Shahr-e Rey

E440495

ancient city city

Shahr-e Rey is an ancient city now absorbed into the metropolitan area of Tehran, Iran, known for its long history as a major political and cultural center in the region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Shahr-e Rey canonical	3
Shahre Rey	1
Tehran	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ city ⓘ
administrativelyPartOf	Tehran County NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedBy	Tehran Metro NERFINISHED ⓘ road network of Greater Tehran ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
governedBy	local authorities under Tehran Province ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Ragha NERFINISHED ⓘ Rai NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	religious tourism ⓘ services ⓘ trade ⓘ
hasFeature	dense urban fabric ⓘ historical urban core ⓘ religious pilgrimage sites ⓘ
hasHeritage	Islamic heritage ⓘ Zoroastrian heritage ⓘ pre-Islamic Iranian heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricalReligion	Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark	Ibn Babawayh Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuk-era monuments ⓘ Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ historical fortifications of Rey ⓘ old bazaar of Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite	ancient city ruins of Rey ⓘ prehistoric mounds and tells ⓘ
hasReligion	Shia Islam (majority) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalLanguageUsed	Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthian ⓘ
historicalRole	important commercial center ⓘ major cultural center ⓘ major political center ⓘ
languageUsed	Persian ⓘ
locatedIn	Tehran Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Greater Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ historical Media ⓘ historical Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Iran Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Achaemenid-era sources ⓘ Islamic historical texts ⓘ classical Greek sources ⓘ
partOf	Tehran metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ various local dynasties in Iran ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Rayy → hasAlternativeName → Shahr-e Rey ⓘ

Shahriar County → hasProvinceCapital → Shahr-e Rey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tehran

Rey → hasAlternativeName → Shahr-e Rey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shahre Rey

Ray → hasModernSuccessor → Shahr-e Rey ⓘ