🏰 Babak Fort

Iran · Asia · 38.84°N, 46.98°E

Pāpak Fort or Babak Castle, is a large citadel on the top of a mountain in the Arasbaran forests, 50 km from Ahar, one parasang from Ardabil, 6 km southwest of Kalibar City in northwestern Iran. According to Ibn al- Nadim, it was the stronghold of Javidhan and Babak Khorramdin, the leaders of the Khurramites in Iranian Azerbaijan who fought the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate. The fort was conquered and ruined by Abbasid general Afshin's army in 837.

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Quick facts

Country	Iran
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	38.84°N, 46.98°E · view on map

Babak Fort is located in Iran, in Asia.

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