{"slug": "alamut-castle", "label": "Alamut Castle", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamut_Castle", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4706020", "qid": "Q4706020", "description": "castle in Qazvin County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1090, 1276], "span_label": ["1090 CE", "1276 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "order-of-assassins", "label": "Order of Assassins", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shia", "label": "Shia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongol-empire", "label": "Mongol Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ilkhanate", "label": "Ilkhanate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sindh", "label": "Sindh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nizari-ismaili-state", "label": "Nizari Ismaili state", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1090, "year_label": "1090 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hassan-i Sabbah founds the Nizari Ismaili state after taking control of the Alamut Castle and organising the military group called the Order of Assassins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362154341#Middle_East", "title": "1090", "revid": 1362154341, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": 1097, "year_label": "1097 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad Buzurg Ummid, Persian ruler of Alamut (d. 1162)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268080#Births", "title": "1097", "revid": 1365268080, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1138, "year_label": "1138 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Al-Rashid Billah (deposed caliph of Baghdad), having fled to Isfahan, is killed there by a team of four Nizari Ismailis (Assassins). This is celebrated in Alamut for a week by Shias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366421724#Middle_East", "title": "1138", "revid": 1366421724, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": 1256, "year_label": "1256 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – Mongol forces under Hulagu Khan capture and dismantle Alamut Castle (near the Masoudabad region) after the surrender of the Nizari Ismaili leaders. Hulagu founds the Ilkhanate dynasty of Persia, which becomes one of the four main divisions of the Mongol Empire. The Nizari Ismaili government is disestablished; some of them migrate to Afghanistan, Badakhshan and Sindh (modern Pakistan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350995211#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1256", "revid": 1350995211, "section": "Events › By place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1275, "year_label": "1275 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The mountain fortress Alamut Castle (\"Eagle's Nest\") is temporarily recaptured from the Mongols by a Nizari force under Shams al-Din Muhammad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270169#Asia", "title": "1275", "revid": 1365270169, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1276, "year_label": "1276 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The mountain fortress Alamut Castle (\"Eagle's Nest\") is again captured by the Mongols from a Nizari force under Shams al-Din Muhammad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344445633#Asia", "title": "1276", "revid": 1344445633, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}