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

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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

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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