Английская Википедия:Dimdim Castle
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Dimdim Castle (Шаблон:Lang-ku, Шаблон:Lang-fa) was a Kurdish fortress located on top of Mount Dimdim in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran, just west of Lake Urmia.[1] This fortress was the location of Battle of Dimdim.
According to Kurdish oral tradition the fortress was built in the pre-Islamic era.Шаблон:Sfn The castle suffered an attack by Safavid Empire and got sacked in 1609,[2] then rebuilt by the Amir Khan Lepzerin in the same year.Шаблон:Sfn Other source mentioned that the siege of Dimdim Castle was in 1610.[1]
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The word "Dimdim" may be onomatopoeic for the noise which the stones of the castle made when they dropped from the castle into the valley.[3]
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