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Siege Of Dimdim
The siege of Dimdim was an operation orchestrated by the Safavid Iran, Safavid ruler Abbas the Great, Shah Abbas I (), in which his forces besieged the Dimdim Castle of the rebellious Kurds, Kurdish Emirate of Bradost from November 1609 to the summer of 1610. The siege was led by the grand vizier Hatem Beg Ordubadi, who captured the castle and massacred its garrison. Background Throughout the 17th-century, Safavid dynasty, Safavid shahs (kings) of Safavid Iran, Iran opted to use harsh measures against the uncooperative Kurdish tribes in the western part of the country. Abbas the Great, Shah Abbas I () had to decide whether to crack down on Kurdish parties that were in a semi-subordinate position or to maintain a reasonable equilibrium between the Kurds and Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkmens. In the case of Amir Khan Lepzerin, the ruler of the Emirate of Bradost, who constructed the Dimdim Castle close to the western part of the Lake Urmia and rebelled against the Safavids, Shah Abbas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimdim Castle
Dimdim Castle (, ) was a Kurdish people, Kurdish fortress located on top of Mount Dimdim in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran, just west of Lake Urmia. This fortress was the location of the Battle of Dimdim. According to Kurdish oral tradition the fortress was built in the pre-Islamic era. The castle suffered an attack by the Safavid Empire and was sacked in 1609, then rebuilt by the Amir Khan Lepzerin in the same year. Other source mentioned that the siege of Dimdim Castle was in 1610. Name The word "''Dimdim''" may be Onomatopoeia, onomatopoeic for the noise which the stones of the castle made when they dropped from the castle into the valley. See also * Battle of Dimdim * Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18) * List of Kurdish castles * List of castles in Iran References Sources * Kurdish historical sites Battle of Dimdim Castles in Iran History of West Azerbaijan province {{Castle-stub National works of Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |