Chihriq fortress

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Chihriq fortress was a remote and austere prison-fortress in northwestern Iran where the Báb, the founder of Bábism, was harshly confined during the final years of his life.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chihriq fortress canonical 2
Chihriq Castle 1
Fortress of Chihriq 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
prison ⓘ
conditionDuringBábImprisonment harsh ⓘ
controlledBy Persian government ⓘ
Qajar authorities ⓘ
linked to: Qajar governors
coordinateRegion northwest of Lake Urmia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
describedAs austere ⓘ
remote ⓘ
endTimeAsPrisonForTheBáb 1850 ⓘ
era Qajar dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran
hasAlternativeName Fortress of Chihriq ⓘ
linked to: Chihriq fortress
hasAlternativeTransliteration Chihriq Castle ⓘ
linked to: Chihriq fortress

Chihríq ⓘ
hasLanguageOfLocalRegion Azerbaijani ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
hasNotablePrisoner the Báb ⓘ
hasPrisoner the Báb ⓘ
heritageStatus site of Baháʼí pilgrimage ⓘ
knownFor imprisonment of the Báb ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
locatedNear Salmas ⓘ
Urmia ⓘ
partOf Qajar Iran prison system ⓘ
purposeOfBábImprisonment isolation of the Báb from followers ⓘ
religiousSignificance associated with Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí movement

associated with the Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
associated with the Báb ⓘ
securityLevel high security ⓘ
startTimeAsPrisonForTheBáb 1848 ⓘ
usedAs place of exile ⓘ
state prison ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

the Báb → imprisonedIn → Chihriq fortress ⓘ
Chihriq fortress → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Chihriq Castle ⓘ
linked to: Chihriq fortress
Chihriq fortress → hasAlternativeName → Fortress of Chihriq ⓘ
linked to: Chihriq fortress
Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad → wasImprisonedIn → Chihriq fortress ⓘ