Castle of Oblivion

Castle and political prison in Iran

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. Daryaee 2009.
2. Daryaee 2014, p. 19.
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 978-0-85771-666-8.
• 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.