/Discovery of monochromatic tiles in Lembasar Castle
The speculation of Lembsar Alamut Castle, which is nicknamed as the key to the castles of Gilan in historical texts, was done in order to protect and restore this historical work.
According to the report of the electronic publication of jahane-gardesh, citing the public relations of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Kambiz Kabiri, the head of the Dushanbe Archeology Board, announced this news and said: the ancient and famous fortress “Lembasr” with a height of 1225 meters above sea level, three kilometers northeast of the city of Razmian, the center of the sector Western Alamut is located in the west of the deep valley of Ninehroud River (a tributary of Shahroud).
Pointing out that Lembsar Castle as Naib al-Hukuma or the winter quarters of Alamut Castle, with an area of more than 6 hectares, is considered the largest fortress in Alamut region, he added: The access route to the castle is through two gates, respectively, the northeast gate with a high and steep slope. Tend, which protects the castle from any attack, and the southwestern gate with a guard room and a revolving stop.
This archaeologist stated: During the Islamic period and during the reign of Hassan Sabah, the residents of Lambasr Castle were two tribes, “Reshamoj” and “Lamsalar”, which the leader of the Ismailis sent a group of devotees along with “Kia Bozor Omid Rudbari” to conquer it in 489 AH. The great Kia lived in Lambasr Castle for twenty years and after the death of Hassan, he became the successor and ruler of Alamut Castle.
Kabiri said: During the 170 years of the Ismaili rule in Alamut, Lembsar Castle, which is also called the “key to the castles of Gilan” in historical texts, had a very important place in the central Alborz region to the point that after the fall of Alamut Castle and its conquest by Halakukhan, He resisted the siege and attack of the Mongols for one and a half years, and finally, due to the outbreak of cholera among the inhabitants of the castle, it was captured by the Tatars in 655 AH.
The head of the archeology board stated: This fort was subjected to archaeological exploration for the first time in 1388 by Hamida Chobak, the manager of the Alamut base, and from the results, it was possible to identify a building in the form of a row of rectangular rooms used as a storehouse and barracks, and a number of cultural artifacts from The period of the Ismailis until the era of Sadat Marashi and the beginning of the Safavid period.
He added: including a small metal castle from the Ismaili period called “Qutb”, which is one of the components of the astrolabe.
Referring to the defensive towers, which are other architectural elements of Lembsar, Kabiri stated: Although the round towers of this castle are in ruins, they still maintain their dominance and superiority over the surrounding valleys, the southern plains and the sloping land of the castle.
The head of the archeology board stated: Based on this, the purpose of this season’s excavations of Lembsar Castle in trench E31; The identification and readability of the damaged western tower is aimed at studying the structure (anatomical), strengthening the foundation and reusing the fallen stones in the restoration of its damaged parts.
In the end, he said: Among the results of this season, we can identify an adobe wall with a stone foundation behind the aforementioned round tower, along with the discovery of a quantity of esgraffiato pottery and single-color tiles (turquoise, light blue, white, and black) related to Islamic Middle Ages, pointed out.
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