historical region of Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam)

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cultural region historical region medieval territorial division

The historical region of Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam) was a medieval Iranian territorial and cultural region in western and central Iran, distinct from Arab Iraq and encompassing cities such as Qazvin, Isfahan, and Hamadan.

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Label	Occurrences
historical region of Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ medieval territorial division ⓘ
administrativeUse	Safavid period ⓘ
borders	Arab Iraq ⓘ Jibal ⓘ
centerOf	Islamic scholarship ⓘ Persian culture ⓘ trade routes between Iran and Mesopotamia ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
distinctFrom	Iraqi Arab ⓘ surface form: Arab Iraq
distinguishedBy	term Ajam meaning non-Arab or Persian ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Persians ⓘ
flourishedUnder	Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ surface form: Ilkhanate Safavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Safavid dynasty Seljuk Empire ⓘ Timurid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Timurid Empire
geopoliticalRole	buffer between Iranian plateau and Mesopotamia ⓘ
hasCapital	Isfahan ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalStatus	no longer an official administrative unit ⓘ
includesCity	Hamadan ⓘ Isfahan ⓘ Kashan ⓘ Nishapur ⓘ Qazvin ⓘ Ray ⓘ Saveh ⓘ
knownAs	Iraq-i Ajam ⓘ surface form: Iraq-e Ajam Iraq-i Ajam ⓘ surface form: Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam) Iraq-i Ajam ⓘ surface form: ʿIrāq-i ʿAjam
language	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
locatedIn	central Iran ⓘ western Iran ⓘ
modernTerritoryCorrespondsTo	provinces of Isfahan, Qazvin, Hamadan and surrounding areas in Iran ⓘ
nameDistinctionFrom	Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraq al-Arab
partOf	Iran ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
separatedBy	Zagros Mountains from Mesopotamia ⓘ
subregionOf	Greater Iran ⓘ Iranian plateau ⓘ
successorTo	Jibal region ⓘ
terminologyOrigin	extension of the name Iraq to Iranian lands ⓘ
usedBy	Arab historians ⓘ Persian historians ⓘ medieval Islamic geographers ⓘ

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

Qazvin, Iran → partOf → historical region of Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam) ⓘ

subject surface form: Qazvin