INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
located in northwest Iran.Urgent restoration projects have commenced on the 5th-century Saint Hovhannes Church, the ancient Babak fortress
province, a local official said on Tuesday.Located in Maragheh, the Saint Hovhannes Church was highly popular during the Ilkhanid era
The Armenian Catholic church was named after one of the apostles called Johannes or John, also known as Hovhannes in the Armenian
experts believe that students from Iran, China, Egypt, and Syria studied there under the supervision of physicians, intellectuals,
scientists, and Islamic scholars
The educational complex was established during the reign of Ghazan, a ruler of the Ilkhanid dynasty
It embraces a paper factory, a library, a hospital (Dar-al-Shafa), a Quranic center (Dar-al-Quran), residential facilities for teachers,
large citadel on the top of a mountain in the Arasbaran forests, which is located 16 km southwest of Kalibar City in northwestern Iran
The fortress was built during the Sasanid dynastic era; however, it is famous for the 23 years' residence (816 to 837 CE) against the Arab
invaders by Persian hero Babak -e- Khoramdin and his warriors.AFM
