cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca
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The cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca is an ancient and historically significant Islamic graveyard where several early Muslims, including prominent companions and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad, are buried.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca canonical | 1 |
| مقبرة المعلاة (مقبرة الحجون) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1317109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca Context triple: [Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, burialPlace, cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca]
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A.
Jannat al-Baqi cemetery
Jannat al-Baqi cemetery is a historic Islamic burial ground in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the resting place of many of the Prophet Muhammad’s family members, companions, and early Muslim figures.
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B.
Al Oud Cemetery
Al Oud Cemetery is a prominent royal burial ground in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where many members of the Saudi royal family are interred.
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C.
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery is an historic Islamic burial ground located along the eastern wall of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, facing the Mount of Olives.
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D.
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery, Cairo
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery in Cairo is a historic Islamic burial ground that serves as the final resting place of numerous notable Egyptians, including the acclaimed actor Omar Sharif.
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E.
Nabi Shuayb shrine
The Nabi Shuayb shrine is a major Druze pilgrimage site in northern Israel, revered as the traditional tomb of the prophet Jethro (Shuayb).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca Target entity description: The cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca is an ancient and historically significant Islamic graveyard where several early Muslims, including prominent companions and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad, are buried.
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A.
Jannat al-Baqi cemetery
Jannat al-Baqi cemetery is a historic Islamic burial ground in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the resting place of many of the Prophet Muhammad’s family members, companions, and early Muslim figures.
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B.
Al Oud Cemetery
Al Oud Cemetery is a prominent royal burial ground in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where many members of the Saudi royal family are interred.
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C.
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery is an historic Islamic burial ground located along the eastern wall of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, facing the Mount of Olives.
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D.
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery, Cairo
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery in Cairo is a historic Islamic burial ground that serves as the final resting place of numerous notable Egyptians, including the acclaimed actor Omar Sharif.
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E.
Nabi Shuayb shrine
The Nabi Shuayb shrine is a major Druze pilgrimage site in northern Israel, revered as the traditional tomb of the prophet Jethro (Shuayb).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic cemetery
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ graveyard ⓘ |
| access | publicly accessible with restrictions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Maqbarat al-Hajun
ⓘ
al-Hajun cemetery ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Hajun Cemetery
|
| associatedWith |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
companions of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ relatives of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | site of veneration for many Muslims ⓘ |
| era | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| governedBy | authorities of Mecca ⓘ |
| hasType | outdoor cemetery ⓘ |
| heritage | Islamic heritage site ⓘ |
| importance | important site for Islamic historical memory ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hejaz region
ⓘ
linked to:
Hejaz
|
| location | Mecca ⓘ |
| near | Masjid al-Haram ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ancient burial ground
ⓘ
graves of early Muslims ⓘ |
| partOf |
holy sites of Mecca
ⓘ
linked to:
Hajj sites around Mecca
|
| religiousAffiliation | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Shia Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| significance |
burial place of several early Muslims
ⓘ
historically important site in early Islamic history ⓘ one of the oldest Islamic cemeteries ⓘ |
| usedFor | burial ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Muslim pilgrims ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca Description of subject: The cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca is an ancient and historically significant Islamic graveyard where several early Muslims, including prominent companions and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad, are buried.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca