Alamūt - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Alamūt - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Daftary, Farhad

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060401
Doc. NO	:	ALei798
Main Entry	:	Daftary, Farhad
Title & Author	:	Alamūt - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Daftary, Farhad
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,302 words)
Abstract	:	Alamūt , the fortress and seat of the Nizārī Ismāʿīlī state of Persia, is situated in an area known in mediaeval times as Daylamān (in the region of Daylam), later called Rūdbār, some thirty-five kilometres northeast of Qazwīn and near the village of Gāzurkhān. The fortress was erected on the summit of a high rock outcrop in the foothills of the massive Hawdigān range in the central Alburz (or Elburz) Mountains. The fortress dominates a fertile valley and access to it was possible only through a narrow, steep, and winding
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei798.pdf