Panjdeh Oasis
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Panjdeh Oasis is a historically significant oasis region in Central Asia, near the Afghan-Turkmen border, known as the site of a major 1885 confrontation between the Russian Empire and Afghanistan that heightened tensions with the British Empire.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahal oasis | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical region
ⓘ
oasis ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFunction | frontier between Russian Central Asia and Afghanistan ⓘ |
| conflictCasusBelli | dispute over Afghan frontier delimitation ⓘ |
| conflictDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| conflictName | Panjdeh incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | border skirmish ⓘ |
| controlledByAfter1885 | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Panjdeh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Panj-Deh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pendjeh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent | Panjdeh incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfProminence | late 19th century ⓘ |
| impactOn |
British foreign policy toward Russia
ⓘ
definition of Afghanistan’s northern border ⓘ |
| influenced | demarcation of the Afghan-Russian border ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Transcaspian region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Afghan-Turkmen border
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryPresence |
Afghan forces in 1880s
ⓘ
Russian troops in 1880s ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | Persian for "five villages" ⓘ |
| nearbyCityHistorical | Merv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyRegion | Herat region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Merv oasis region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previouslyClaimedBy | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTreatyOrAgreement | Anglo-Russian agreements on Afghan frontier in late 19th century ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
diplomatic crisis between Britain and Russia
ⓘ
heightened tensions between Russian Empire and British Empire ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of routes between Merv and Herat
ⓘ
frontier zone between Russian and British spheres of influence ⓘ |
| terrainType | oasis in semi-desert environment ⓘ |
| usedFor | irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| wasSiteOf |
1885 confrontation between Russian Empire and Afghanistan
ⓘ
border clash during the Great Game ⓘ |
| wasSubjectOf | Anglo-Russian boundary negotiations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterSourceType | river-fed oasis ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ahal oasis