Astarabad

E792266

former city name historical city

Astarabad is the historical name of the city now known as Gorgan in northeastern Iran, once an important regional center near the Caspian Sea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Astarabad canonical	3
Astrabad	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former city name ⓘ historical city ⓘ
alternativeName	Astarābād NERFINISHED ⓘ Asterabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Astrabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Gorgan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmen tribes ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
functionedAs	provincial capital ⓘ
governedBy	Qajar governors NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid governors NERFINISHED ⓘ local governors ⓘ
historicalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ trade ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Gorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Iran ⓘ
historicalRegion	Astarabad region NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	administrative center ⓘ frontier city ⓘ trade center ⓘ
languageUsed	Persian ⓘ
locatedIn	Golestan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Iran ⓘ northern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ region of Hyrcania ⓘ
locatedOn	Gorgan plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorReligion	Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernSuccessor	Gorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Alborz Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
nowKnownAs	Gorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Caspian littoral region NERFINISHED ⓘ historical province of Astarabad ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
servedAs	regional center ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Caspian coastal routes ⓘ defense against Turkmen raids ⓘ
wasPartOf	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Qajar Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Gorgan → formerName → Astarabad ⓘ

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar → birthPlace → Astarabad ⓘ

Sarbadars → territoryIncludes → Astarabad ⓘ

Treaty of Rasht → appliesToJurisdiction → Astarabad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Astrabad