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Iraj Castle
Iraj Castle ( fa, قلعه ایرج ''Qal'eh Iraj'') is a fortification built in 4th or 5th century AD in the central region of Rey, Iran, Ray, Sasanian Empire, near modern-day Asgarabad-e Abbasi, Iran. The monument is known for its peculiar design: large defensive walls with embedded rooms and arches, with towers at regular intervals, enclosing a vast empty interior of 190 hectares (470 acres). The design is similar to several other Sasanian campaign bases. The permanent service members supposedly occupied the walls and the rooms inside it, while the empty interior would be occupied by tents or used for training or military assemblies. It probably served as a central military base for operations elsewhere, especially against the incursions of nomadic nations in the north. Description and purpose The structure consists of an empty area approximately , surrounded by a wall in width and up to in height. It featured 148 densely spaced towers and four monumental gates. The massiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraj
Iraj ( fa, ایرج - ʾīraj; Middle Persian, Pahlavi: ērič; from Avestan language, Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 airiia, literally "Aryan") is the seventh Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty, depicted in the ''Shahnameh''. Based on Persian mythology, Iranian mythology, he is the youngest son of Fereydun. In the Avestan legends, Pahlavi literature, Sasanian-based Persian sources, some Arabic sources, and particularly in ''Shahnameh'', he is considered the name-giver of the Iranian nation, the ancestor of their royal houses, and a paragon of those slain in defense of just causes. File:Firdawsi - The Murder of Iraj - Walters W60230B - Full Page.jpg, A page from ''Shahnameh'', in Walters Art Museum, showing the murder of Iraj by his brothers File:Salm and Tur murder Iraj.jpg, Murder scene of Iraj by his brothers, Salm and Tur, from National Library of Russia, St Petersburg – The calligraphy in the margins are Nastaʿlīq script, Nastaliq File:The Murder of Iraj.jpg, From a Folio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaleh Pol Gonbad
Qaleh or Qal‘eh ( fa, قلعه) may refer to: Ardabil Province *Qaleh, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran Fars Province * Qaleh, Fars, a village in Jahrom County * Qaleh Kharabeh, Fars, a village in Sepidan County Gilan Province * Qaleh, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran East Azerbaijan Province * Qaleh, Azarshahr, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Qaleh, Bostanabad, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Qaleh, alternate name of Qaleh-ye Olya, a village in Bostanabad County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Qaleh, Maragheh, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Qaleh, Meyaneh, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Hormozgan Province * Qaleh, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran Kerman Province *Qaleh Rural District, in Kerman Province Kermanshah Province * Qaleh, Kermanshah, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran Khuzestan Province * Qaleh, Ahvaz, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Qaleh, Omidiyeh, a village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasanian Defence Lines
The defense lines (or ''"limes"'') of the Sasanians were part of their military strategy and tactics. They were networks of fortifications, walls, and/or ditches built opposite the territory of the enemies. These defense lines are known from tradition and archaeological evidence. The fortress systems of the Western, Arabian, and Central Asian fronts were of both defensive and offensive functions. Mesopotamia The rivers Euphrates, Great Zab, and Little Zab acted as natural defenses for Mesopotamia (Asorestan). Sasanian development of irrigation systems in Mesopotamia further acted as water defense lines, notably the criss-crossing trunk canals in Khuzestan and the northern extension of the Nahrawan Canal, known as the ''Cut of Khusrau'', which made the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon virtually impregnable in late Sasanian period. In the early period of the Sasanian Empire, a number of buffer states existed between Persia and the Roman Empire, which played a major role in Roman- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonbad-e Kavus
Gonbad-e Kavus ( fa, گنبد کاووس, Gonbade Kâvus) is a city in Golestan province, Iran. The modern name, meaning "the tower of Kavus", is a reference to the most imposing ancient monument in the city. The historic name cannot now be restored, because it was assigned to the neighboring historical city of Astarabad in the 1930s by the Iranian government. At one point, it was even known as the city of Dashte Gorgan, meaning "the Plains of Gorgan". It is the capital of Gonbad-e Kavus County, in the province of Golestān Province, Golestān in the northeast of Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 127,167, in 30,710 families. In the historical times, the city's populations were made up of various Iranic peoples such as the ancient and eponymous Hyrcanians, Parthian Empire, Parthians and eventually the Khurasani Persians. Today, however, there are no reliable figures for the ethnic make of the city. However, it is agreed that the city has a plurality of its inhabitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabri Qaleh (born 2002), Spanish football midfielder
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Gabri may refer to: * Gabri, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province * Southern Gabri language, spoken in Chad * Zoroastrian Dari language, referred to pejoratively as Gabri People * Gabri (footballer, born 1979) (Gabriel Francisco García de la Torre), Spanish football midfielder and manager * Gabri (footballer, born 1985) (Gabriel Gómez Román), Spanish football forward * Gabri (footballer, born 1993) (Gabri Izquier), Spanish football defender * Gabri Cardozo (born 1997), Uruguayan football defender * Gabri Martínez (born 2003), Spanish football forward * Gabri Veiga Gabriel Veiga Novas (; born 27 May 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli. Club career Celta Veiga was born in O Porriño, Pontevedra, Galicia, and was a RC Celta de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zadian, Afghanistan
