Alamut
Alamut, also called Rudbar, is a region in Iran including western and eastern parts on the western edge of the Alborz range, between the dry and barren plain of Qazvin in the south and the densely forested slopes of the Mazandaran province in the north.Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Area
- Description: region in Iran
- Also known as: “Alamūt”, “Rudbar”, “Rudbar of Alamut”, “Rudbar-e Alamut”, and “Rudbar-i Alamut”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alamut.
Alamut
Photo: Hadibehestani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alamut is a ruined mountain fortress located in the Alamut region in the South Caspian, near the village of Gazor Khan in Qazvin province in Iran, approximately 200 km from present-day Tehran. Alamut is situated 2½ km north of Alamut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madan and Kafar Kosh.
Madan
Village
Madan is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 315, in 77 families. Madan is situated 3½ km south of Alamut.
Kafar Kosh
Village
Kafar Kosh is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 42, in 15 families. Kafar Kosh is situated 4 km south of Alamut.
Sefiddar
Village
Sefiddar is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 78, in 21 families. Sefiddar is situated 4½ km southeast of Alamut.
Alamut
- Category: region
- Location: Qazvin Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Alamut” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آلموت”
- Catalan: “Alamut”
- Chinese: “阿拉穆”
- Chinese: “阿拉穆特”
- German: “Alamut”
- Gilaki: “ألمۊت”
- Greek: “Αλαμούτ”
- Hebrew: “אלמות”
- Indonesian: “Alamut”
- Japanese: “アラムート”
- Japanese: “アラムト”
- Persian: “الموت”
- Russian: “Аламут”
- Saraiki: “الموت”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alamut”
- Slovenian: “Alamut”
- Slovenian: “Rudbar”
- South Azerbaijani: “الموت”
- Tajik: “Аламут”
- Turkish: “Alamut Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Elemût Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Аламут”
- Urdu: “الموت”
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