9-746: (Redirected from Zindan ) [REDACTED] Look up zindan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zendan , Zindan , or Zandan (Persian: زندان ) are transliteration variants of the Persian word for " dungeon ", " prison ". It may refer to: Buildings [ edit ] Zandan Tower , former Ottoman defensive and prison tower in Bitola, North Macedonia Zendan Castle , castle located in Deyr County, Bushehr Province, Iran Zindan Fortress , part of
18-549: A secluded spiritual life with his family on this homestead. It became a place of pilgrimage for a period after his death in 1628. During the Ilinden Uprising of 1903, the tower was used as a prison for rebels, from whence the tower gets its present name ( zandan meaning dungeon in Macedonian). Today, Zandan Tower is within the yard of the school "Stefan Naumov". It is listed as an Object of Cultural Heritage by
27-480: Is accessed via a staircase leading up to the double door made of thick oak wood on the tower's south façade. Standing 10.95 m (35.9 ft) in height, its exterior walls are all roughly 1 m (3.3 ft) thick or greater. The interior is made up of three stories, with the upper floor setup as a dwelling. The tower is connected with the Nakşbendi order of Sufism . Its builder, also known as Hırka Baba, lived
36-636: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages zindan (Redirected from Zindan ) [REDACTED] Look up zindan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zendan , Zindan , or Zandan (Persian: زندان ) are transliteration variants of the Persian word for " dungeon ", " prison ". It may refer to: Buildings [ edit ] Zandan Tower , former Ottoman defensive and prison tower in Bitola, North Macedonia Zendan Castle , castle located in Deyr County, Bushehr Province, Iran Zindan Fortress , part of
45-490: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zandan Tower Zandan Tower ( Macedonian : Зандан куле ) is a former Ottoman defensive and prison tower in Bitola , North Macedonia . It was built in the early 17th century by Haci Mahmud Efendi, the mufti of Bitola, on a private homestead next to a multi-family housing block in which Turkish and Albanian residents lived. It
54-776: The Lankaran Fortress, now in Azerbaijan Populated places [ edit ] Zandan, Kurdistan Zendan, Kerman Zindan, Iran Zindan (Sanaa) , sub-district located in Arhab District, Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Other [ edit ] Peter Zandan (born 1953) is an American entrepreneur and expert in the field of data science and analytics See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Zindan All pages with titles containing Zendan All pages with titles containing Zandan Topics referred to by
63-572: The Lankaran Fortress, now in Azerbaijan Populated places [ edit ] Zandan, Kurdistan Zendan, Kerman Zindan, Iran Zindan (Sanaa) , sub-district located in Arhab District, Sana'a Governorate, Yemen Other [ edit ] Peter Zandan (born 1953) is an American entrepreneur and expert in the field of data science and analytics See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Zindan All pages with titles containing Zendan All pages with titles containing Zandan Topics referred to by
72-547: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zendan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zendan&oldid=1256489050 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Articles containing Persian-language text Short description
81-547: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zendan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zendan&oldid=1256489050 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Articles containing Persian-language text Short description
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