Journal of Archaeological Studies

Archaeological Survey of Qohestan Castles

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Firouz Mahjour 1
Sattar Khaledian 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran

2 Ph. D Candidate, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2013.32124
Abstract
Qoheston is a region in the southeastern Khorasan which includes Kashmar, Tabas, Ferdos, Birjand, Qaen, Torbate Haidarie, Khaf and Taibad cities. This region is surrounded by Sabzevar and Nishaboor from north, central desert from west, Sistan and Kerman from south and Naomid plains from east. In addition to the geographical and climatic characteristics of the region the abundance of historical castles characterizes it from the other parts of Iran. This paper aims at study political, social, economic and geographical history of the Qohestan in order to understand the Qohestan culture. Moreover, the functionality of the castles the as well as the position and distribution of the castles also were studied.

Keywords

Qohestan
Khorasan
castle
Ismaili
Documentary Texts
Journal of Archaeological Studies
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
February 2013
Pages 141-158

  • Receive Date 14 October 2012
  • Revise Date 04 August 2013
  • Accept Date 20 February 2013

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