Babak Fort
Castle in Kaleybar County, Iranian national heritage site / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pāpak Fort (Persian: بابک قالاسی: ترکی آذربایجانی) or Babak Castle[1] (Persian: قلعه بابک), ″Ghal’eh-e Baz″ is a large citadel on the top of a mountain in the Arasbaran forests, 50 km from Ahar, one parasang from Ardabil, 6 km southwest of Kalibar City in northwestern Iran.[2][3] According to Ibn al- Nadim, it was the stronghold of Javidhan and Babak Khorramdin, the leaders of the Khurramites in Iranian Azerbaijan who fought the Islamic caliphate of Abbassids.[1][4] The fort was conquered and ruined by Afshin′s army in 837.[5][6][7][8]
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