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Mansur Kuh Castle

castle in Damghan County, Iranian national heritage site

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ5874529 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mansur Kuh castle (Persian: قلعه منصور کوه; also Mansurkuh or Mansurakuh) is a historical castle located in Damghan County in Semnan Province, The longevity of this fortress dates back to the Nizari Ismaili state.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mansur Kuh Castle” as castle in Damghan County, Iranian national heritage site. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 34-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Mansur, Castle and castle can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as castle in Damghan County, Iranian national heritage site. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5874529. Authority coordinates are 36.279, 54.207. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mansur Kuh Castle”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mansur Kuh Castle primary sources, Mansur Kuh Castle archive and Mansur research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Mansur Kuh Castle”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Mansur Kuh Castle” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.