Karahisar-i Sahib

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Karahisar-i Sahib is the historical name of the city now known as Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey, a regional center noted for its strategic location and rich Ottoman-era heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Karahisar-i Sahib canonical 1
Karahisar-ı Sahib 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former name of a city ⓘ
historical city name ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
etymologyContains Karahisar (black fortress) ⓘ
Sahib (owner, lord) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Afyon ⓘ
Afyonkarahisar ⓘ
Karahisar-ı Sahib ⓘ
linked to: Karahisar-i Sahib

Karahisar-ı Sahip ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage caravanserais ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
traditional Ottoman houses ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture in surrounding plain ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
hasFeature castle hill ⓘ
volcanic outcrop ⓘ
hasHeritage Ottoman architecture ⓘ
Seljuk architecture ⓘ
hasModernName Afyonkarahisar ⓘ
hasNameInTurkish Karahisar-ı Sahip ⓘ
hasNearbyGeographicFeature Afyonkarahisar plain ⓘ
Akarçay basin ⓘ
linked to: Akşehir Basin
historicalRegion Phrygia ⓘ
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
western Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Western Anatolia
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Afyonkarahisar Province ⓘ
locatedOnRoute historic trade routes between central Anatolia and the Aegean ⓘ
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
notedFor Ottoman-era heritage ⓘ
fortress on volcanic rock ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
partOf Anatolia Eyalet ⓘ
Hüdavendigâr Vilayet ⓘ
precededBy Akroinon ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
successor Afyonkarahisar ⓘ
usedAs military stronghold ⓘ
regional administrative center in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
wasImportantIn Ottoman period ⓘ
Seljuk period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afyonkarahisar → formerName → Karahisar-i Sahib ⓘ
Karahisar-i Sahib → hasAlternativeName → Karahisar-ı Sahib ⓘ
linked to: Karahisar-i Sahib