Nardaran Fortress

Nardaran Fortress
General information
Location Nardaran, Baku, Azerbaijan
Completed 1301

Nardaran Fortress (Azerbaijani: Nardaran qalası) - was built in 1301, by architect Mahmud ibn Sa'ad in the northern part of Absheron Peninsula.[1][2]

An inscription on Nardaran fortress, which was translated by A.A.Alasgarzade, says:

“In the name of the all-merciful Allah! Mother…Barikat…ordered to build this building on her own means and dirhams for beholding Allah, to please him and to deserve all his rewards. On the date of Ramadan of the 700th year “(700-1301)”.

But the geographical location of Nardaran Fortress indicates that there couldn’t be a foremost defense. Similar fortresses were built there, from where it was expected to be attacked. Such regions were in the western borders and seashores of Absheron. But Nardaran Fortress was too far from the western borders of Absheron and also its seashores.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Architecture".
  2. ↑ "Nardaran settlement in Baku".

Coordinates: 40°33′41″N 50°00′17″E / 40.56139°N 50.00472°E / 40.56139; 50.00472

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