Abstract:
Pahlavi I period was a new era in the creation of civil reconstruction projects in social and economic dimensions in different areas of the country, especially Lorestan. One of these development plans was the construction of castles with different motives in Lorestan. Army commanders built or restored numerous castles in order to expedite the military operation and domination of Lorestan. By descriptive-analytical methods, this article examines the construction of castles and its functions during the Pahlavi I period in Lorestan. The results of the research show that during this period, many castles were built or were restored in different areas of Lorestan in three groups of military, economic and nongovernmental. These Castles had numerous functions as administrative, military, social and security. These functions were used to monitor the activities of potential opponents and insurgents, the maintenance of ammunition and military equipment, the imprisonment of criminals, the gathering of troops, the deployment of government departments and forbidding the migration of tribes.
Machine summary:
Fortification in Lorestan and its Security Function during the First Pahlavi Era Mohsen Rahmati * Mohammad Dalvand** Abstract The era of Reza Shah was a new period for creating developmental projects aimed at modernization in social and economic dimensions across various regions of the country, including Lorestan.
2. Fortification in Lorestan before the rise of Reza Khan The construction of forts as military structures has an ancient history in Iran, and Iranian governments throughout many centuries have undertaken the construction of numerous forts to defend territorial integrity and establish security in various regions under their control.
What the military personnel did upon their initial arrival to prepare this structure did not go beyond cleaning usable rooms, trenching, and creating military fortifications (Dalvand, 1388: 113), because undoubtedly this fort was not in a suitable condition on the eve of Reza Khan's rise due to insecurity and chaos in the region, and upon the army's entry into Lorestan, only its western side was standing (Mohammadi, 1379: 13) until it underwent fundamental renovation in the year 1307 SH; so much so that in Khordad of the same year, workers from Hamedan and Borujerd were dispatched to Khorramabad to work on the fort (Archive of Documents and National Library of the West of the Country/ Hamedan, Document No. 91/280/147).
During the era of Reza Shah, the military importance of this region increased, to the extent that a fort consisting of forty-four rooms was constructed on the private lands of this area (Razmara, 1320: 268; National Archives and Library Organization, Document No. 99-120-240).
(
, 
, 
)
