Bab az-Zahra
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Bab az-Zahra is the Arabic name for Herod's Gate, one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem's Old City walls.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bab az-Zahira | 2 |
| Bab az-Zahra canonical | 1 |
| Bab ez-Zahra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4112045 — 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: Bab az-Zahra Context triple: [Herod's Gate, hasAlternativeName, Bab az-Zahra]
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A.
al-Zahra
al-Zahra is an honorific title meaning "the Radiant" traditionally given to Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam for her piety and virtue.
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B.
Bab as-Silsila
Bab as-Silsila is one of the historic gates leading into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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C.
Kasr Al Ainy
Kasr Al Ainy is a historic medical campus and hospital complex in Cairo that serves as the main site of Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine.
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D.
Sadaat-e-Amroha
Sadaat-e-Amroha are a community of Sayyid families historically settled in Amroha, India, known for their religious scholarship and noble lineage tracing back to the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Qasr al-Bint
Qasr al-Bint is one of Petra’s most important and best-preserved free-standing temples, believed to have been a principal place of worship for the Nabataeans.
- 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: Bab az-Zahra Target entity description: Bab az-Zahra is the Arabic name for Herod's Gate, one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem's Old City walls.
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A.
al-Zahra
al-Zahra is an honorific title meaning "the Radiant" traditionally given to Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam for her piety and virtue.
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B.
Bab as-Silsila
Bab as-Silsila is one of the historic gates leading into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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C.
Kasr Al Ainy
Kasr Al Ainy is a historic medical campus and hospital complex in Cairo that serves as the main site of Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine.
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D.
Sadaat-e-Amroha
Sadaat-e-Amroha are a community of Sayyid families historically settled in Amroha, India, known for their religious scholarship and noble lineage tracing back to the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Qasr al-Bint
Qasr al-Bint is one of Petra’s most important and best-preserved free-standing temples, believed to have been a principal place of worship for the Nabataeans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city gate
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ landmark in Jerusalem ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bab az-Zahira
ⓘ
linked to:
Bab az-Zahra
Bab ez-Zahra ⓘ
linked to:
Bab az-Zahra
Herod's Gate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Herod the Great (by traditional naming)
ⓘ
linked to:
Herod the Great
|
| builtInPeriod | Ottoman period ⓘ |
| category |
Gates of Jerusalem
ⓘ
Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| faces | north side of the Old City ⓘ |
| function |
city gate for pedestrians
ⓘ
entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Ottoman architecture ⓘ |
| hasDirection | north ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Herod's Gate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched gateway
ⓘ
defensive design ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasNameInArabic |
باب الزاهرة
ⓘ
linked to:
Bab as-Silsila
|
| hasReligiousSignificanceFor |
Christians
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Church
Jews ⓘ Muslims ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of the Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| isOneOf | seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Jerusalem District ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ State of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Israel
|
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby Bab az-Zahra neighborhood ⓘ |
| near |
Bab az-Zahra neighborhood
ⓘ
Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ Via Dolorosa ⓘ |
| overlooks | northern approaches to the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old City walls of Jerusalem
ⓘ
linked to:
walls of the Old City of Jerusalem
Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem
ⓘ
linked to:
Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem
|
| rebuiltBy |
Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
ⓘ
linked to:
Suleiman the Magnificent
|
| rebuiltInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| touristActivity |
historical walking tours
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | within inscribed area of Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls ⓘ |
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Subject: Bab az-Zahra Description of subject: Bab az-Zahra is the Arabic name for Herod's Gate, one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem's Old City walls.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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