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Castle of Oblivion

Castle of Oblivion

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The Castle of Oblivion (anyuš berd), also known as the Prison of Oblivion or the Fortress of Oblivion, was a castle and political prison of the Sasanian Empire located in Khuzestan in southwestern Iran.[1]

Notable prisoners of the Castle of Oblivion

  • Arshak II, Arsacid prince, who ruled Armenia as a Roman client from 350 until 367. Captured and imprisoned during Shapur II's invasion of Armenia.[2]
  • Kavad I, Sasanian king, briefly imprisoned after being deposed by the nobility and clergy in 496.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Daryaee 2009.
  2. [2]
    Daryaee 2014, p. 19.
  3. [3]
    Daryaee 2014, p. 27.

Sources

  • Daryaee, Touraj (2009). "SHAPUR II". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
  • Daryaee, Touraj (2014). Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–240. ISBN 978-0857716668.
  • Erich Kettenhofen, Das Staatsgefangnis der Sasaniden. In: Welt des Orients 19, 96-101, ISSN 0043-25471988
  • Giusto Traina, Claudia A. Ciancaglini: La Forteresse de l'Oubli. In: Le Muséon 115 (3-4), Louvain-la-Neuve 2002, 399-422, doi:10.2143/MUS.115.3.336.

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