| Maymun-Diz | |
|---|---|
میمون دژ | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | cave-fortress |
| Location | disputed; near Alamut Castle |
| Country | Iran |
| Inaugurated | 1097 |
| Demolished | November 1256 |
| Client | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Technical details | |
| Material | plaster, gravel |
Maymūn-Diz (Persian: میمون دز)[1] was a major fortress of the Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut Period described in historical records.[2][3] It has been variously identified with the Alamut Castle, Navizar Shah Castle, Shirkuh Castle, Shahrak Castle, and Shams Kalayeh Cave. Recently, Enayatollah Majidi located it on top of Mount Shatan (کوه شاتان Kūh-e Shātān; 36°28′34″N 50°36′25″E / 36.4762463°N 50.6069645°E) near Khoshk Chal.[4][5]
The fortress was surrendered by Imam Rukn al-Din Khurshah, who was residing there, to the invading Mongols under Hulagu Khan and was subsequently demolished. This was followed by surrender of Alamut and almost all other strongholds and the disestablishment of the Nizari state.
- ^ Persian pronunciation: [mei̯mʊnˈdez]; also میمون دژ [mei̯mʊnˈdeʒ]. The first component means both "monkey" and "blessed", and is variously transliterated as maymun (maymūn), meymun (meymūn), maimun (maimūn), meimun (meimūn), meymoon, meimoon. The second component means "fortress", and is variously transliterated as dez, diz, dezh, dizh, dej, dij.
- ^ يوسف, فضايى، (2004). تحقيق در تاريخ و عقايد مذاهب اهل سنت اسماعيليه (in Persian). آشيانه كتاب،. p. 366. ISBN 9789646350779.
- ^ Kasravi, Ahmad; Amini, Mohammad (2011). شیعی گری: shi'ism (in Persian). Ketab.com. p. 289. ISBN 978-1-59584-307-4.
- ^ Majīdī, ʻInāyat Allāh (2005). Maymun dizh-i Alamut: barrisi-i jughrafiya-i va tārīkhī (in Persian). Bunyad-i Muqufa̲t-i Duktur Mahmud-i Afshār. ISBN 978-964-6053-24-3.
- ^ الله, مجيدي، عنايت (2006). مىمون دژ الموت بررسى تارىخى و جغرافىاىى (in Persian). بنىاد موقوفات دکتر محمود افشار،. ISBN 978-964-6053-24-3.