Rihla
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Rihla is the famous travelogue of the 14th-century Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta, chronicling his extensive journeys across the Islamic world and beyond.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rihla canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4081202 — 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: Rihla Context triple: [Ibn Battuta, notableWork, Rihla]
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A.
Al Rihla
Al Rihla is the specially designed Adidas football used as the official match ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, featuring advanced aerodynamics and a design inspired by Qatari culture.
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B.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
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C.
Le grand voyage
Le grand voyage is a powerful autobiographical novel by Jorge Semprún recounting his deportation to the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II.
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D.
Law of the Journey
Law of the Journey is a monumental inflatable boat sculpture by Ai Weiwei that powerfully addresses the global refugee crisis and human displacement.
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E.
Karawane
Karawane is a famous sound poem by Dadaist artist Hugo Ball, known for its nonsensical syllables and performance in Zurich’s Cabaret Voltaire.
- 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: Rihla Target entity description: Rihla is the famous travelogue of the 14th-century Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta, chronicling his extensive journeys across the Islamic world and beyond.
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A.
Al Rihla
Al Rihla is the specially designed Adidas football used as the official match ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, featuring advanced aerodynamics and a design inspired by Qatari culture.
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B.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
-
C.
Le grand voyage
Le grand voyage is a powerful autobiographical novel by Jorge Semprún recounting his deportation to the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II.
-
D.
Law of the Journey
Law of the Journey is a monumental inflatable boat sculpture by Ai Weiwei that powerfully addresses the global refugee crisis and human displacement.
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E.
Karawane
Karawane is a famous sound poem by Dadaist artist Hugo Ball, known for its nonsensical syllables and performance in Zurich’s Cabaret Voltaire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic literary work
ⓘ
travelogue ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Battuta ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Abu Inan Faris
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Marinid dynasty ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Ibn Juzayy ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of courts
ⓘ
descriptions of customs ⓘ descriptions of rulers ⓘ descriptions of trade routes ⓘ historical observations ⓘ legal observations ⓘ religious observations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Morocco ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation | 1350s ⓘ |
| describesCity |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ Constantinople ⓘ
linked to:
Constantinople (probable)
Damascus ⓘ Delhi ⓘ Granada ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ |
| describesRegion |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ China ⓘ East Africa ⓘ Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Maldives ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical narrative
ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ |
| influenced | later travel literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Islamic world in the 14th century
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ethnography ⓘ geography ⓘ travels of Ibn Battuta ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breadth of geographic coverage
ⓘ
detail on Islamic institutions ⓘ firsthand eyewitness accounts ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 14th century ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | journey ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceFor |
historical geography
ⓘ
medieval Islamic history ⓘ social history of the Islamic world ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Rihla Description of subject: Rihla is the famous travelogue of the 14th-century Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta, chronicling his extensive journeys across the Islamic world and beyond.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ibn Battuta (region of Sindh)