Rig Castle, the Glossary
Rig Castle (قلعه ریگ) is a Castle related to the Seljuq dynasty and is located in the Kashmar County, Quzhd village.[1]
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5 relations: Iran, Iranian architecture, Kashmar County, Quzhd, Kashmar, Seljuk dynasty.
- Buildings and structures in Kashmar
- Buildings and structures in Razavi Khorasan province
- Ruined castles in Iran
- Seljuk castles
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.
Iranian architecture
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (معمارى ایرانی, Me'māri e Irāni) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Kashmar County
Kashmar County (شهرستان کاشمر) is in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.
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Quzhd, Kashmar
Quzhd (قوژد) is a village in, and the capital of Bala Velayat Rural District of the Central District of Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.
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Seljuk dynasty
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids (سلجوقیان Saljuqian, alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), Seljuqs, also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turkomans at the battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert) is taken as a turning point in the history of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire." or the Saljuqids, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture in West Asia and Central Asia.
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See also
Buildings and structures in Kashmar
- Amin al-tojar Caravansarai
- Atashgah Castle
- Atashgah Manmade-Cave
- Haji Jalal Mosque
- Imamzadeh Hamzeh, Kashmar
- Imamzadeh Seyed Morteza
- Jameh Mosque of Kashmar
- Rig Castle
- Tomb of Hassan Modarres
Buildings and structures in Razavi Khorasan province
- Abbasabad Complex Taybad
- Atashgah Castle
- Bandian complex
- Binalood Wind Farm
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
- Ghiasieh School, Khargerd
- Hakim Sabzevari University
- Haruniyeh Dome
- Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar Branch
- Jameh Mosque of Nishapur
- Jameh Mosque of Radkan
- Jameh Mosque of Sabzevar
- Karat Minaret
- Khosrogerd Minaret
- Mausoleum of Kamal-ol-Molk
- Mausoleum of Omar Khayyám
- Omar Khayyam High School
- Omar Khayyam Square
- Qadamgah Mosque
- Qanats of Ghasabeh
- Quchan University of Technology
- Rig Castle
- Sabzevar Airport
- Sarakhs Airport
- Shadiyakh
- Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami mausoleum complex
- Sun Palace
- Tus Citadel
- University of Neyshabur
- Wooden Mosque
- Yakhchāl of Kowsar
Ruined castles in Iran
- Alamut Castle
- Atashgah Castle
- Maymun-Diz
- Nahavand Castle
- Naryn Castle, Ardabil
- Qal'eh Dokhtar, Ferdows
- Qal'eh Dokhtar, Kerman
- Qal'eh Kuh of Ferdows
- Rashkan Castle
- Rey Castle
- Rig Castle
Seljuk castles
- Alanya Castle
- Jalali Castle
- Kamar Qala Castle
- Keshit Castle
- Kheshti Castle
- Kuh Shakhen Castle
- Lisar Castle
- Malekabad Zakht Castle
- Poulad Castle
- Rig Castle
- Rostam Castle
- Sarv-e Jahan Castle
- Semoran Castle
- Shahdiz
- Tak Aghaj Castle
- Yengejeh Castle
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig_Castle
Also known as Rig Castle of Kashmar.