Baz castle - Babak castle - Jamhur castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Kaleybar County, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Babak Castle”, “Babak Fort”, “Babak Fortress”, “Badh”, and “Badhayn”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shojaabad and Zaviyeh.
Shojaabad
Hamlet
Photo: Abdossamad Talebpour, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shojaabad is a village in Misheh Pareh Rural District, in the Central District of Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73, in 21 families. Shojaabad is situated 3 km northeast of Baz castle - Babak castle - Jamhur castle.
Zaviyeh
Hamlet
Zaviyeh is a village in Misheh Pareh Rural District, in the Central District of Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 63, in 11 families. Zaviyeh is situated 3 km east of Baz castle - Babak castle - Jamhur castle.
Uzi
Village
Uzi is a village in Peyghan Chayi Rural District, in the Central District of Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 149, in 34 families. Uzi is situated 3½ km southeast of Baz castle - Babak castle - Jamhur castle.
Baz castle - Babak castle - Jamhur castle
- Categories: castle, cultural property, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.83658° or 38° 50′ 12″ northLongitude
46.98112° or 46° 58′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8HC8RXPJ+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 367397338OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q627928
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Baz castle - Babak castle - Jamhur castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن بابك”
- Azerbaijani: “Babək (Bəzz) qalası”
- Azerbaijani: “Bəzz qalası”
- Dutch: “Babak-kasteel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بابك”
- French: “château de Babak”
- French: “Château de Babak”
- German: “Festung des Babak”
- German: “Schloss des Babak”
- Gilaki: “قلعه بابک”
- Hebrew: “המבצר של באבכ”
- Hebrew: “המעוז של באבכ”
- Hebrew: “טירת באבכ”
- Persian: “بذ”
- Persian: “بذین”
- Persian: “دژ بابک خرم دین”
- Persian: “دژ بابک خرمدین”
- Persian: “دژ بابک”
- Persian: “قصر جمهور”
- Persian: “قلعه بابک”
- Persian: “قلعهٔ بابک”
- Persian: “قلعه جمهور”
- Persian: “قلعه و قصر جمهور (بز قلعه سی یا قلعهٔ بابک)”
- Persian: “قلعه و قصر جمهور (بز قلعه سی)”
- Persian: “قلعه و قصر جمهور”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Pabeco”
- Portuguese: “Forte Pabaco”
- Russian: “Крепость Бабека”
- South Azerbaijani: “بابک قالاسی”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de Babak”
- Swedish: “Babaks fort”
- Tajik: “Қалъаи Бобак”
- Tatar: “Бабәк кальгасы”
- Turkish: “Babek Kalesi”
- Turkmen: “Babegiň gozgalaňy”
- Ukrainian: “Фортеця Бабека”
- Uzbek: “Bobak qalʼasi”
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