Kiswah
E43190
Kiswah is the ornate black cloth embroidered with Quranic verses that traditionally drapes and adorns the Kaaba in Mecca.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiswah canonical | 2 |
| annual renewal of the Kiswah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341084 — 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: Kiswah Context triple: [Kaaba, coveredBy, Kiswah]
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A.
Kichwa
Kichwa is a Quechuan indigenous language variety widely spoken by Andean communities in Ecuador and neighboring regions.
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B.
Kwéyòl
Kwéyòl is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Saint Lucia and Dominica.
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C.
Kibondo
Kibondo is a town in western Tanzania that serves as an administrative and commercial center in the Kigoma Region.
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D.
Sranan
Sranan is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language spoken primarily in Suriname.
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E.
Siwi
Siwi is a Berber language spoken primarily in Egypt’s Siwa Oasis, known for its unique features and relative isolation from other Berber varieties.
- 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: Kiswah Target entity description: Kiswah is the ornate black cloth embroidered with Quranic verses that traditionally drapes and adorns the Kaaba in Mecca.
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A.
Kichwa
Kichwa is a Quechuan indigenous language variety widely spoken by Andean communities in Ecuador and neighboring regions.
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B.
Kwéyòl
Kwéyòl is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Saint Lucia and Dominica.
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C.
Kibondo
Kibondo is a town in western Tanzania that serves as an administrative and commercial center in the Kigoma Region.
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D.
Sranan
Sranan is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language spoken primarily in Suriname.
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E.
Siwi
Siwi is a Berber language spoken primarily in Egypt’s Siwa Oasis, known for its unique features and relative isolation from other Berber varieties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious object
ⓘ
religious artifact ⓘ textile ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kiswat al-Kaaba
ⓘ
linked to:
كسوة الكعبة
|
| associatedWithPlace |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mecca ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Saudi government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Saudi Arabia
|
| containsMaterial |
gold thread
ⓘ
silver thread ⓘ |
| covers | all four sides of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| decoratedWith |
Islamic calligraphy
ⓘ
Quranic verses ⓘ ornamental patterns ⓘ |
| earlierVersionsSponsoredBy |
Mamluk sultans
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay
Muslim caliphs ⓘ Ottoman sultans ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman sultan
|
| hasArtStyle | Thuluth script calligraphy ⓘ |
| hasColor | black ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Hizam (embroidered belt)
ⓘ
Sitara (curtain of the Kaaba door) ⓘ lower band around the base of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of sanctity of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| hasNameInArabic | كسوة الكعبة ⓘ |
| hasProductionMethod |
hand embroidery
ⓘ
machine weaving of base cloth ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificance | honors the House of Allah ⓘ |
| hasShape | rectangular textile panels ⓘ |
| historicalPracticeSince | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| inscriptionsInclude |
Quranic verses about Tawhid
ⓘ
Shahada ⓘ names of Allah ⓘ supplications ⓘ |
| isSymbolOf | unity of Muslims around the Kaaba ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Arabic ⓘ |
| madeOf | silk ⓘ |
| oldKiswahUsage |
cut into pieces and distributed
ⓘ
kept as relics ⓘ |
| previouslyProducedIn |
Cairo
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ |
| producedAt | Kiswah Factory in Mecca ⓘ |
| producedIn | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| replacedDuring | annual Hajj season ⓘ |
| replacedFrequency | annually ⓘ |
| replacedOn | 9 Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
| usedFor | covering the Kaaba ⓘ |
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: Kiswah Description of subject: Kiswah is the ornate black cloth embroidered with Quranic verses that traditionally drapes and adorns the Kaaba in Mecca.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kiswah