Qal'at Isfandiyadh
قلعة اسفنديار
A castle in the district of Istakhr on a high mountain, reached by a hard climb of about three miles; no beast can go up, and its water comes from rain. 1
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Qal'at Isfandiyar is a fortress in the district of Istakhr, on the top of a mountain. Al-Idrisi mentions that the climb to it is by a difficult path of about three miles, that no one can reach it on a mount, and that its water comes from rain. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 420
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.420
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