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Alamūt Castle and Related Fortifications
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How it came to be
In the Alamut valley of the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran, south of the Caspian Sea, a castle stands on a steep rock. Around 840, it is said, Wahsudan of the Justanid dynasty of Daylam saw an eagle perch on the rock and chose the spot for a fortress.
In 1090 Hassan-i Sabbah, a leader of the Nizari Ismailis, took the castle and founded a state. Until 1256 Alamut was its political, religious and intellectual centre, famed for its library, and it held out against the Seljuks and the Khwarazmians.
In 1256 Rukn al-Din Khurshah surrendered the castle to the Mongols, who dismantled it and destroyed the library. In 2026 Alamut Castle and six related fortifications were inscribed on the World Heritage List.
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