Great Mosque of Aleppo

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World Heritage Site component historic monument minaret mosque religious building

The Great Mosque of Aleppo is one of Syria’s oldest and most significant Islamic monuments, renowned for its historic Umayyad-era origins and once-iconic minaret before suffering severe damage in the Syrian civil war.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Great Mosque of Aleppo canonical	6
Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo	2
Great Mosque of Aleppo Minaret	1
Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ḥalab	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2782251 — 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: Great Mosque of Aleppo
Context triple: [Aleppo, hasLandmark, Great Mosque of Aleppo]

A. Great Mosque of Damascus
The Great Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest and most important monumental mosques in the world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and continuous religious significance since the Umayyad era.
B. Al-Jazzar Mosque
Al-Jazzar Mosque is a prominent Ottoman-era mosque in the coastal city of Acre, Israel, renowned for its grand architecture and historical significance as one of the largest and most important mosques in the country.
C. Great Mosque of Samarra
The Great Mosque of Samarra is a 9th-century Abbasid mosque in Iraq renowned for its vast scale and distinctive spiral minaret, the Malwiya Tower.
D. Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
E. Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
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: Great Mosque of Aleppo
Target entity description: The Great Mosque of Aleppo is one of Syria’s oldest and most significant Islamic monuments, renowned for its historic Umayyad-era origins and once-iconic minaret before suffering severe damage in the Syrian civil war.

A. Great Mosque of Damascus
The Great Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest and most important monumental mosques in the world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and continuous religious significance since the Umayyad era.
B. Al-Jazzar Mosque
Al-Jazzar Mosque is a prominent Ottoman-era mosque in the coastal city of Acre, Israel, renowned for its grand architecture and historical significance as one of the largest and most important mosques in the country.
C. Great Mosque of Samarra
The Great Mosque of Samarra is a 9th-century Abbasid mosque in Iraq renowned for its vast scale and distinctive spiral minaret, the Malwiya Tower.
D. Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
E. Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site component ⓘ historic monument ⓘ minaret ⓘ mosque ⓘ religious building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ḥalab ⓘ linked to: Great Mosque of Aleppo Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo ⓘ linked to: Great Mosque of Aleppo
architecturalStyle	Islamic architecture ⓘ Seljuk architecture ⓘ Umayyad architecture ⓘ
architecturalType	hypostyle mosque ⓘ
builder	al-Walīd I (attributed) ⓘ linked to: Al-Walid I
builtUnder	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
constructionEnd	1094 ⓘ
constructionStart	1090 ⓘ
coordinates	36.198°N 37.158°E ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
culturalSignificance	major landmark of the Old City of Aleppo ⓘ one of the oldest and largest mosques in Syria ⓘ
damagedDuring	Syrian civil war ⓘ linked to: Syrian Civil War
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
destroyedOn	2013 ⓘ
followsPlan	Umayyad hypostyle plan ⓘ linked to: Umayyad architecture
function	Friday mosque ⓘ
governingBody	Ministry of Awqaf of Syria ⓘ
hasFeature	arcaded porticoes ⓘ large courtyard ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minbar ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ
hasMinaret	Great Mosque of Aleppo Minaret ⓘ linked to: Great Mosque of Aleppo
height	45 m ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Ancient City of Aleppo) ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo)
locatedIn	Aleppo ⓘ Old City of Aleppo ⓘ linked to: Ancient City of Aleppo
majorReconstruction	12th century ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
near	Aleppo Citadel ⓘ linked to: Citadel of Aleppo
originalConstructionEnd	8th century ⓘ
originalConstructionStart	8th century ⓘ
partOf	Ancient City of Aleppo ⓘ
rebuiltBy	Nūr al-Dīn Zangī ⓘ linked to: Nur ad-Din Zangi
religion	Islam ⓘ
roofMaterial	stone ⓘ
significantEvent	Destruction of its minaret during the Syrian civil war ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	21bis ⓘ
usedFor	community gatherings ⓘ congregational prayers ⓘ religious education ⓘ