Zadian (Pashto/Persian: زادیان) is a village in Dawlatabad District, Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. History The Zadian Minaret (named after the village) was built by the Seljuk dynasty, during the 12th century. According to the ''Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan'', the minaret was built in 1108–09. However, some archaeological studies suggest that the date of the construction of the minaret is approximately around the year 760. As the minaret is climbable, local citizens have scaled the tower and some have fallen to their deaths in attempts. Near the minaret is the Shrine of Hazrat Saleh, which is an Islamic pilgrim site. In the 12th century, the village was missed by Genghis Khan and the invading Mongols. Archaeology has taken place in the village, including works by the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan The French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (french: La Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA)) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contravallation
Investment is the military process of surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape. It serves both to cut communications with the outside world and to prevent supplies and reinforcements from being introduced. A contravallation is a line of fortifications, built by the attackers around the besieged fortification facing towards an enemy fort to protect the besiegers from sorties by its defenders and to enhance the blockade. The contravallation can be used as a base to launch assaults against the besieged city or to construct further earthworks nearer to the city. A circumvallation may be constructed if the besieging army is threatened by a field army allied to an enemy fort. It is a second line of fortifications outside the contravallation that faces away from an enemy fort. The circumvallation protects the besiegers from attacks by allies of the city's defenders and enhances the blockade of an enemy fort by making it more difficult to smuggle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorasmia
Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by the Karakum Desert, and on the west by the Ustyurt Plateau. It was the center of the Iranian Khwarezmian civilization, and a series of kingdoms such as the Afrighid dynasty and the Anushtegin dynasty, whose capitals were (among others) Kath, Gurganj (now Konye-Urgench) and – from the 16th century on – Khiva. Today Khwarazm belongs partly to Uzbekistan and partly to Turkmenistan. Names and etymology Names Khwarazm has been known also as ''Chorasmia'', ''Khaurism'', ''Khwarezm'', ''Khwarezmia'', ''Khwarizm'', ''Khwarazm'', ''Khorezm'', ''Khoresm'', ''Khorasam'', ''Kharazm'', ''Harezm'', ''Horezm'', and ''Chorezm''. In Avestan the name is '; in Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akchakhan-Kala
Akchakhan-Kala, or Akcha-khan Kala, also named after the locality Kazakly-Yatkan/ Kazakl'i-Yatkan, in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 4th/ 3rd century BCE and occupied until it was despoiled in the 2nd century CE. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan. The abandonment of Akchakhan-Kala was apparently followed by the establishment of the new capital of Toprak-Kala, 14 km to the northeast. Excavations Akcha-khan Kala has been the object of numerous excavations, still ongoing. A ceremonial complex with a hypostyle hall was discovered. File:Corner of upper enclosure of Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Corner of upper enclosure of Kazakl'i-yatkan File:Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Kazakl'i-yatkan File:Column base at Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Column base at Kazakl'i-yatkan File:Mud brick floor at Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Mud brick floor at Kazakl'i-yatkan Paintings Many decorations have been found, belonging to the period from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazakl'i-Yatkan
Akchakhan-Kala, or Akcha-khan Kala, also named after the locality Kazakly-Yatkan/ Kazakl'i-Yatkan, in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 4th/ 3rd century BCE and occupied until it was despoiled in the 2nd century CE. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan. The abandonment of Akchakhan-Kala was apparently followed by the establishment of the new capital of Toprak-Kala, 14 km to the northeast. Excavations Akcha-khan Kala has been the object of numerous excavations, still ongoing. A ceremonial complex with a hypostyle hall was discovered. File:Corner of upper enclosure of Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Corner of upper enclosure of Kazakl'i-yatkan File:Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Kazakl'i-yatkan File:Column base at Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Column base at Kazakl'i-yatkan File:Mud brick floor at Kazakl'i-yatkan.jpg, Mud brick floor at Kazakl'i-yatkan Paintings Many decorations have been found, belonging to the period from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Wall Of Gorgan
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a Sasanian-era defense system located near modern Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, at the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea. The western, Caspian Sea, end of the wall is near the remains of the fort at: ; the eastern end of the wall, near the town of Pishkamar, is near the remains of the fort at: . The title coordinate is for the location of the remains of a fort midway along the wall. The wall is located at a geographic narrowing between the Caspian Sea and the mountains of northeastern Iran. It is one of several Caspian Gates at the eastern part of a region known in antiquity as Hyrcania, on the nomadic route from the northern steppes to the Iranian heartland. The wall is believed to have protected the Sassanian Empire to the south from the peoples to the north,Omrani Rekavandi, H., Sauer, E., Wilkinson, T. & Nokandeh, J. (2008)The enigma of the red snake: revealing one of the world’s greatest frontier walls ''Current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaleh Kharabeh, Gorgan
Qaleh Kharabeh ( fa, قلعه خرابه, also Romanized as Qal‘eh Kharābeh) is the archaeological site of a 5th-century fort in the Gorgan Plain, in Golestan Province in northeastern Iran. It lies one mile to the south of the Great Wall of Gorgan, which was a fortification built between the Caspian Sea and the Kopet Dag Mountains between 420 AD and 530s AD by the Sasanian Empire, on the northern edge of their empire. The fort may have served as a barracks for soldiers defending the wall or may have been used by civilians, but its neat layout suggest it had a military origin. A magnetometer A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment. Different types of magnetometers measure the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location. A compass is one such device, o ... survey of Qaleh Kharabeh was made in 2007 and 2008. The fort had a formal and precise, military-style layout. A central crossroads was found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
