Kaleybar, Iran

History

Kaleybar, known as Bâdd or Bâddayn (or Bâdhdh) in Islamic chronicles, was the stronghold of Babak Khorramdin who, in 816 AD, revolted against the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate. Bâbak's resistance was ended in 836 when he was defeated by the Iranian general Afshin, acting on behalf of the Caliphate. The two decades of tumultuous events subjected the town to the reports of early Islamic historians.

The first reference to Kaleybar has been by Al-Masudi in The Meadows of Gold, Bâbak revolted in Bâdh region with the disciples of Jâvidân ... Following a series of defeats Bâbak was blockaded in his native town..., which even now is known as Babak's country.

Ibn Athir in his book, The Complete History, has devoted many pages to the description of battles which took place in Kaleybar between the Armies of Caliphate and Bâbak's forces.

Yaqut al-Hamawi, writing in early thirteenth century, describes Kaleybar as the following, County between Azerbaijan and Arân. This is where Bâbak resisted when he rebelled against the Abbasid caliph Mu'tasim. We know these verses Buhturi

God protects you, great warrior who, in the days of Bâbak, have reversed the doors of the ungodly;

It is you who have taken their city Bâdh that you covered the shamelessness in it.

From the History section of Kaleybar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.