Alamut

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castle fortress historical site mountain fortress

Alamut was a medieval mountain fortress in northern Iran that served as the stronghold of the Nizari Ismaili state and a renowned center of scholarship and strategy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Alamut canonical 2
Alamut Castle 1
Alamut castles 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
mountain fortress ⓘ
capturedBy Hasan-i Sabbah NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedInYear 1090 ⓘ
controlledBy Assassins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nizari Ismailis NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalImpact inspiration for legends of the Assassins ⓘ
subject of historical novels ⓘ
destroyedBy Hülegü Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedInYear 1256 ⓘ
foundedBy Wahid al-Din Rabi ibn Mansur NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature natural defenses ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
stone fortifications ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
water cisterns ⓘ
knownFor Nizari Ismaili leadership ⓘ
association with the Assassins ⓘ
esoteric Ismaili teachings ⓘ
extensive library ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
network of mountain fortresses ⓘ
scholarly activity ⓘ
locatedIn Alborz Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Qazvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Alamut Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nizari Ismaili state NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentCondition ruins ⓘ
religion Nizari Ismailism NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent Mongol siege ⓘ
establishment of Nizari Ismaili state ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
medieval era ⓘ
tourism heritage tourism site ⓘ
popular destination for hikers ⓘ
usedAs center of administration ⓘ
center of scholarship ⓘ
center of strategy ⓘ
fortified residence ⓘ
stronghold ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → placeOfActivity → Alamut ⓘ
Qazvin Province → contains → Alamut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alamut region
Qazvin Province → contains → Alamut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alamut Castle
Qazvin Province → hasCulturalHeritageSite → Alamut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alamut castles
Alamut period → hasCenter → Alamut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alamut fortress
Alamut period → hasFortress → Alamut ⓘ