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َA good source of general information about Iran is the Iranica encyclopedia.

However, readers should be aware that some of the historical facts mentioned are disputed by some Iranian historians as being a regurgitation of European and north american historians who wrote the history to suit the imperial interests of the west and are not backed up by any hard evidence, this includes the invasion of the Moguls and the Arabs. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/alamut-valley-alborz-northeast-of-qazvin-


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