Tai-Ahom people

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The Tai-Ahom people are an ethnic group of Tai origin in Northeast India, historically known for founding and ruling the Ahom kingdom in Assam for several centuries.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ahom people 5
Ahom 2
Tai-Ahom 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
administrativeSystemHistorically Paik system ⓘ
battleFoughtByKingdom Battle of Itakhuli ⓘ
Battle of Saraighat ⓘ
capitalOfKingdom Rangpur ⓘ
Sivasagar ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage Ahom chronicles (Buranjis) ⓘ
culturalPractice Ahom religious rituals ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
currentPrimaryLanguage Assamese ⓘ
surface form: Assamese language
endOfRule 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Tai ⓘ
founded Ahom kingdom ⓘ
foundingRulerOfKingdom Sukaphaa ⓘ
heritageSiteAssociated Charaideo maidams ⓘ
Kareng Ghar ⓘ
Rang Ghar ⓘ
Talatal Ghar ⓘ
historicalRegion Upper Assam ⓘ
knownFor long-lasting kingdom in Assam ⓘ
resistance to Mughal expansion ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
surface form: Tai-Kadai languages
languageHistoricallySpoken Ahom language ⓘ
migrationCentury 13th century ⓘ
migrationOriginTradition Upper Burma ⓘ
surface form: Upper Myanmar

Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form: Yunnan region
notableKing Pratap Singha ⓘ
Rudra Singha ⓘ
Suhungmung ⓘ
Sukaphaa ⓘ
partOf Assamese people ⓘ
politicalSystemHistorically monarchy ⓘ
primaryRegion Assam ⓘ
recognizedAs Other Backward Classes ⓘ
surface form: Other Backward Class in Assam
region Northeast India ⓘ
religionCurrentlyPracticed Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Shaktism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Tai folk religion ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
ruled Ahom kingdom ⓘ
scriptHistoricallyUsed Ahom script ⓘ
seekingStatus Scheduled Tribe status in India ⓘ
startOfRule 13th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Assamese people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
Shan → relatedEthnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahom
Ahom kingdom → ethnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tai-Ahom
Tai peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahom people
Upper Assam → hasEthnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tai-Ahom
Shan people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahom people
Tai languages → hasEthnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahom people
Tai Yai → relatedEthnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahom
Ahom language → spokenInPastBy → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahom people
Ahom language → ethnicGroup → Tai-Ahom people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahom people