| Gahur Castle | |
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Gahur Castle is seven kilometers from Eshtehard Road East - Iran and five kilometers south of the village Mokhtarabad among the mountains, there is a relatively high mountain which is called Mount Gahur. The castle was rebuilt in the time of Sultan Ali Mahjoub but again was destroyed after his death.
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