Khurmoj Castle

  • Qajar era castle
  • Address : Khurmoj
  • Opening Hours :
  • Entrance Fee : Free
  • Historical Period(s) : Qajar Dynasty
  • Tel. : Shahid Motahari Ave., Khurmoj
  • Recommended Time to Spend : 1 hour
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  • Bushehr Province
  • Khurmoj

Khormoj castle or Muhammad Khan Dashti castle is located in Khormoj town, the center of Dashti county and it is one of the historical and spectacular monuments of Bushehr province in southern Iran.

Khormoj castle which currently only one of its towers is left used to have four palisades, four towers, indoors, a central building, a guardhouse, and a stable. A part of this castle is known with the name of Muhammad Khan Dashti castle and the other part is known as Jamal Khan castle.

The architecture style of this castle is Seljuq style and it is influenced by the Sassanid castle-making style which is constructed with arcades and moldings in the decorations of walls and inside the rooms.
This monument which is one of the architecture samples of the Qajar dynasty has innovative and unique decorations and was registered in 2000 in the list of national monuments with the registration number of 3032.