Maymun-Diz

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Maymūn-Diz (); also . The first component means both "monkey" and "blessed", and is variously transliterated as maymun (maymūn), meymun (meymūn), maimun (maimūn), meimun (meimūn), meymoon, meimoon. The second component means "fortress", and is variously transliterated as dez, diz, dezh, dizh, dej, dij. was a major fortress of the Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut Period described in historical records. It has been variously identified with the Alamut Castle, Navizar Shah Castle, Shirkuh Castle, Shahrak Castle, and Shams Kalayeh Cave. Recently, Enayatollah Majidi located it on top of Mount Shatan ( Kūh-e Shātān; ) near Khoshk Chal. Read more on Wikipedia

type: building
date from: 1097

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