About: Shikargah     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : dbpedia.org associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FShikargah

Shikargah (Hindi: शिकारगाह śikārgāh), from Persian shikārgāh meaning shikār hunting + gāh ground, is often described as a hunting ground where 'qamargah' or encircling of game occurs, an overtone of war exercise performed within a controlled arena of flora and fauna to create easier shooting and camping for hunting party. Mughals evolved it in India from their hunting traditions of Central Asia. On such occasions unresolved matters of courts were settled which included conspiration and preparation for mutinying, raising of invasion forces.

AttributesValues
rdfs:label
  • Shikargah (en)
rdfs:comment
  • Shikargah (Hindi: शिकारगाह śikārgāh), from Persian shikārgāh meaning shikār hunting + gāh ground, is often described as a hunting ground where 'qamargah' or encircling of game occurs, an overtone of war exercise performed within a controlled arena of flora and fauna to create easier shooting and camping for hunting party. Mughals evolved it in India from their hunting traditions of Central Asia. On such occasions unresolved matters of courts were settled which included conspiration and preparation for mutinying, raising of invasion forces. (en)
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shah-Jahan_hunting_lions_at_Burhanpur_(July_1630).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Curzon_with_his_wife_posing_with_a_hunted_Bengal_tiger,_1903.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TigerHunt.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Prince_of_Wales_Killing_a_Tiger_1876_(1).jpg
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
sameAs
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
thumbnail
has abstract
  • Shikargah (Hindi: शिकारगाह śikārgāh), from Persian shikārgāh meaning shikār hunting + gāh ground, is often described as a hunting ground where 'qamargah' or encircling of game occurs, an overtone of war exercise performed within a controlled arena of flora and fauna to create easier shooting and camping for hunting party. Mughals evolved it in India from their hunting traditions of Central Asia. On such occasions unresolved matters of courts were settled which included conspiration and preparation for mutinying, raising of invasion forces. British continued to entertain their dignitaries with tiger hunts at these Shikargah. Jim Corbett National Park established in 1932 was first Shikargah among five national parks during British India, by banning hunting through Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 India preserved its Shikargahs. Today it boasts 104 national parks, 551 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 131 Marine Protected Areas, 18 Biosphere Reserves, 88 Conservation Reserves and 127 Community Reserves, covering a total of 1,65,088.57 sq km. In total, there are 870 Protected Areas which make 5.06% of the geographical area of the country. (en)
prov:wasDerivedFrom
page length (characters) of wiki page
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of
is foaf:primaryTopic of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3330 as of Mar 19 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (61 GB total memory, 51 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software