Zibad Castle

Zibad Castle is one of the four historical monuments of Zibad, Iran, located in the Kakhk district of Gonabad County, in the Razavi Khorasan Province. It is believed to be the last refuge of Yazdegerd III, whose death signaled the collapse of the Sasanian Empire and the conquest of pre-Islamic Iran. In 2001, the castle was registered as a national heritage property. Zibad Castle has also been nationally registered under the name of Shahab Castle since 2002.

Last shelter of the last Sasanian emperor

In 651, Yazdegerd III was defeated by the Muslim Arabs in the city of Gonabad in the province of Merv. His heavy Sasanian cavalry was too sluggish and systematized to contain them; if he had employed lightly-armed Arab or East Iranian mercenaries from Khorasan and Transoxiana he would have been much more successful.
Shortly after this, Yazdegerd III was murdered, leaving several different and contradictory narratives about his death.

One source reports he sought refuge with a miller, who killed him to obtain his jewelry on the orders of Mahoe Suri.

The narration of Al-Baladhuri in Kitab Futuh al-Buldan suggests that Yazdgerd was killed in Gonabad. The main text of Blazeri's book ''The Fate of Yazdgerd III'':

The death of Yazdegerd marked the end of the Sasanian Empire, the last Persian imperial dynasty before the arrival of Islam (224-651). All of Khorasan was soon conquered by the Arabs, who would use it as a base to attack Transoxiana.

Sufeh Pir

Sufeh Pir is a cave believed to be the tomb of Piran Viseh in Kūh-Zibad mountain. He was a Turanian figure in Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran. Beside Shahnameh, Piran is also mentioned in other sources such as Tabari and Tha'ālibī. He was the king of Khotan and the spahbed of Afrasiab, the king of Turan.

According to the book of Dr Abas Zamani Piran Viseh was buried in the cave of Sofe Zibad now called DarSufa Pir

See also

*Zibad
*Davazdah Rokh
*Kūh-Zibad
*Bajestan
* Ferdous
*Birjand

References

Sources

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Report of a Persian magazineCastle of Shah Nesheen ZibadDr Ajam, Geography of the 12 Rokh War in Zibad Gonabad, Mashahd University Magazine Simorgh No9 year9. 953942
شابک ۹۵۳۹۴۲
''3 historical Places in Zibad''
Persian book
Geography of GonabadPangereh Magazine 2012 Castle of Zeibad by Dr AjamPhoto of the castleZibad history by Dr Ajamshahname/12rokh warBook by Dr Zamani and Ajam 1972 no 41 magazineArticle in Persian language. ''Parssea'' magazine, 2011
*Geography and tribe and minority in Khorasan, Mohammad Ajam, research published 1992, University of Imam Sadegh, Tehran.

Gallery

File:Darb Soufeh.zibad a sassanid castle.JPG, DarSoufeh.Zibad
File:Zibad Castle.jpg, Zibad Castle زیبد
File:Zibad Castle 1.jpg, Zibad Castle قلعه زیبد
File:Zibad Rheum or red Rheum Iran.jpg, Zibad Rheum
File:KarizZibad.jpg, Kariz Zebad
File:ZibadTirMahi.jpg, zibad Mountain
File:Komay Zibad.jpg, Ferula Zibad
File:Zeebad.jpg, Sassanian Castel
File:Darb Soufeh. a sassanid castel.JPG, Soufe Zibad
File:Saffron Field.JPG
File:RivasIranZibad.JPG, Rivas zibad
File:تیرمهیtirMahiZibad.jpg, Kūh-ZibadZibad Gonabad
File:YaldaZibad.jpg, A photograph of Yaldā Night.
File:Ancient water clock used in qanat of gonabad 2500 years ago.JPG, Ancient water clock used in qanat of gonabad 2500 years ago
File:میرآب.JPG, Reconstruction of the scene with a real manager of the water clock, Iran
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Populated places in Gonabad County
Tourist attractions in Razavi Khorasan Province
Castles in Iran