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

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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

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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