Quhistan

E806535

historical region

Quhistan was a historical region in eastern Iran known for its mountainous terrain and as a stronghold of the medieval Nizari Ismailis.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Quhistan canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ
associatedWith	Ismaili daʿwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Nizari Ismaili state NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	other regions of Khorasan ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
hasFeature	fortified settlements ⓘ mountain fortresses ⓘ remote valleys ⓘ
hasLanguage	Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalNameLanguage	Persian ⓘ
historicalPeriod	medieval period ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Nizari Ismaili strongholds ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ
locatedIn	Greater Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Iranian plateau ⓘ
partOf	Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Iranian world ⓘ
politicalStatus	provincial region ⓘ
religiousCommunityPresent	Ismailis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nizari Ismailis NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Ismailism NERFINISHED ⓘ Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	defensive stronghold region ⓘ
terrainFeature	mountainous region ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
usedBy	Nizari Ismailis NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

eastern Iran → hasHistoricalRegion → Quhistan ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Iran