parts of Mazandaran from 1356 until 1366, and again from c. 1374 until 1384.

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Amu Darya

The Amu Darya, also called the Amu, the Amo, and historically the Oxus (Latin: Ōxus; Greek: Ὦξος, Ôxos), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

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Baduspanids

The Baduspanids or Badusbanids (Bâduspâniân), were a local Iranian dynasty of Tabaristan which ruled over Ruyan/Rustamdar.

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Bavand dynasty

The Bavand dynasty (also spelled Bavend), or simply the Bavandids, was an Iranian dynasty that ruled in parts of Tabaristan (present-day Mazandaran province) in what is now northern Iran from 651 until 1349, alternating between outright independence and submission as vassals to more powerful regional rulers.

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Berkyaruq

Rukn al-Din Abu'l-Muzaffar Berkyaruq ibn Malikshah (Rukn al-Dīn Abuʿl-Moẓaffar Berkyāruq ibn Malik-Šāh; 1079/80 – 1105), better known as Berkyaruq (برکیارق), was the fifth sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1094 to 1105.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Damghan

Damghan (دامغان) is a city in the Central District of Damghan County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Dasht-e Kavir

Dasht-e Kavir (lit in classical Persian, from khwar (low), and dasht (plain, flatland)) or the Kavir Desert, also known as Kavir-e Namak or the Great Salt Desert, is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian Plateau.

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Emir

Emir (أمير, also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has a long history of use in the Arab World, East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.

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Esfandiyār

Esfandiyār or Espandiyār (Spəntōδāta-; Spandadāt) is a legendary Iranian hero and one of the characters of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.

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Gatehouse

A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance.

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Gorgan

Gorgan (گرگان) is a city in the Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

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Hajjiabad-e Razveh

Hajjiabad-e Razveh (حاجی آباد رضوه, also Romanized as Ḩājjīābād-e Raẕveh) is a village in Qohab-e Sarsar Rural District, Amirabad District, Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran.

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Hasan-i Sabbah

Hasan-i Sabbah (1050 – 12 June 1124), also known as Hasan I of Alamut, was a religious and military leader, founder of the Nizari Ismai'li sect widely known as the Hashshashin or the Order of Assassins, as well as the Nizari Ismaili state, ruling from 1090 to 1124 AD.

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Hayton of Corycus

Hayton of Corycus (also Hethum, Het'um, and variants; lit) was a medieval Armenian nobleman, monk and historiographer.

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Hijri year

The Hijri year (سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويمالهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar.

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History of Yuan

The History of Yuan, also known as the Yuanshi, is one of the official Chinese historical works known as the Twenty-Four Histories of China.

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Hulegu Khan

Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulaguᠬᠦᠯᠡᠭᠦ|lit.

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Ilkhanate

The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate, ruled by the Il-Khans or Ilkhanids (translit), and known to the Mongols as Hülegü Ulus, was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Khurasan Road

The (Great) Khurasan Road was the great trunk road connecting Mesopotamia to the Iranian Plateau and thence to Central Asia, China, and the Indus Valley.

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Kitbuqa

Kitbuqa Noyan (died 1260), also spelled Kitbogha, Kitboga, or Ketbugha, was an Eastern Christian of the Naimans, a group that was subservient to the Mongol Empire.

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Lambsar Castle

Lambsar (لمبسر, also pronounced Lamsar), Lamasar, Lambasar, Lambesar (لمبه سر) or Lomasar (لمسر) was probably the largest and the most fortified of the Ismaili castles. Gerdkuh and Lambsar Castle are castles in Iran and castles of the Nizari Ismaili state.

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List of Assassin strongholds

List of the strongholds or dar al-hijra of the Order of Assassins in Persia (Iran) and Syria. Gerdkuh and List of Assassin strongholds are castles in Iran and castles of the Nizari Ismaili state.

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Maymun-Diz

Maymūn-Diz (میمون دز) was a major fortress of the Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut Period described in historical records. Gerdkuh and Maymun-Diz are castles in Iran and castles of the Nizari Ismaili state.

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Möngke Khan

Möngke Khan (also Möngke Khagan or Möngke; 11 January 1209 – 11 August 1259) was the fourth khagan of the Mongol Empire, ruling from 1 July 1251, to 11 August 1259.

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Mehdishahr

Mehdishahr (مهدی‌شهر), previously Sangsar, is a city in the Central District of Mehdishahr County, Semnan province, Iran, serving a capital of both the county and the district.

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Mingghan

The mingghan (*mïŋgan) was a social-military unit of 1000 households created by Genghis Khan.

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Mongol campaign against the Nizaris

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 and a series of Nizari–Mongol conflicts. Gerdkuh and Mongol campaign against the Nizaris are Sieges involving the Mongol Empire.

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Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history.

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Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire

Between 1219 and 1221, the Mongol forces under Genghis Khan invaded the lands of the Khwarazmian Empire in Central Asia.

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Muhammad (Bavandid ruler)

Shams al-Muluk Muhammad of Tabaristan (شمس الملوک محمد) was the ruler of the Bavand dynasty from 1249 to 1271.

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Muhammad II of Khwarazm

'Alā' al-Din Muhammad (Persian: علاءالدین محمد خوارزمشاه; full name: Ala ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul-Fath Muhammad Sanjar ibn Tekish) was the Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire from 1200 to 1220.

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Naser al-Din Shah Qajar

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Nāser-ad-Din Ŝāh-e Qājār; 17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated.

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Nizari Ismaili state

The 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 marked the beginning of an era of Ismailism known as the "Alamut period".

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Qajar dynasty

The Qajar dynasty (translit; 1789–1925) was an Iranian dynasty founded by Mohammad Khan of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman Qajar tribe.

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Quhistan

Quhistan (قهستان) or Kohistan (کهستان, "mountainous land") was a region of medieval Persia, essentially the southern part of Khurasan.

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Qumis (region)

Qūmis (قومس, from Kōmis / Kōmiš; Kōmisēnē; Komsh), was a province in pre-Islamic Persia, lying between the southern Alborz chain watershed and the northern fringes of the Dasht-e Kavir.

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Rais

(رئيس.), plural, is an Arabic title meaning 'chief' or 'leader'.

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Ray, Iran

Shahre Ray, Shahr-e Ray, Shahre Rey, or Shahr-e Rey (Ŝahr-e Rey) or simply Ray or Rey (ری), is the capital of Rey County in Tehran Province, Iran.

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Safavid Iran

Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire,, officially known as the Guarded Domains of Iran, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerdkuh

Also known as Gerd-kouh, Gerdkooh, Gerdkouh, Gerdkuh Castle, Girdkoh, Girdkuh, Gonbadan Dej, Gonbadan Dez, Gonbadan Dezh.

, Subutai, Tumen (unit).

Gerdkuh, the Glossary

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See also

Castles of the Nizari Ismaili state

Earthquakes in the medieval Islamic world

Forts in Iran

Nizari Ismaili–Seljuk relations

Qumis (region)

Sieges involving the Mongol Empire

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