Amed

E344308

historical city name toponym

Amed is the historical name of the city now known as Diyarbakır, a major cultural and political center in southeastern Turkey, especially significant for Kurdish heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Amed canonical	1
Amid	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical city name ⓘ toponym ⓘ
alternativeName	Amida ⓘ Diyarbekir ⓘ
associatedWith	Kurdish culture ⓘ Kurdish language ⓘ Kurdish political movement ⓘ
cityWalls	Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
currentCommonNameLanguage	Kurdish (Amed) ⓘ
currentOfficialNameLanguage	Turkish (Diyarbakır) ⓘ
ethnicComposition	predominantly Kurdish population in modern era ⓘ
hasFeature	Hevsel Gardens ⓘ black basalt fortifications ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (city walls and Hevsel Gardens)
heritage	Kurdish heritage ⓘ
historicalControlBy	Artuqid dynasty ⓘ Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Diyarbakır ⓘ
historicalRegion	Mesopotamia ⓘ
languageForm	Kurdish ⓘ
locatedIn	Kurdistan ⓘ surface form: Northern Kurdistan Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: southeastern Turkey
locatedOnRiver	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
modernAdministrativeRole	provincial capital (Diyarbakır Province) ⓘ
modernName	Diyarbakır ⓘ
region	Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
religiousHistory	important Islamic center ⓘ important early Christian center ⓘ
significance	major cultural center for Kurds ⓘ major political center for Kurds ⓘ
symbolOf	Kurdish identity ⓘ Kurdish resistance ⓘ
timePeriodOfNameUse	antiquity to modern era ⓘ
usedBy	Kurds ⓘ surface form: Kurdish people
usedIn	Kurdish literature ⓘ Kurdish music ⓘ Kurdish political discourse ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Diyarbakır → ancientName → Amed ⓘ

Amida → hasNameInSyriac → Amed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amid