Qahqaheh Castle

{{short description|Iranian national heritage site}}

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| native_name = قلعه قهقهه

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| location_town = Meshgin Shahr County

| location_country = {{flagicon|Iran}} Iran

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}}Qahqaheh Castle ({{langx|fa|قلعه قهقهه}}) is a castle in the mountains {{convert|85|km|mi}} from Meshginshahr in Ardabil Province, Iran. It was built and used as a jail for anti-government politicians during the Safavid dynasty. Ismail II, the third king of the Safavid dynasty, was imprisoned there.{{cite book | title = Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire | year = 2008 | publisher = I.B.Tauris | last = Newman | first = Andrew J. | pages = 1–281 | isbn = 9780857716613 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KPgBAwAAQBAJ&q=Andrew+J.+Newman+Safavid+Iran}}{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=استاندار اردبیل: قلعه قهقهه مشگین‌شهر ساماندهی می‌شود|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83821821/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87-%D9%82%D9%87%D9%82%D9%87%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B4%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 March 2021|work=Islamic Republic News Agency}}