The Castle of Siba ( fa,
قلعه سیبه ), Siba castle is one of the most remarkable examples of fortified structures surrounded by trench in
Kukherd District
Kukherd District ( fa, بخش كوخرد), also transliterated as Kookherd District, is a district (bakhsh) in Bastak County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,201, in 2,675 families. The District has one ci ...
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Hormozgan Province in south
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
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Location
Siba castle was a squared fortified structure 1000 from
Kukherd and on a hill above the palm oasis south-west of
Kukherd, which added remarkably to its altitude and height. The length of its interface from the south is about 114 metres, while its southern interface extends over 112.5 metres. The structure was near the monuments of ancient
bath of Siba.
History
The history of Siba castle goes back to the
Sassanid
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the History of Iran, last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th cen ...
era (226–651 CE). It was the center of government of that area. It acted as fortified military base for some time and was surrounded by a huge trench for protection. A trench was an ancient defensive strategic feature to defend the cities, castles and the forts in Persia before
Islamic
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era.
This gigantic structure was considered a traditional defensive ancient landmark like other landmarks at that time such as huge city gates, cellars, security tunnels and underground military storages. The Castle of Siba was maintained until 1163-1192. Unfortunately it was destroyed by an earthquake in
Kukherd and then by a flood in 1367 which destroyed the rest of the castle.
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Bastak
Bastak ( fa, بستک) is a city and capital of Bastak County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
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Bandar Lengeh
Bandar Lengeh ( fa, بندرلنگه, also Romanized as Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e-Langeh and Bandar Langeh; also known simply as Lengeh, Linja, Linjah or Lingah) is a harbour city and capital of Bandar Lengeh County, in Hormozgan province of ...
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Hormozgān
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Castle
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AL madani
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Paraw Kukherd
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The Historic Bath of Siba
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Sassanid family tree
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History
The Sasanian dynasty was named after Sasan, the eponymous ancestor of the dynasty. It was founded by Ardashir I in 224, who defeated the la ...
— of the Sasanian (Sassanid) dynasty
References
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:ar: قلعة سيبة Arabic Wikipedia.
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:fa: قلعه سیبه Persian Wikipedia.
*2. الكوخردى ، محمد ، بن يوسف، (كُوخِرد حَاضِرَة اِسلامِيةَ عَلي ضِفافِ نَهر مِهران) الطبعة الثالثة ،دبى: سنة 199۷ للميلاد **Mohammed Kookherdi (1997) Kookherd, an Islamic civil at Mehran river, third edition: Dubai
*3. محمدیان، کوخری، محمد ، “ (به یاد کوخرد) “، ج1. ج2. چاپ اول، دبی: سال انتشار 2003 میلادی Mohammed Kookherdi Mohammadyan (2003), Beyade Kookherd, third edition : Dubai.
*4.محمدیان، کوخردی ، محمد ، '' «شهرستان بستک و بخش کوخرد» '' ، ج۱. چاپ اول، دبی: سال انتشار ۲۰۰۵ میلادی Mohammed Kookherdi Mohammadyan (2005), Shahrestan Bastak & Bakhshe Kookherd, First edition : Dubai.
*5. Peter Jackson and Lawrence Lockhart (Ed) (1986), Vol. 6th, The Cambridge History of Iran: Cambridge University Press
*5.Human Anthropology in Persia
*6.محمدیان، کوخری، محمد. ''(وصف کوخرد) '' ج1. چاپ دوم، دبی: سال انتشار 1998 میلادی Mohammed Kookherdi Mohammadyan (1998), Wasf Kookherd, second edition : Dubai
*7.محمدیان ، کوخردی، محمد ، '' « مشایخ مدنی » '' ، چاپ دوم، دبی: سال انتشار ۲۰۰۲ میلادی Mohammed Kookherdi Mohammadyan (2002), Mashaykh Madani, second edition : Dubai
*8. اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران
tlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran(
Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran')
*9. درگاه فهرست آثار ملی ایران
External links
Kookherd website
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