Hisor Fortress, Dushanbe

Hisor Fortress, Dushanbe (Tajikistan)

Hissar Fortress has located 26 km from Dushanbe. The fortress is an open-air Museum. A number of legends from the work of A. Firdousi Shahname is connected with the Hissar fortress. Hissar is the capital of the province of Eastern Bukhara and was in the hands of the Governor of Emir Ibrahim Bey until 1924 when he was defeated by the red army.